Rabindranath’s 78th death anniversary today
The 78th anniversary of death of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore will be observed today.
Arrest warrant issued against Tarique, Fakhrul
A Dhaka court on Monday issued warrant to arrest nine leaders and activists of BNP including party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman and its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for
City corporations test adulticide on culex, not aedes
The authorities of the two city corporations in the capital are testing the efficacy of adulticide samples on culex mosquito although this insecticide was imported to eradicate aedes mosquitos that spread dengue across the country.
Taxes, duties on dengue test kits waived
The government has waived all kinds of import tax, value added tax and other duties on the dengue test kits, dengue reagents and test kits for counting platelet and measuring plasma in blood as the hospitals across the country are plagued by shortage of the tools.
DENGUE MENACE At least one hospitalised a minute
Five people including the wife of an additional inspector general of police and an Eden College student died of dengue on Sunday in the country, as the disease continued to kill people with hundreds of cases being hospitalised every day.
BNP trying to unite people against one-party rule: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that the country was passing through tough time and the BNP was working to unite the people to defeat the force that had introduced a ‘one-party rule’.
REMARKS ON MUJIB Khaleda’s case transferred
A Dhaka court on Sunday transferred a case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia lodged for making derogatory remarks about country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the present government.
Bangladesh PM to visit India in Oct with water issues on agenda
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India in October next to discuss bilateral issues, including the ones related to common rivers, to take the growing relations between Bangladesh and India forward.
Dengue cases on rise in Chattogram
The number of dengue cases is on the rise in Chattogram with 25 persons, according to an estimate, being already affected by the mosquito-borne viral disease in the port city.
Govt to restrict travels by tourists without visas
Rackets are trafficking ‘our workers’ with false promises that they would get visas on arrival in host countries, said officials.
