Five more die of dengue, 1,200 hospitalised

Five more people died of dengue at hospitals in Dhaka, Khulna and Lakshmipur between Monday evening and Tuesday evening as hospitalisation and death caused by the viral infection continued across Bangladesh.

JCD national council session on September 14

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday rescheduled for September 14 the national council session of its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman to continue until Sep 13

Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia, who was scheduled for Wednesday to go on post-retirement leave, was appointed on Tuesday as the metropolitan police commissioner for one more month on contract.

PM vows to uphold dignity of people’s trust

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to uphold the trust and confidence of the country’s people for ‘giving her party the opportunity to form the government for the third consecutive time’.

Mizanur Rahman Shelley passes away

Political analyst, academician and writer Mizanur Rahman Shelley died of brain haemorrhage at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Monday. He was 76.

40 die of dengue in Bangladesh, says govt

The government on Sunday raised the dengue death toll to 40.

Magician Liton burnt dies at DMCH burn unit

Magician Moniruzzaman Liton who sustained burn injuries, along with his wife and two children, in a fire incident at his apartment died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday.

Obaidul apologises for home-goers’ sufferings on highways

Expressing sorrow for Eid holidaymakers’ sufferings on highways amid gridlocks, toad transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the situation will improve this afternoon.

NHRC has no chairman, member

The National Human Rights Commission has stopped inquiry into rights violations as it has no chairman or member.

Dengue menace Dhaka hospitals crowded with referred patients One more dies in Barishal

Dengue patients referred by hospitals in the outlying districts were surging in Dhaka hospitals before Eid, indicating the rise in Dengue patients across the country.