Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said India intended to resume the issuance of tourist visa for Bangladeshis as soon as possible. The High Commissioner said it to reporters after celebrating the Republic Day of India at the High Commission on Tuesday. He said the health department of India is concerned about the news coronavirus strain that emerged in UK in last December. "But…

Senior staff nurse of Kurmitola Genral Hospital Runu Veronika Costa has received first coronavirus or Covid-19 vaccine in the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the vaccination programme virtually at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka from her official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday. Those others who have received vaccine after the inaugural event of Covid-19 are: Dr Ahmed Lutful…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccination rollout at a ceremony in Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. She inaugurated the drive, which will formally begin on February 7, through videoconferencing from her official residence Ganobhaban around 4:00pm. After launching the vaccination, the prime minister virtually witnessed the administration of vaccine…

The International Customs Day is being observed in the country today (Tuesday) as elsewhere in the world with the theme “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain”. On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages wishing success of all programmes of the day. In their messages, the President…

A consignment of five million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca ‘Covishield’ vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) has arrived in Dhaka from India. This is the first consignment of the 30 million doses of ‘Covishield’ purchased from India. Bangladesh would get the vaccines in six phases as every consignment will carry 5 million vaccine doses per month. …

A 15-km long tailback has been created on Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway as toll collection was suspended in several phases due to thick fog. As a result, several hundred of vehicles got stuck on both lanes of the highway, leaving passengers of the route in immense suffering. Md Kamal Hossain, in-charge of Elenga Highway Police Outpost, confirmed the news. “The long tailback has been created…

Bangladesh would start COVID-19 vaccination with inoculation of a nurse at Kurmitola General Hospital on January 27, said health secretary Abdul Mannan on Saturday. He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would virtually inaugurate the vaccination. The health secretary made the statements while talking to reporters after visiting National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology in Dhaka on Saturday.…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the distribution of 66,189 houses as part of her government’s campaign to bring all landless and homeless families under housing facility on the occasion of the “Mujib Borsha”. For the first time in the world such a large number of houses are being distributed among the landless and homeless people at a time, signaling how the government…

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam has said wherever he starts for development, he only finds illegal occupiers. He said the Dhaka city needs to be developed, it's everyone's expectation. "But, wherever--canals, markets, roads and playgrounds-- I start to develop I find illegal occupiers there", he said expressing his frustrations. "We have to leave our behind…

A fire that broke out at a garments factory near the BRTC bus depot in the capital's Kamalapur area this morning has been brought under control. Kamrul Hasan, a duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, confirmed the news. The fire originated at the 6th floor of the building around 7:30 am on Sunday (January 24). On information, 10 units of the fire service rushed to the…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is fulfilling the dreams of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as her government provided houses for 66,189 homeless and landless families across the country on Saturday under the Ashrayan-2 Project. The premier inaugurated the house handover ceremony virtually from Ganabhaban in the capital. People from 492 upazilas of the country were connected with the ceremony. She…

Bangladesh surpassed 8,000 deaths from coronavirus, the country reported 22 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of death from the virus climbed to 8,003 across the country so far. Besides, some 436 new cases were detected during the same period, taking the total number of cases to 5,31,326 across the country. A press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed…

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that the government is planning to set up diplomatic zone in Purbachal. The minister made the assertion while replying to a question of Jamalpur-15 seat lawmaker Mozaffar Hossain in the national parliament on Thursday (January 21). “Some of the embassies and foreign missions need land in Baridhara diplomatic zone to move all of their offices there. But the…