Police headquarters claimed to have taken adequate measures to protect Bangabandhu sculptures and murals across the country. In a report submitted to the High Court on Tuesday, police headquarters said it beefed up security of 1, 220 sculptures and murals. Earlier, on December 7, the High Court asked the police authorities concerned to take measures to protect the sculptures and murals. The apex court…

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore today said no effort should be spared to keep schools open or to prioritise them in reopening plans as they enter the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic with cases continuing to soar around the world, reports UNB. "Despite overwhelming evidence of the impact of school closures on children, and despite increasing evidence that schools are not drivers…

Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said the coronavirus vaccine will arrive in the country within January 21 to 25. Khurshid Alam came up with this information at a briefing in the capital on Monday. “Beximco Pharma told us that the vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh between Jan 21-25. It will be stored in Beximco’s…

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed across the country on Sunday. On January 10, 1972, Bangabandhu had returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and a half months of captivity in a Pakistan jail, reports UNB. Bangabandhu was subjected to inhuman torture in the jail where he had been counting moments for the…

A Bangladeshi national has been sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to smuggle people from Mexico into the United States. According to the plea agreement, Moktar Hossain who formerly residing in Monterrey, Mexico, admitted that from March 2017 to August 2018, he conspired to bring, and did bring, Bangladeshi nationals to the United…

Kaler Kantho, country’s popular and leading Bangla daily, has stepped into 12th year of its journey with a fresh pledge to uphold the spirit of liberation war towards developing non-communal Bangladesh. As a media entity of East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL), Kaler Kantho started its journey on January 10, 2010 with the slogan ‘Complete truth, not partial’. Flanked by journalists…

More than 200 runners from home and abroad have taken part in the "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon-2021", in Dhaka today marking the Homecoming Day of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the event at 6:00 am at Dhaka Army Stadium. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell was also present at the event. Besides…

Erfan Salim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Md Salim, has secured bail in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act and the Arms Act. Additional District Magistrate of Dhaka passed the bail order on Tuesday (January 5). Confirming the matter, Erfan Salim’s lawyer Prannath said, “We filed an appeal against the jail sentence handed down by mobile court. Additional district magistrate…

The Libyan government has showed its interest to take workers from Bangladesh in the public services, health and private sectors. Bangladesh’s outgoing ambassador to Libya Sheikh Iskandar made a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Mohamed Sayala on Monday (January 4). During the meeting, Mohamed Sayala expressed enthusiasm on recruiting…

Noting that no nation can move forward without education, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to get involved in nation building preparing themselves with the organisation’s main principles. “BCL’s main principles are education, peace and progressiveness. Each BCL leader and activist has to move ahead bearing the ideology…

Bangladesh and India have emphasised that the procedural bottlenecks will be removed through review mechanisms to ensure the timely implementation of the projects taken under the Indian Lines of Credit (LOC). Bangladesh has requested the Indian side for the enhancement of local material content in the procurement process and revision of the Indian Lines of Credit (LoC)agreement, reports UNB. The two…

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved the 1st revision of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project with an additional cost of Taka 5,659.07 crore in a bid to mainly procure, preserve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines to rein in the spread of this deadly virus. The approval came from the 20th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year…

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said Bangladesh has nothing to be worried as India will provide the COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh on a priority basis. Responding to the remarks made by the chief of Serum Institute of India (SII) regarding the ban on export of vaccine, he said, "Bangladesh is always a priority country" for India and "when the vaccine is ready, it…