BTV to be aired in India from today
Bangladesh Television, the state-owned TV channel, will start airing its programmes in India on Monday by using Bangabandhu Satellite 1, the country’s first communication satellite.
Dengue claims another life, hospitalisation rises again
Dengue fever claimed yet another life on Sunday as the first day of September saw a rise in the daily infection rate of the mosquito-borne viral disease.
Three-wheelers, illegal local vehicles still on highways causing accidents
Frequent fatal accidents involving three-wheeler, non-motorised and other illegal vehicles on highways are taking place across the country defying a 2015 ban and a High Court directive and other recommendations.
Dengue continues taking toll on life despite efforts
Dengue continue killing and hospitalising more people every day as measures taken by the government to control aedes mosquitoes, the vector of the viral fever, went ineffective.
ROHINGYA RETURN Thailand promises continued support
Thailand said it would continue its support to Bangladesh for the swift repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
TV channels enjoying full freedom: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said all the television channels in Bangladesh were enjoying full freedom.
RIFAT MURDER HC verdict on Ayesha’s bail plea today
The High Court would deliver verdict today on the bail application of Ayesha Siddiqua Minni who was implicated in the case of her husband Rifat Sharif’s murder at Barguna on June 26.
12pc time utilised for laws: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the 10th general election held on January 5, 2014, was neither participatory nor contested as the main opposition party boycotted it.
HEAVY METAL IN COW MILK Regulators worried about leaks in dairy value chain
Excessive lead residues in almost all the 266 samples of raw and pasteurised cow milk and cadmium in all the samples that the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority found in April–May have the authorities worried, leaving them to look for further leaks in dairy value chain.
Four more die of dengue Patient hospitalisation declines
Four more people died of dengue in Dhaka, Jhenaidah and Rangpur on Tuesday though the rate of dengue patients hospitalisation has come down compared to the past few weeks.
