Thursday, 28 January, 2021
The government in a directive has asked the private medical college hospitals to reserve at least 10 percent beds free for the poor to ensure their health services. Directorate General of Health Services…
ACC for ‘unified’ recruitment
in univs to curb corruption
The Anti-corruption commission (ACC) wants that a unified recruitment policy be introduced to appoint…
50 children injured
in Taliban attack
in Kabul
KABUL: At least 50 children were among nearly 100 people wounded Monday when the Taliban detonated a…
DIG Mizan to face court today, bail rejected
The much talked about Deputy Inspector of Police (DIG) Mizan Rahman would be produced before a lower…
Quader hints at cabinet
expansion
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday hinted that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s…
DU celebrates 98th founding anniversary
The 98th founding anniversary of the oldest university of the country, Dhaka University (DU), was celebrated…
Warming to slash equivalent
of 80m jobs by 2030: UN
GENEVA: As climate change worsens, growing heat stress on workers in agriculture and other sectors will…
10 killed in Texas plane crash
WASHINGTON: A small twin-engine plane crashed on takeoff Sunday into a hangar at a Texas airport, officials…
Results of 38th
BCS written
exam published
A total of 9,862 candidates have passed the written test of the 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)…
New Zealand bans single-use plastic bags
New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses…
King Tut sculpture’s London auction sparks outcry
A 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun—the Egyptian pharaoh known as…
Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years
A small fleet of whaling vessels have caught their first whales in Japan’s first commercial hunt…