Increasing number of patients hospitalised with diseases
The present poor air quality and unabated pollution continue to cause various diseases and breathing difficulties among people. As a result, an increasing number of patients are getting admitted to hospitals. The air continues to remain unhealthy or severely unhealthy in the city, forcing residents, particularly children and elderly, to...
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NRBs from 25 countries to meet in capital tomorrow
A day-long convention of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) to highlight the contributions of NRBs in various sectors, celebrate their impacts on the country's growth, and strengthen ties between Bangladesh and its international partners.NRBs from about 25 countries, including entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, scientists, university professors, and IT...
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Prime accused, associate fled to India: DMP
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has claimed that the prime accused in the case filed over the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi and his associate have fled to India.Meanwhile, India's Meghalaya Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) have rejected claims by the DMP that the two...
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Inqilab Moncho continues Shahbag blockade
Inqilab Moncho began a total blockade at Shahbag intersection in the capital on Sunday, demanding the arrest and trial of the killers of Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Although the programme was scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm, protesters started gathering at Shahbag from 11:00 am. They took position on the...
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Six trainee ASPs dismissed from service
The government has dismissed six apprentice assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) from government service while they were undergoing basic training at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi.The decision was formalised through a gazette notification issued on Sunday by deputy secretary Md Mahbubur Rahman on behalf of the President. The...
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Road crashes kill six in Bhola, Cumilla
Six people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Bhola and Cumilla districts on Sunday, reports UNB.In Bhola, three people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Bhola-Charfasson road at Manikar Hat in Borhanuddin upazila.The deceased were identified...
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Dhaka-Ctg Highway blockade withdrawn
A blockade of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway has been withdrawn after one and a half hours on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.Tarek Al Mehedi, additional police superintendent, confirmed that it was withdrawn at around 04:00 pm.Traffic movement on one of the country's busiest highways has resumed, he said.Earlier, local students and residents began...
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Six remanded over Keraniganj blast
A Dhaka court today placed six people arrested in connection with a devastating blast at a madrasa in South Keraniganj on different terms of remand, reports BSS.The remanded accused are Shahin alias Abu Bakkar, Aminur alias Dorji Amin, Shafian Rahman Fakir, Asia Begum, Yasmin Akter and Asmani Khatun. Of them,...
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Mustafa K Mujeri, Enamul Haque join PKSF General Body
Dr Mustafa K Mujeri, a distinguished economist and the Executive Director of the Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM), and Dr A K Enamul Haque, Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), have joined the General Body of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), reports BSS.They will replace...
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‘All students will receive new textbooks by mid-January’
Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said all of the new textbooks for both primary and secondary students will be distributed before the middle of January next year, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at the launch of uploading soft copies of the new textbooks online at the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB)...
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Weather (2025-12-29)
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The highest temperature on Sunday was recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius in Teknaf, while the lowest at 09.8 degrees in...
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