Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2022 will continue amid newly-issued 11-point restrictions by the government to tackle Omicron variant in the country. Md Hafizur Rahman, additional secretary of Commerce Ministry, on Tuesday confirmed the matter. "As per the instructions set by the government, there is no problem to continue the activities of the trade fair. But people should have follow the…

Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast that light rain or drizzle is likely to occur in six divisions in the country. Meteorologist Md Shahinul Islam said light rain may occur at one or two places of Cumilla, Noakhali, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka, Sylhet and Mymensingh. Light fog is likely to cover at few places of the country from midnight to morning. Night temperature may…

Nine more cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 30 till Monday, according to GISAID, the global database for genomic data on the coronavirus. As stated by the GISAID website, the new patients infected with Omicron include six females and three males. On December 11, Bangladesh reported its first two cases of the Omicron variant in two…

The Kaler Kantho, a renowned Bengali national daily of East West Media Group Limited of the country’s largest industrial conglomerate Bashundhara Group, completed the 12th year of objective journalism upholding spirit of liberation war. The newspaper authority started celebrating its anniversary by cutting a cake at East West Media Group Limited conference room in Bashundhara Residential Area…

Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, continues to grapple for fresh air as the city ranks the third most polluted city. Dhaka's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 179 at 11:00 am on Monday, which is considered ‘unhealthy'. India’s Kolkata and Pakistan’s Lahore occupied the top two spots with AQI scores of 191 and 190, respectively, in the latest list of world…

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time, will be observed tomorrow across the country in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country’s Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on January 10 in 1972,…

Bangladesh reported three more deaths and 1,491 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a span of 24 hours till 8:00 am Sunday, a DGHS release confirmed. The current positivity rate rose to 6.78% after testing 21,980 samples across the country. With today's figures, the death toll reached 28,102 and the case tally climbed to 15,93,700 in the country.The country reported one death, 1,116 infections and a 5.79%…

Amid a new surge in the virus Bangladesh reported another covid-linked death and 1,146 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the detection of fresh cases after testing 20,890 samples, the daily-case positivity rose to 5.67 per cent from Thursday’s 4.86 per cent during the period, according to the DGHS. The fresh numbers took…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked for countrymen’s extra caution against quick-spreading new coronavirus variants, warning that the crisis was yet to be over, and urged all eligible people to be vaccinated in quickest possible time. “The crisis is yet to end,” she told a nationwide televised address coinciding with the completion of the third year of third consecutive term…

Nine more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning, health authorities said. No new death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 105 dengue patients- 95 in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and Barishal divisions- have died  so far…

Ten more cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 20 till Friday, according to GISAID, the global database for genomic data on the coronavirus. On December 11, Bangladesh reported its first two cases of the Omicron variant in two members of the Bangladesh women cricket team. They had returned from Zimbabwe after taking part in the ICC Women's…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation today evening marking completion of the third year of the current tenure of Awami League government. “The Prime Minister will deliver her speech at 7pm tomorrow to mark the completion of the Awami League government’s third year in office in present term,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS here today. Her speech…

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday (Jan 4) approved a total of 10 projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 11,211.44 crore. The approval was given at a meeting with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The premier joined the meeting virtually from her official Ganobhaban residence while ministers, state ministers, Planning…