One person died of dengue while 240 others were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the last 24 hours (till 8am today).
It was said in a release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday. With the latest, the death toll from dengue rose to 64 while the number of dengue patients admitted to different hospitals reached 2,282. Of the new patients, 192 are admitted to different hospital in capital Dhaka while 48 are outside of Dhaka. With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 19,523 while some 17,177 patients were released from the hospitals. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and sub...PM Hasina: Bangladesh is committed to keeping global peace
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said any conflict or crisis affects every nation in the world as security dynamics in the current world are ever changing and getting complex day by day.
"It significantly hampers the security and steady development of the states," she said, reports UNB.
The prime minister was speaking virtually at the Opening Ceremony 46th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS) - 2022 held at a city hotel here.
The United States is the co-host the 46th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar-2022 along with Bangladesh Army and US Army Pacific Command involving 27 countries.
She mentioned how the 1.2 million Rohingyas driven out from their homeland in Myanmar are affecting Bangladesh where they are sheltered now.
"Apart from their own miseries...
Bangladesh-India bond is rooted in blood: Hasan
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the bond between Bangladesh and India is rooted in blood and the friendship has further strengthened under the dynamic leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
The minister told reporters after a meeting with Indian outgoing High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami at his secretariat office in the capital, reports BSS.
Information and Broadcasting Secretary Md Mokbul Hossain was present in the meeting.
Hasan said the premier visited to India last week and it was a successful visit. Many achievements were come during the visit and the big achievement of the visit is to get the opportunity of exporting products to third countries using...
UN decries Russia’s ‘intimidation’ of opponents to Ukraine war
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The UN's acting human rights chief decried on Monday the "intimidation" of people in Russia voicing opposition to the Ukraine war, warning it was undermining fundamental freedoms.
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, deputy UN rights chief Nada Al Nashif decried the "intimidation, restrictive measures and sanctions against people voicing opposition to the war in Ukraine."
These actions, she warned, "undermine the exercise of constitutionally guaranteed fundamental freedoms, including the rights 
HSC, equivalent exams from Nov 6, schedule published
The schedule for this year's Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams has been published.
Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board released the schedule for all educational boards on Monday, reports UNB.
According to the schedule, written HSC exams will begin on November 6 and will continue till December 13. Practical exams will be held from December 15 to 22, according to the routine.
HSC exams will be held from 11 am to 1 pm and 2pm to 4pm for different subjects.
Examinees will have to sit for the HSC exams...
According to the schedule, written HSC exams will begin on November 6 and will continue till December 13. Practical exams will be held from December 15 to 22, according to the routine.
HSC exams will be held from 11 am to 1 pm and 2pm to 4pm for different subjects.
Examinees will have to sit for the HSC exams...
AL leader Sajeda Chowdhury no more
Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, presidium member of Awami League and deputy leader of the House, passed away early hours of Monday. She was 87. She had been ill for a long and died at CMH while under treatment, her family said.
