Nagad, the state owned mobile financial service, today has shared Tk 1,12,15,576 to the postal department as a part of the earnings, which comes in a time when everything is collapsing down due to the ongoing Corona crisis. A check was handed over to Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in a function at the newly constructed Postal Building of the postal department by Tanvir Ahmed…

United Hospital Limited, the 500-bed international standard multidisciplinary hospital in Gulshan Dhaka, has observed its 14th Anniversary on 24 August, 2020, reads a press release. The day started by recitation from Holy Quraan after Fazr prayers. After Asr prayers, a special munajaat was offered in hospital's prayer room seeking blessings from the Almighty. The consultants, nurses and management…

Bangladesh on Saturday reported 2,265 coronavirus cases and 46 deaths in last 24 hours. The total number of cases now stand at 2,92,625 and deaths 3,907. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the matter through a press release signed by Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of DGHS, on Saturday afternoon. Health authorities also reported 1,315 more recoveries in…

Malaysian Police on Thursday reportedly arrested three Bangladeshi citizens along with fake work permit cards at a roadblock at Jalan Napoh, Changlun, near Jitra in Malaysia. They were put on a 14-day remand for staying in the country without travel document, reports Malaysia based newspaper The Star. Kubang Pasu OCPD Supt Mohd Ismail Ibrahim said police stopped the vehicle driven by a 33-year-old…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has reached 803,253 as 23,125,472 people have been infected worldwide till 1:30 pm (Bangladesh Time) on Saturday. Besides, a total of 15,716,611 people have recovered worldwide from the disease, according to data from the worldometer. A total of 213 countries and territories and two international conveyances have been infected in the deadly disease. In USA, 5,796,727…

Bangladeshi expatriate Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested in Malaysia after appearing in an Al Jazeera documentary, has returned home at early hours of Saturday. He landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Malaysian Airlines flight MH-196 around 1:00am. Rayhan Kabir was arrested on July 24 following a two-week manhunt, after the Immigration Department issued a wanted notice against him.…

Chhabed Sathee, New York Correspondent: The United States Awami League and the Awami League family have sent 78 Oxygen Concentrator machines to Bangladesh to help fight the Corona epidemic. In Bangladesh, these devices are sent to helpless people who are hospitalized after being infected with the coronavirus. When these Oxygen Concentrator machine were ordered from China in the last week of July,…

Chhabed Sathee, New York Correspondent: Three people, including two Bangladeshi brothers, were killed in a horrific road accident in the United States. One of them is Mozammel Haque Russell (28), former publicity secretary of the United States BCL and the other is his younger brother Himel Akram Joy (25). The driver of the other vehicle, an 81-year-old man, also died in the accident. Two others, including…

The country’s maximum temperature on Wednesday was recorded 34.5°C at Sayedpur and the lowest one on Thursday was recorded 23.4°C at Teknaf Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in different parts of the country. “Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places…

The Railway Ministry has revoked its earlier decision making national identity (NID) card mandatory for buying train tickets. However, tickets can be brought for up to four members of a family by showing one NID card, according to a circular issued by the ministry on Thursday. The circular said earlier on August 13 Bangladesh Railway issued a press release saying passengers need mandatory NIDs for…

A Centre for Policy Dialogue study on the ongoing flood identified problems in flood response, including delays in repairing embankments and irregularities in relief distribution. The prominent think tank today presented their study findings in a virtual dialogue session titled "Recent Floods: Damages and Recovery Measures".  The ongoing flood has damaged crops and killed livestock…

The launch service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River has been suspended due to bad weather and heavy wave. The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) suspended the service on the route around 8:00 am on Thursday in order to avoid untoward accidents. Paturia Launch Ghat Supervisor Panna Lal Nandi confirmed this.  

The 16th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21 in 2004 will be observed tomorrow with heavy hearts. The gruesome grenade attack was carried out at an anti-terrorism rally of Awami League (AL) on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on August 21 in 2004 aiming to bankrupt the party leadership during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government.…