City Desk : No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, 15 patients were hospitalised with viral fever during this period, according to the DGHS, reports UNB. Of them, six were admitted in Dhaka hospitals, while the rest were outside the capital. A total of 125 patients are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country. So far, 2,338 dengue...
City Desk : The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain in four weeks as to why it shall not pass order to form committee to control the cutting of trees across the country. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md. Khasruzzaman and Justice K M Zahid Sarwar passed the order, asking officials concerned including the secretary of the Ministry of Environment, to respond, reports BSS. The court came up with the order...
City Desk : Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Tuesday urged the new police officers to provide services to people neutrally after upholding human rights. “Policing is a challenging profession and the policing of the future will be based on knowledge and science. This profession is constantly facing new challenges,” he said while addressing the orientation programme assistant superintendent of police of 41st BCS Police at police headquarters, reports UNB. “During the year-long training at Bangladesh Police...
City Desk : The nation will observe the 163rd birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, one of the world’s...
Shahariar Islam Sovon : In the pursuit of academic excellence, Bangladesh grapples with the pervasive issue of plagiarism, underscoring the...
City Desk : President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday received a new smart national identity (NID) card inscribed with “valiant freedom fighter (Bir Muktijoddha)”. Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) secretariat Md Jahangir Alam officially handed over the new smart NID card to the President at Bangabhaban, reports BSS. President’s Press Secretary Md. Joynal Abedin told BSS that the President was apprised by the EC secretary of the EC’s overall activities on the occasion. He said, from now on, all valiant...
City Desk : UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit on Tuesday morning in an effort to “strengthen modern economic, security and migration partnership” between Bangladesh and the UK. Director General (North America and acting in charge of West Europe & EU) KhandkerMasudulAlam warmly welcomed her at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports UNB. The British Minister of State is expected to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and meet with...