Battery-run rickshaws, vans banned afresh across Bangladesh
The government on Sunday imposed a fresh ban on movement of all battery-run rickshaws and rickshaw vans across Bangladesh.
7 dists in Dhaka division under fresh curbs to contain Covid-19
Public movement and other activities except emergency ones in seven districts of the Dhaka division have been restricted for a week from tomorrow, said a circular of the cabinet division.
Nine die at RMCH with Covid symptoms
A total of nine patients who had symptoms of Covid infection died at the Covid units of Rajshshi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours ending Sunday morning.
Worldwide coronavirus infection cases cross 178m
The total caseload and deaths from the virus stand at 178, 123, 144 and 3,857,806, respectively as of Sunday morning, as per the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University.
Schoolgirl killed after rape in Rajshahi
Unidentified assailants killed an 11-year-old schoolgirl after raping her near her residence at village Lalitonagar under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Sunday.
3 Dhaka hospitals to administer Pfizer Covid vaccine from Monday
Three hospitals in the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, are going to administer Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from Monday.
Biden struggles to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home
GENEVA — Standing under the wing of Air Force One in Geneva on Wednesday — after a week-long trip abroad in which he repeatedly extolled the virtues of democracy over autocracy — President Biden seemed briefly to knock his own product.
New museum in Germany gingerly explores wartime suffering of people
A new museum dedicated to the long-silenced trauma of German civilians forced to flee eastern Europe at the end of World War II opens next week after decades of wrenching debate.
Covid positivity, death up by 50pc in a week
Daily death 49-day high, lax lockdowns decried
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda returns home from hospital
She returned home after 54 days as she was admitted there on April 27 with Covid-19 infection
