- Bangladesh, climate leaders discuss expanding green cooperation
- Lack of new entrepreneurs is main reason behind income inequality: Commerce Minister
- Kishwar Chowdhury's ‘Smoke Rice Water’ strengthens Australia-Bangladesh cultural ties
- Tree plantation drive launched at Rajshahi College
- South Africa vs Canada: The first match of the round of 32
- BNP MP proposes temporary withdrawal of Tk500 and Tk1,000 banknotes
- Shuvosangho distributes football among teenagers in Rowangchhari
- Rome uses smart bracelets to support elderly during heatwave
- Lebanon-Israel framework agreement reached amid mixed reactions
- Familiarity adds spice to Morocco-Netherlands last-32 clash
- National vitamin A campaign begins
- Pakistan High Commissioner calls on PM's Defense Advisor
- France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave: health agency
- Govt undertaking initiatives to improve housing for low-income people: Minister
- Iran urge FIFA to stand up to ‘really terrible’ World Cup treatment by US
- IRGC says it hits 8 US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain
- Cucumber benefits for a healthy summer
- Habib among 3 cops sentenced to death
- PM orders to build modern, self-reliant organization in space research
- Cape Verde eye seismic Argentina shock
France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave: health agency
French health officials said Sunday there had been around 1,000 more deaths than expected during a record-breaking heatwave that has baked much of western Europe for days, reports AFP. Since June 24, approximately 1,000 additional deaths (unconsolidated figures) have been observed compared to...
7 more child deaths push measles toll to 709
Seven more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, bringing Bangladeshs combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 709. Of the new deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified one as confirmed...
Measles death toll nears 700 as 9 more children die in 24 hours
Nine more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in 24 hours until 8:00 am on Thursday, bringing Bangladeshs combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 698. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified the latest deaths as suspected...
How many more child deaths will it take for us to wake up?
This Eid-ul-Azha brought nothing but grief and mourning for those with a conscience. On the eve of Eid, the tragic and untimely deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Hospital in Moghbazar, Dhaka, left the entire nation stunned. Over the past few days, Bangladesh has seemingly become a valley of death...
Hajj death toll among Bangladeshis climbs to 41
Two more Bangladeshi pilgrims have died while performing the holy Hajj in Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number of Bangladeshi deaths during this years pilgrimage to 41. According to the Hajj Management Portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the two pilgrims died on Sunday. The...
Zia’s death anniversary: PM distributing clothes, food among poor
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday started distributing clothes and food items among poor and destitute people as part of programmes marking the 45th death anniversary of BNP founder and former President Ziaur Rahman. The distribution programme began around 11:30am on the Rajdhani High...
Why is Bangladesh a death trap for children today?
Have we completely forgotten these lines from poet Sukanta Bhattacharyas poem Chharpatra (The Clearance)? In this country now, children are the most unprotected and unsafe. On one hand, the procession of child deaths from measles is growing longer and longer. According to data from the Directorate...
BNP marks Ziaur Rahman’s 45th death anniversary
BNP has announced an 8-day programme from May 25 to June 1 to observe the 45th martyrdom anniversary of its founder, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. The partys Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a press conference at the partys Nayapaltan central office on...
Writ seeks Tk 2 crore for each family after 352 measles deaths
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking directives to provide Tk 2 crore in compensation to each family of the 352 children who died from measles and related complications across the country. The public interest writ was filed on Sunday with the relevant branch of the High...
Iran says Minab school strike death toll 155: state TV
Iran shared on Tuesday a breakdown of the death toll from a deadly strike on an Iranian school on the first day of the Middle East war, state media reported. Seventy-three boys and 47 girls were killed in the February 28 strike on an Iranian elementary school in Minab, state broadcaster IRIB and...
840,000 deaths a year linked to psychosocial risks at work
More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to psychosocial risks, such as long working hours, job insecurity, and workplace harassment, according to a new global report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). These work-related psychosocial risks are mainly...
64th death anniversary of Sher-e Bangla today
The country will observe the 64th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem (AK) Fazlul Huq today. AK Fazlul Huq, extensively known as Sher-e-Bangla (Tiger of Bengal) or Huq Saheb, died on 27 April 1962 in Dhaka. He was born on 26 October 1873 at his maternal uncles house in the...
Children victims of ‘special’ authority!
Questions have emerged over the recent surge in measles infections and rising child deaths in the country, with an inquiry suggesting that the crisis is not solely due to vaccine shortages but also linked to controversial policy decisions taken during the tenure of the former interim government....
Measles deaths blamed on vaccine shortages under Yunus-led interim govt
A deepening measles crisis has triggered widespread fear across Bangladesh, with 138 children reported dead and around 9,000 infected as of Sunday. The outbreak, now affecting 56 districts severely, has raised alarm among families as children continue to succumb to the disease amid an acute...