Dhaka December 23, 2025, 10:56 am
A college student died of dengue at Faridpur Medical College Hospital here on Saturday morning.
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to install 10 million smart pre-paid meter by 2025 to facilitate its clients for paying hassle-free monthly power bills, official said.
The number of clinically diagnosed cases of mosquito-borne dengue infection reaches 50,000 this year on Friday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The massive fire broke out at a slum in Mirpur-7of the city on Friday was doused early Saturday after six hours of relentless efforts by fire fighters.
The Planning Commission (PC) has sent back a project proposal of Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up an Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Ishwardi due to showing excessive cost of consultancy services, sources said.
The number of railway passengers leaving the city almost doubles during the Eid vacation, but that has little impact on the overall annual income of the Bangladesh Railway (BR), people familiar with the situation said.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to refrain from spraying ineffective mosquito medicines.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday shrugged off the allegations of torture in custody by Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies. “Information is gathered from criminals using the methods the other countries apply and noth
Hospitals and clinics in the capital are overflowing with dengue patients as panic-stricken city dwellers are rushing towards the medical facilities as they start feeling unwell, mounting a serious pressure on the overstretch
Three more people have died of dengue in Dhaka, Rangpur and Dinajpur districts as the entire country remains in the grip of the mosquito-borne disease.
Two children were killed and another was injured after being struck by lightning in Shaplapur union of Maheskhali upazila on Monday afternoon.
Nurul Hossain, the lone breadwinner of a 10-member family in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district, has been in dire straits trying to make ends meet ever since losing his cultivable land due to the influx of Rohingyas into
Commander of Shibchar Thana Mujib Bahini during the War of Liberation 1971.
The cost of conducting a feasibility study for establishing rail corridor with Payra port through Barishal has been increased significantly due to delay in starting the study work.
Despite guarantees of normal bus fares for different routes during Eid-ul-Azha festival, private bus operators were found charging much higher for advance tickets.
Cashing in on the dengue outbreak, a section of dishonest traders are reportedly selling mosquito control products in the capital at abnormally high prices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit New Delhi in the first week of next October to attend the India Economic Summit, slated for October 03-04.
Erosion by the Meghna river continues unabated in Harishava area in Puranbazar of the district town, forcing hundreds of people to transfer their belongings to safe areas on Sunday evening.
The wife of Additional Inspector General of Police Shahabuddin Quraishi died of dengue at a hospital in the city on Sunday.
A 70-year-old woman and a schoolboy died of dengue on Sunday – the first reported deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the district.
