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Radioactive Iodine shortage hits thyroid cancer treatment hard

A prolonged shortage of radioactive iodine -- a critical post-surgical treatment for thyroid cancer -- has left patients across Bangladesh in limbo, with many facing delays of over six months amid growing uncertainty and distress.The import of the life-saving medicine has remained suspended due to administrative delays, reportedly stemming from...

Prof Muhammad Yunus attended his office at the newly-constructed building of Cabinet Division

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus attended his office at the newly-constructed building of Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital for the first time on Thursday. — PID

Project moves with WB aid for feasibility study

Dhaka metro rail's MRT-2 project is set to move as the World Bank offers approximately US$2.5 million in technical grants for its feasibility study. Officials say it happens to be WB's first involvement in Bangladesh's mass rapid transit (MRT) infrastructure building-efforts -- after a long lapse since the Washington-based lender...

Maj Sadikul's wife Zafrin on five-day remand

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Sumaiya Zafrin, wife of Major Sadikul Haque (currently under military custody), on a five-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a secret meeting - allegedly organised by activists of banned outfit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md...

Six unidentified bodies buried after a year of July Uprising

Six bodies, which had been kept in the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after their deaths during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement last year, have been handed over to Anjuman Mufidul Islam, a charitable organisation that arranges burials, reports bdnews24.com.Shahbag Police Station chief Khalid Mansur said handover of the...

Hospital admission for dengue in 2025 crosses 23,000

Hospital admissions for dengue in Bangladesh have surpassed 23,000 this year, as three more patients died and 408 were admitted across the country over the past 24 hours, reports bdnews24.com.With the latest data, dengue cases this year have risen to 23,220, while the death toll now stands at 95.The Directorate...

NOAB expresses deep concern over press freedom, journalists' safety

The Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) on Thursday expressed deep concern over the recent "untoward incident" involving the Daily Janakantha newspaper as well as the overall freedom of press and the safety of journalists."We firmly believed that fundamental rights like the freedom of information, expression of opinion, and the...

NSU hosts dialogue on democracy, youth's role in change

In the light of Bangladesh's recent political landscape and one-year anniversary of the July uprising, the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) at North South University (NSU) and Germany's Arnold Bergstrasser Institute (ABI) jointly organised a special dialogue and a three-day photo exhibition. The exhibition was inaugurated by A. K. Kashem,...

Re-evaluated SSC results to be published on August 10

The revaluated results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination will be published on August 10, reports BSS.This was stated in a notification, signed by Dhaka Education Board Examination Controller Professor S M Kamal Uddin Haider on Thursday.The notification said the results of the revaluation of the SSC Examination 2025...

Weather (2025-08-08)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Day temperature may fall by (1-2)°C and night temperature...