US Embassy in Dhaka conducted a 5-day long second Medical First Responder Seminar (MFRS) of 2020 at Amtali in Barishal, said a press release.  Thirty officers from seven fire service and civil defence (FSCD) stations in the division engaged in a variety of activities during the seminar including…

Information Minister and Awami League joint general secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the bail issue of graft-convicted BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is completely a matter of court and the government has nothing to do about it.  “If the court thinks that Khaleda is eligible for…

Various cold-related diseases affected 3,568 people across the country in the last 24 hours till yesterday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 781 of the patients received treatment for acute respiratory infection (ARI). Another 1,520 people were treated…

Javed Patel has joined the British High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh as the Deputy High Commissioner. Prior to his appointment, Javed was the UK government’s Counter Terrorism and Extremism Coordinator for Europe, based in Brussels, according to British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since…

Police yesterday recovered the body of a madrasha student who was kidnapped allegedly by his friends from Vagna area under Model thana area here three days ago. The deceased was identified as Moksedul Momin, 17, son of Shahab Uddin and a resident of Bonddakpara area of model thana. Kazi Mainul Islam,…

One in every 2,000 children is born with hypothyroidism in Bangladesh—this is double the global average of one in every 4,000 children, according to experts. The experts were speaking at a seminar titled ‘Updates in Nuclear Medicine and Screening of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Newborn Babies’…

Livestock experts at a discussion here yesterday unanimously called for boosting the livestock sector through best uses of modern services and technologies to meet up the protein deficiency. They observed that the contribution of the livestock sector is immense in terms of meeting up protein deficiency…

A motorcyclist was killed and another was injured after a head-on collision between two motorcycles at South Kamalapur in Sabujbagh area on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shagor Ahmed, 30. The injured Khadial Hossain Joy, 20, is being treated at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).…

DU team to attend training programme in USA Staff Reporter, Dhaka Thirty students and three teachers of Dhaka University Business Studies Faculty, led by Dr. Abdullah Al Mahmud, Associate Professor of the Department of Banking and Insurance, will participate in a 14-day training programme from tomorrow…

3-day Internet Fair begins BSS, Khulna A 3-day long internet fair kicked off yesterday with an aim to spread use of information technology in the southern part of the country among the grassroots through secure internet and introducing new technologies to the people. Khulna Internet Business Association…