Myanmar police make Asia's biggest drug bust in decades, seizing 200 million meth tablets
Myanmar police have made Asia's biggest drug bust in decades, seizing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contraband including "unprecedented" ..
Trump threatens freezing WHO funding permanently, WHO to review pandemic response
US president Donald Trump threatened Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organisation unless ‘substantive improvements’..
COVID-19 claims 21, infects 1602 in a day in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Monday continued witnessing record numbers of daily COVID-19 deaths and infections as the country passed the 72nd day since ..
Danger signal for Bangladesh sea ports as cyclone turns severe
Amid fears of COVID-19 spread, Bangladesh has ordered the evacuation of more than 5 million people to 12,078 cyclone shelters along its coast as the super cyclonic ..
National Economic Council likely to finalise new ADP today
A meeting of the National Economic Council is scheduled to be held today for reviewing a proposal on the annual development programme for 2020-21 by the planning commission.
Ferry services suspended to curb rush of passengers
The authorities on Monday temporarily suspended all ferry services on two major channels on the river Padma due to the risks of COVID-19..
Idle power plants paid Tk 90b: study
A new study released on Monday by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said that Bangladesh paid idle power plants Tk 90 billion ..
'I can't send money back home': How a lifeline for the world's poorest is being cut off due to Covid-19
For more than four years, Saiful Islam sent about half of the money he made as a construction worker in Bahrain back to his aging parents in Bangladesh..
Michael Jordan's signature Air Jordan shoes from 1985 sell for record-breaking price, Sotheby's says
Apair of Michael Jordan's game-worn shoes from 1985 sold for more than three times the estimated auction price on Sunday, breaking the world auction ..
One dead after Canadian Snowbirds aircraft crashes into home in British Columbia
At least one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia,
