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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Five die of Covid-19 like symptoms in 5 districts
Five people have died with Covid-19 like symptoms in five districts.
20 April 2020
Coronavirus pandemic: India rejects Imran Khan's remarks on targeting Muslims
India has rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's remarks alleging the targeting of Muslims in the country in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
20 April 2020
Coronavirus impact: WFP distributes food among vulnerable families in Cox’s Bazar
World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing food to the most vulnerable families in Cox’s Bazar impacted by the countrywide shutdown due to coronavirus (Covid-19).
20 April 2020
Medical college in Bogura starts Covid-19 testing
Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College has started coronavirus testing in its microbiology lab.
20 April 2020
Bangladesh coronavirus death toll exceeds 100, 492 test positive in 24hrs: DGHS
Ten died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, DGHS says.
20 April 2020
23 doctors, 19 health workers of Mitford Hospital Covid-19 positive
As many as 42 health workers, including 23 doctors of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital have tested positive with Covid-19.
20 April 2020
Combating coronavirus: Bagerhat volunteers restoring faith in humanity
While some refuse to help their own family members out of fear of the coronavirus, others step up to take care of complete strangers. United under the banner of ‘Health Service Volunteers’, around 100 people took an oath recently to aid people infected with Covid-19, in Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas.
20 April 2020
Benapole village on self-imposed lockdown
People of Dakkhin Kagojpukur village in Benapole municipality go on a self-imposed lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
20 April 2020
Deserted Thai beaches lure rare turtles to build most nests in 20 years
Thailand has found the largest number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two decades on beaches bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.
20 April 2020
Govt to procure 21 lakh MT food grains this season: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will procure 21 lakh metric tons (MT) of food grains in the current season to ensure food security in the country and fair prices of farmers’ produces.
20 April 2020
Man with coronavirus-like symptoms dies in Shariatpur isolation centre
A 60-year-old man with coronavirus-like symptoms has died at the isolation ward of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital.
20 April 2020
New York passes virus 'high point' as Trump, governors feud
The state of New York, epicenter of America's coronavirus infections, appeared to have passed the peak of the outbreak Sunday, as President Donald Trump bumped heads with governors over the pace of ending lockdowns.
20 April 2020
Noakhali reports fifth Covid-19 patient; village locked down
A village has been put under lockdown in Noakhali’s Sadar upazila as a 20-year-old tested positive for coronavirus.
20 April 2020
Modi hails the rise of new office, business models
On the eve of India entering the 26th straight day of a nationwide lockdown forced by Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the contagion has significantly changed the contours of professional life and trade and calls for new office and business models.
20 April 2020
In shadow of coronavirus, Muslims face a Ramadan like never before
Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred.
20 April 2020
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government says as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue.
20 April 2020
Gunman kills 16 in Canada
A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a policeman killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage, authorities said on Sunday, in what was the country’s worst modern-era mass shooting.
20 April 2020
Imrul Kayes’s father passes away
Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes's father, Mohammad Bani Amin, breathes his last at the age of 60 in a city hospital
19 April 2020
As US coronavirus deaths top 40,000, governors tell Trump it's too soon to reopen America
The US death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to more than 40,000, the highest in the world and almost double the number of deaths in the next highest country Italy, according to a Reuters tally.
19 April 2020
Covid-19 response: UNHCR donates PPEs, medical supplies in Cox’s Bazar
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and other emergency medical supplies to the Bangladesh government to support preparedness and response in regard to the Covid-19 outbreak in Cox’s Bazar.
19 April 2020