A total of 5,936 diphtheria clinical cases and 38 deaths have so far been recorded in Cox's Bazar, said the Medecins Sans Frontires or Doctors Without Borders (MSF) yesterday, reports UNB. It has treated over 4,280 people for diphtheria in Cox's Bazar as of February 24, most of them aged between…

India Monday mourned Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor after her death in Dubai aged just 54, as police in the emirate said she drowned in her hotel bathtub, reports AFP from Mumbai. The body of Sridevi, one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, had been due to be brought back to Mumbai on Monday by…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia received a bail extension yesterday in Zia Charitable Trust graft case until March 13. A Dhaka court extended the bail after receiving a petition filed by her lawyer. Based on the petition seeking the bail extension submitted by Khaleda’s lawyer Abdur Rezak Khan, Judge…

A westerly triggered rainstorm in different parts of the country, including Dhaka, early yesterday. The rainstorm caught many unawares. People wondered what was happenining so early in the day. Many had to rise from their bed to shut  windows, as gusty winds, accompanied by a little rain, were…

Ruling Awami League yesterday nominated 62 candidates for the elections to the chairman posts of 62 upazilas, municipalities and union parishads.  The nominations were finalised at a meeting of Awami League Local Government Nomination Board held at Prime Minister's official residence Ganobhaban…

BNP yesterday said the government might have brought major changes in the district and police administrations as part of its an 'evil plan' to shape the election field for Awami League to hold snap polls keeping Khaleda Zia out of the race, reports UNB. "The government's accomplice…

Begum Fazilatunnesa, mother of Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, passed away at a city hospital yesterday night at the age of 92, reports UNB. She breathed her last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 10:35pm. Fazilatunnesa…

Five people have died of injuries from an explosion that caused the collapse of a building in the central England city of Leicester, police said yesterday, reports UNB. A search and rescue operation continued for other possible victims of the Sunday night explosion that injured five more people, officials…