Breaking all previous records, the official dengue death toll this year has hit 98, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The mosquito-borne disease was first detected in the country back in 2000. At least 93 people had died of dengue that year. “The DGHS has so far analysed…

At least 16 per cent of the country’s population is suffering from kidney-related diseases due to intake of chemically contaminated and adulterated food. Speakers pointed this out at a roundtable, organised by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) at its office in the capital yesterday on the occasion…

An eleventh hour strike from Adil Khan salvaged host India when Bangladesh were leading the nerve shattering encounter of the World Cup 2022 and the Asian…

The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Monday as it demanded an end to the deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of Islamic State extremists. The actions came hours after Syrian regime troops returned…

Abrar Faiyaz, younger brother of the slain BUET student Abrar Fahad, has left the Dhaka College for the Kushtia Government College. Faiyaz applied for a transfer certificate (TC) from Dhaka College yesterday morning. ATM Mainul Haque, vice-principal of Dhaka College, said: “We received an application…