BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday alleged that the country has been witnessing a fresh surge in Covid cases because of the government's negligence to take proper preventive measures. "Coronavirus has been spreading in the country for the fourth time. This is happening due to the negligence of the
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Water level falls in Surma, Kushiyara, rains continue
India’s top court asks Nupur Sharma to apologise for Prophet remarks
India's highest judiciary on Friday asked former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma to "apologise to the whole country" for her remarks on the Prophet Muhammad. "It is shameful. She (Sharma) should apologise to the whole country," Justice Surya Kant of a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court said, while
UN maintains strong relationship with Bangladesh: Brandt
KOICA strengthens community resilience in country’s flood-prone regions
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has partnered with a number of international organisations to build community resilience to enhance resilience of the vulnerable communities from flooding, cyclones, storms and earthquakes in Bangladesh. In this regard, KOICA funded some projects like WFP's titled "WFP Building Resilience to Achieve Zero Hunger (BRAZH)", IFRC's titled "Integrated
Eid-ul-Azha on July 10
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on July 10 (Sunday), as the crescent moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj of 1443 Hijri was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh. The National Moon Sighting Committee came up with the decision this evening
HC seeks explanation about birth certificate of street children
Experts against Dhaka’s entry into Int’l Energy Charter Treaty
Experts expressed concern over Bangladesh's entry into the International Energy Charter Treaty (IECT) as it may allow the foreign companies a free hand with their investment. Though Dhaka signed "International Energy Charter" on May 20 in 2015, it is still unclear if it approved the deal. Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, professor at the
Petrobangla asked to return Tk 12,227cr to ESF, GDF
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has directed state-owned Petrobangla to return Tk 12,227.44 crore to its two original funds-the energy security fund (ESF) and the Gas Development Fund (GDF). The energy regulator's latest directive which came as the BERC Order No-2022/7, in detail, was released on June 27 and uploaded on its
30 lakh homeless, 40,000 houses destroyed in Sylhet floods
Over 30 lakh people have been rendered homeless and as many as 40,000 houses destroyed in the recent floods in Sylhet, officials said on Thursday. All the 13 upazilas of the district, including five municipalities, have been affected. According to the local administration, over 2.5 lakh people are living in over 610