General holiday likely to be extended till May 30
The government is extending the ongoing general holidays until May 30 to curb the transmission of coronavirus as it continues to claim more lives ..
Gonoshasthaya submits kits to BSMMU for performance trial
Gonoshasthaya Kendra on Wednesday handed over its COVID-19 testing kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for its performance trial.
Dhaka airport getting busier
The frequency of special and charter flights on international routes to and from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has been increasing over ..
Bangladeshi scientists sequence coronavirus genome
A Bangladeshi father-daughter doctor duo successfully sequenced the genome of coronavirus which could potentially help develop a vaccine for our own population.
Missing ration card holders raises eyebrows
Many ration card holders in Dhaka South City Corporation remained missing as the government operated 40 subsidised shops there on Tuesday.
Tk 2.05 lakh crore FY21 provisional ADP finalised
The planning ministry in a meeting on Tuesday finalised the annual development programme for the 2020-21 fiscal year with the provisional estimate ..
Rice theft continues
Misappropriation of government rice, meant for distributing among the poor, continues though a good number of local government representatives..
Dead Sylhet prisoner tests positive for COVID-19
Coronavirus test result of a prisoner at Sylhet Central Jail, who died on Sunday, came out positive on Monday.
Global death toll reaches 287,293
The global death tally from coronavirus pandemic reached 287,293 as of Tuesday morning.
Coronavirus Unit DMCH records 91 deaths in 9 days
At least 91 people died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s COVID-19 unit in the last nine days since the beginning of the novel coronavirus infected patients’ treatment at the hospital.
