Bangladesh EC prepares for elections despite Covid surge fear
The commission in a letter asked the authorities concerned to keep electoral areas of the respective districts out of the purview of ‘lockdown’ to conduct election-related activities without restraint.
Budget should pay attention to impoverished people
The budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 has not paid attention to create employment for impoverished people.
Muslim family killed in ‘premeditated’ Canada truck attack
A 20-year-old suspect wearing a vest ‘like body armour’ fled the scene after the attack on Sunday evening.
Biden to champion democracy in first foreign trip
‘This is a defining question of our time,’ Biden wrote in The Washington Post ahead of his trip.
Dhaka, Vienna sign air services agreement
The agreement will help to expedite the operations of passenger and cargo flights to and from Dhaka and expand business opportunities.
Rangpur divisional Covid positivity rate doubles in 2 weeks
The average positivity rate in Rangpur division was 24 per cent on Monday, which was around 12 per cent 15 days ago.
3rd party's ilegal inclusion makes vaccine costlier in Bangladesh: TIB
The illegal inclusion of third party in Covid vaccine procurement deal in Bangladesh has burdened people with extra expenditure.
The budget set without discussing with public
The allocation for the education and health sector will fail to minimize the problem.
33-member Hefazat committee announced
Both Junaid and Nurul were amir and secretary general of the recently dissolved committee.
500 shanties gutted in Mohakhali slum fire
The fire started at Mohakhali Sattola slum around 3:40am.
