The government on Monday confirmed that 141 people died of mosquito-borne disease Dengue since the beginning of the year. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has received 266 reports of dengue-related deaths. It has reviewed 223 of them and confirmed 141 deaths. Meanwhile, sixteen…

Biman's brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 'Sonar Tori' has started its journey for Dhaka from Seattle, USA. It left Boeing Everett Delivery Center at 12.30 pm (local time) on Friday and was scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by 4 pm, said a Biman press release. Prime…

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said if the electricity tariff is raised, it will have a negative impact on the economic growth reducing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate by 1 percent. “If the power tariff is hiked, there’s immense possibility that the GDP growth will decline by 1 percent,”…

BNP has decided to observe December 30 as the 'democracy-killing day', marking the first anniversary of the 11th parliamentary elections. Besides, the party decided to celebrate the golden jubilee of the independence next year with due respect. BNP standing committee members took the decision…

Police yesterday arrested two people for allegedly gang-raping a woman at Nalandha village in Patiya upazila. The arrestees were identified as Nurul Azim alias Dulu, 26, son of Nurul Hakim, and Khorshed Alam, 25, son of late Mojaher Mia of the village. Borhan Uddin, officer-in-charge of Patiya Police…

The 5th Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines arrived yesterday evening. The new aircraft, 'Sonar Tori', landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 6:10pm, said Tanvir Ahmed, public relations officer of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry. Biman Managing…