Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Syeed Khokon yesterday said the city is expected to be free from dengue menace in the first week of September.…

The global incidence of dengue has risen alarmingly in recent decades, with about half of the world’s population at risk now, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO said only nine countries had experienced severe dengue epidemics prior to 1970. But the disease is now endemic in…

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against six militants including sacked army Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque in the case lodged over murder of blogger…

Despite having delayed the introduction of e-passport, the government has extended the validity of the passport from five years to 10 years. This was…

The government is planning to reduce the number of Hajj agencies by cancelling their licences, as many fraudulent people are believed to have obtained…

Ten female athletes of the upcoming South Asian Games have so far been inflicted with dengue and other fevers in their respective camps in the capital. Dengue fever spread out among the athletes when three players, one each from basketball, kabaddi and kho kho contacted dengue at Sultana Kamal Women…