Dhaka July 1, 2025, 1:40 pm
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked first among cities with the worst quality in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Friday morning despite the ongoing shutdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The 8th Five-Year Plan should be delayed as the economy, hit by the coronavirus impacts, will need two years to return to December 2019 level
The number of criminal activities in the capital city has declined dramatically as most city dwellers are now staying indoors amid closure of most offices, shopping malls, shops and educational institutions after the governme
Bangladeshi expatriates living in Canada are worried about the coronavirus situation both in Canada and Bangladesh as it continues to ravage the entire world, says an expatriate.
It has so far infected 858,669 people around the world
A 14-year-old boy died in Chattogram General Hospital with symptoms of fever, coughing and breathing problems this morning.
Grameenphone today said they will donate 50,000 medical-grade personal protective equipment (PPEs) and 10,000 test kits to health professionals at the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis.
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has called for a $2.5 trillion assistance package for developing countries, whose populations face unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis.
As most city dwellers are now staying indoors amid the closure of most offices, shopping malls, shops and educational institutions, Dhaka’s nagging littering problem has declined significantly which experts say an unintended
Nine people, including two doctors and five staff of Sadar Hospital, were kept in quarantine after an auto-rickshaw driver suffering from cold and breathing problems died on Monday.
Around 350 US citizens along with nine dogs will return to their country on Monday evening.
The prices of daily essentials fell significantly in Dhaka’s kitchen markets as hundreds of thousands of people left the capital during the government announced holiday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Five people were killed and 11 others injured after a truck overturned at Kandila of the sadar upazila early Saturday.
Four more people, including two doctors, have been diagnosed with Covid-19 disease in Bangladesh, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 48.
A clear guideline has to be drawn up now so that the money is properly channeled to the workers and not otherwise. Also which factories get the benefit has to be determined based on a well-thought-out matrix
Renowned educationist and writer Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir died of old age complications at his Gulshan residence in the city on Monday. He was 84.
All programmes centring the Independence Day have been cancelled, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Monday.
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning.
Worker leaders demand compensation from brands and buyers
Three more people, injuried in road accident at Padua in Lohagara Upazila on Saturday night, died at hospital, taking death toll from the incident to 15.
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