Bangladesh
Steps taken to make coronavirus vaccine available at right time: Minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said that proper steps have been taken to make the coronavirus vaccine available at right time.
Nationwide Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign from Oct 4-17
The nationwide Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign will be held from October 4 to 17 for feeding Vitamin A plus capsules to 2.20 crore children aged between six and 59 months.
Closure of educational institutions extended again until Oct 31
The government has again extended the closure of educational institutions, except Qawmi madrasas, until October 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Sirajganj woman tied to tree, tortured
A woman was tied to a tree and tortured brutally at Adarshagram of Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj allegedly by a female money lender over non-payment of loan interest on Wednesday.
HC asks Green Line Paribahan to pay Russel Tk 20 lakh more
The High Court on Thursday asked Green Line Paribahan to pay another Tk 20 lakh as compensation to Russel Sarkar, who lost his leg in an accident in the city’s Dholaipar on April 28, 2008 involving a bus of the company.
Former UNO Wahida discharged from hospital
Former Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam who survived a murder attempt at her official residence in Dinajpur has been discharged from the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital after about one month of treatment.
Man held with 82 gold bars at Chattogram airport
Customs intelligence officials arrested a passenger of a flight along with 82 gold bars from Shah Amanat International Airport on Thursday.
‘By helping others, countries help themselves’, UN chief says about global COVID-19 vaccine effort
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries and partners to significantly step up in the next three months to provide much needed new and additional resources and to mobilize all partners and to put everyone behind a global response to COVID-19 vaccine effort.
Global Covid-19 caseload exceeds 33.8mln
The confirmed Covid-19 cases exceeded 33.8 million globally as of Thursday morning, according to latest tally of Johns Hopkins University.
SUST female student ‘kills self’ in Bogura
A female student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) reportedly took her own life by hanging herself in Bogura sadar upazila early Thursday.