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3 killed in Sirajganj road crash
At least three persons were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Bogura-Nagarbari Highway in the Hailaghati area of Shahjadpur upazila early on Friday.
WB approves $500 mn to help Bangladesh vaccinate 54 mn people
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $500 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Bangladesh vaccinate 54 million people against Covid-19.
Global Covid cases near 122 million
The global Covid caseload is fast approaching 122 million, despite high rates of vaccination.
Lack of entomologists hurting city corporations in fight against mosquito menace
The city corporations of the country do not have an entomologist on their payroll yet, although their research is crucial for controlling the mosquito population.
Will resist anti-Modi protesters: DU BCL president
Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) Dhaka university unit President Sanjit Chandra Das on Thursday said the student organisation would resist anti-Modi protests on the campus.
President Hamid for Bangladesh-Maldives direct air, water link
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday stressed the need for establishing direct air and water connectivity between Maldives and Bangladesh to further enhance trade and investment ties between the two countries.
13 trainee officers get BAF Flight Safety Officers' Course certificate
A 10-week Flight Safety Officers' Course of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ended on Thursday with the distribution of certificates at Flight Safety Institute of BAF Base Bashar.
No load shedding in DPDC area this summer: Bikash Dewan
Dhaka residents under Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) will not experience any load shedding this summer.
Don’t use weather as a basis to relax COVID-19 control measures: WMO
The current onset of warmer temperatures in the northern hemisphere, should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of coronavirus, the UN weather agency cautioned on Thursday.