Adviser Farida Akhter on Sunday warned that Bangladesh is facing a ‘severe, silent threat’ as the uncontrolled use of antibiotics continues to spread across hospitals, farms, fisheries and agricultural fields. “While the recent 5.7-magnitude earthquake caused public anxiety, a mu
Pakistan’s Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) Chairman Lt Gen Shakir Ullah Khattak has met with Chief of Army Staff Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman in Dhaka. The meeting took place at Army Headquarters in the capital on Sunday, according to a post on the verified Facebook page of the Bangladesh Army. During
Dhaka Medical College has suspended all academic activities until November 29 amid fear following the recent earthquakes. A notice, signed by Prof Dr Md Kamrul Alam, Principal of Dhaka Medical College, was issued in this regard on Sunday, UNB reports. According to the notice, an emergency m
A Dhaka court has granted bail to Indian national Sakhina Begum in a case filed over alleged illegal entry. The order came on Sunday from Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain. Defence lawyer Rahmatullah Siddique sought bail, arguing that the charges are bailable and that Sakhina
More than 15,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in East Asia, South America and Africa have registered in the first phase to cast their votes via post in the next parliamentary elections. The Election Commission has given the expatriates in the regions, who have not yet registered on the Postal Vote BD a
