- Electoral Reform Commission’s term extended
- Rangpur Riders make it 3 out of 3 defeating Barishal comfortably
- Suicide soars among Israeli soldiers since genocidal war on Gaza
- Injured in mass uprising withdraw blockade upon Sarjis’s assurance
- Section 144 withdrawn from Ijtema ground
- Rohit to miss Sydney Test, Bumrah to lead
- Ministry to reconsider applications of excluded 43rd BCS candidates
- Kazi Nazrul gets state recognition as ‘National Poet’
- Rival South Korea camps face off as president holds out
- Bangladesh, India to exchange 185 detained fishermen Sunday: Foreign Advisor
- Rangpur opt to bowl first in high-voltage clash against Fortune Barishal
- ACC to investigate allegations of 'corruption' in installing sculptures, murals of Bangabandhu
- Excluded candidates from 43rd BCS demand fresh gazette by Jan 5
- SCBA president demands withdrawal of false cases against ex-Chief Justice Sinha
- Several cold waves expected in January: Met Office
- Myth and truth behind celebrities dying at 27
- Taskin, top-order help Durbar Rajshahi clinch comfortable victory against Dhaka
- ACC to investigate financial scam of Munni Saha, her husband
- Five killed in firework chaos in Germany
- Bangladesh may face severe foreign exchange crisis, fears BNP
WHO urges China to share Covid-19 origins data
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHOs China office noted a cluster of pneumonia cases in a statement from health authorities...
Norovirus cases are surging in parts of the US
Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data, reports AP. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from...
Respiratory illness season intensifies, children at risk
Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Overall, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that this season could be similar or...
8 Zika virus cases reported in Dhaka over three months
Eight cases of Zika virus have been reported in Dhaka over the past three months, as confirmed by Professor Tahmina Shirin, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control Research (IEDCR), in a statement to The Business Standard. She said, the patients are now healthy. All the...
Clade 1b monkeypox case reported in UK
For the first time in Britain, a case of the new deadly strain of monkeypox which has ripped through several African countries has been detected in London, reports the Daily Mail. The patient was in holiday in an African country currently experiencing an outbreak earlier this month. They...