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10 April 2024
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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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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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'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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Govt offices closed from March 26 to April 4: Cabinet secretary
All government offices will be closed from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the cabinet secretary said today.
23 March 2020
Govt offices closed from March 26 to April 4: Cabinet secretary
All government offices will be closed from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the cabinet secretary said today.
23 March 2020
500-member committee formed to fight coronavirus: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that a 500-member committee had been formed to tackle the coronavirus situation in the country.
23 March 2020
Long-route bus services from Khulna to be suspended from Wednesday
Bus services from Khulna to others parts of the country including Dhaka will be suspended from Wednesday due to growing concern over coronavirus spread.
23 March 2020
Long-route bus services from Khulna to be suspended from Wednesday
Bus services from Khulna to others parts of the country including Dhaka will be suspended from Wednesday due to growing concern over coronavirus spread.
23 March 2020
Merkel's initial coronavirus test came back negative: spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s initial test for coronavirus came back negative, a government spokesman says, adding that Merkel will undergo further tests.
23 March 2020
UN to create global coronavirus fund, Norway foreign ministry says
The United Nations will create a fund to support the treatment of coronavirus patients worldwide, Norway’s foreign ministry has said.
23 March 2020
Come forward in service of humanity: BMA urges doctors
Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) has urged doctors all over the country to come forward in service of humanity and help combat the coronavirus outbreak.
23 March 2020
AL, associate bodies cancel all activities on Independence Day
Awami League (AL) and its associate organisations today cancelled all activities marking the country’s Independence Day.
23 March 2020
India's lockdown underway, death toll from coronavirus now 8
Amidst a lockdown across vast swathes of India, a 68-year-old Filipino, who had recovered after he was tested coronavirus positive, died in a hospital in Mumbai raising the death toll from coronavirus in India to eight.
23 March 2020
E-passport, new MRP operations suspended
The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) suspends electronic and machine-readable passport (MRP) operations, as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
23 March 2020
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media reports.
23 March 2020
Italy-returnee with coronavirus symptoms dies in Bhairab
An Italy-returnee with coronavirus symptoms died at a hospital in Bhairab of Kishoreganj last night, Civil Surgeon Mujibur Rahman has said.
23 March 2020
US orders first shutdown of website over coronavirus fraud
The US Department of Justice announces it had shut down a website claiming to sell a coronavirus vaccine, in its first act of federal enforcement against fraud in connection with the pandemic.
23 March 2020
Saudi imposes curfew to curb coronavirus spread
Saudi Arabia imposes a nationwide curfew starting after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger and transit flights to and from the country.
23 March 2020
IOC says Olympics postponement an option, cancellation 'not on agenda'
The International Olympic Committee says that postponing the 2020 Olympics is one of its options as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, but that cancellation of the Tokyo showpiece was "not on the agenda".
22 March 2020
1 held on suspicion of selling wild animal body parts in Satkhira: forest official
Police arrest one person for allegedly selling body parts of wild animals from Gabura village of Shyamnagar upazila in the Sundarbans of Satkhira.
22 March 2020
Doctor who treated Covid-19 patient, now tests positive for the virus
The medical officer, who treated a coronavirus patient at the capital’s Delta Medical College Hospital, has also tested positive for the virus.
22 March 2020
‘How I will buy food for my family’: Daily wage earners counting losses during coronavirus outbreak
As some people with more regularised jobs and businesses gradually begin to work from home or enter stay-home modes across the country, livelihoods of low-income people are being hit hard.
22 March 2020
Merkel in quarantine after meeting virus-infected doctor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will quarantine herself at home after being treated by a doctor who has since tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a government spokesman says.
22 March 2020