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UK funded £65m programme concluded
Dec 5, 2024The £65 million Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) program was successfully completed today at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, which was celebrated by the British High Commission in Dhaka, UNFPA Bangladesh, and important implementing partners, according... -
Chief Adviser is in absolutely sound health: press secretary
Oct 23, 2024Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is in completely sound health, his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed today. “Last night, we got a huge number of phone calls and they inquired about the health of Prof Yunus. We... -
18th anniversary of 21 August grenade attack today
Aug 21, 2022Today, with heavy hearts, is observed as the 18th anniversary of the horrifying grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism gathering in the capital on August 21, 2004. On this date in 2004, the Awami... -
Quake survivor in Indonesia hopes turn to search for dead bodies
Oct 6, 2018Wearing masks to ward off the stench of death, Indonesian soldiers trudge over mountains of mud and concrete, moving slowly as they poke and prod the wreckage. Eight days after a quake-tsunami disaster erased parts of... -
Indonesian quakes, tsunami death toll climbs to 1,249
Oct 2, 2018The death toll of Indonesia’s multiple powerful quakes that triggered tsunami in Central Sulawesi province on Friday soared to 1,249 people with 799 others sustaining serious injuries, a governmental disaster official said here on Tuesday. At... -
Top Myanmar military officers should be tried for crimes against humanity
Jun 27, 2018Senior Myanmar military officials, including the commanders of its defense services and army, should face trial for crimes against humanity over the treatment of Rohingya minorities, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Amnesty called... -
PM Sheikh Hasina releases postal stamp
Dec 16, 2017Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released the memorial postal stamp of Taka 10 denomination and its first-day cover issued by Bangladesh Postal Department marking the Victory Day. She also released data card of Tk 5 and... -
Shakib’s five-wicket haul saw Bangladesh take 88 runs lead on first innings
Aug 28, 2017News Hour A five-wicket haul by Shakib Al Hasan and well supported by Mehedi Hasan Miraz saw Tigers bowlers restricts Australia to 217 in their first innings in the first Test the first Test of Rocket... -
Arrested Russian’s wife denies U.S. charge he is global hacking mastermind
Jul 25, 2017News Hour: The wife of an alleged Russian hacker facing extradition from Spain to the United States has told Reuters he is being held in solitary confinement and that he denies the accusation that he masterminded... -
France no longer so sweet on Emmanuel Macron: Poll
Jul 24, 2017News Hour: Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating slipped 10 points in a month to hit 54 percent, according to an Ifop poll published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, which reported that not since Jacques Chirac in 1995 had...
