Drug smugglers have been coming up with new tactics to evade detection. In a latest attempt, a man was caught smuggling contraband phensedyl cough syrup…

Forty-three dengue patients, including 36 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country for dengue. Twenty-one new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Nineteen of them were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services…

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was ranked 13th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday morning. It had an AQI score of 172 at 8:43 am. The air quality was classified as 'unhealthy'. When the AQI score is between 151 and 200, everyone may begin to experience health effects while members…

A five-day ‘Police Week-2020’ will begin across the country today with the theme “Mujib Barsher Angikar Police Hobe Janatar”. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the programme at Rajarbagh Police Lines in the morning, M Quamrul Ahsan, public relations officer…

The adjourned first joint meeting of the newly-formed Awami League Central Working Committee and Advisory Council resumed at Ganobhaban yesterday evening. The meeting resumed with AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. At the outset of the meeting, Sheikh Hasina said the meeting…