Dhaka January 14, 2026, 5:48 am
Terming the dengue situation a humanitarian crisis, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said everyone should work together to tackle the crisis.
The government has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to provide it with the lists of abandoned commercial properties located in their respective districts.
Japan has proposed to play a role as mediator in Tokyo taking Bangladesh and Myanmar onboard to find a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis ensuring their safe return to their place of origin in Rakhine State.
Overcrowded hospitals in the capital are struggling to provide healthcare services as the number of dengue patients keeps rising fast, physicians and officials said.
A cattle-laden truck overturned on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on early Wednesday, killing three people and six cows.
A sub-inspector of police’s special branch (SB) died on early Wednesday in the city after suffering from dengue.
Supreme Court lawyer Zahir Uddin Limon who filed the writ said the HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Quader is likely to hear it on Wednesday.
Thousands of people have gathered in Dhaka city in protests against the persecution of Muslims in India.
wo people died of mosquito-borne dengue at a government hospital here on Tuesday.
Myanmar is ready to welcome the Rohingyas and now they themselves have to take the decision whether they will go back or not, said the Myanmar foreign secretary U Myint Thu on Monday.
Bangladesh on Monday handed over a fresh list of 25000 Rohingyas to Myanmar for verification before their repatriation to their place of origin in Rakhine State.
Blood banks are finding it difficult to meet the fast-growing demand for platelets as the number of dengue patients across the country has reached record-high, people at hospitals and storage facilities said.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam today said stern action would be taken if any industry releases its wastes into rivers without filtration.
The government is standing beside people affected by dengue and floods, Local Government Minister Md Tajul Islam said on Saturday.
At least 840 people have been killed in mob beatings in the country since January 1, 2011 as the heinous crime is going on with a public perception that the perpetrators of such brutal act go unpunished, said experts.
At least 208 dengue cases have been reported from 15 districts as the mosquito-borne viral disease continues to infect hundreds of people every day in the capital and elsewhere
A special team of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Mirpur early Saturday for their suspected involvement in militant activities.
A student of Dhaka University (DU) died of dengue fever at a private hospital in the city on Friday night.
A youth escaped death in mass beating as he managed to flee after local people caught him suspecting him to be a child-lifter in Hathazari here on Friday night.
Local Government Division Minister Md Tazul Islam on Thursday claimed that the dengue situation is under control.
