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Cyclone Amphan shows cost of delaying $38 billion Bangladesh delta plan

Mizanur Rahman recalls the last time a major tropical storm hit Bangladesh, when Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in 2007. In the aftermath of the destruction, he watched

Sunbeams founder Niloufer dies of coronavirus

Founding head of Sunbeams school Niloufer Manzur died from coronavirus in a city hospital on Tuesday morning. Niloufer, wife of Apex Group chief Syed Manzur Elahi, passed away at the

Envoy Group boss Kutubuddin Ahmed diagnosed with coronavirus

Shawdesh Desk: Kutubuddin Ahmed, the founder and chairman of the Envoy Group, have caught COVID-19. He was admitted to the Square Hospital on Saturday after his coronavirus test result came

COVID-19: 21 die in last 24 hrs in Bangladesh, 1975 new cases found

Bangladesh recorded more 21 deaths from COVID-19 in a single day as bringing the tally to 501. Another 1,975 people were tested positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the

Dr Zafrullah tests corona positive

Founder and trustee of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has been tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Zafrullah himself disclosed the result of his coronavirus infection to the media on Monday

Covid-19: Record 1,873 new cases found, 20 more die in Bangladesh

Bangladesh recorded the highest coronavirus cases in a single day as 1,873 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally of infections to 32,078. The body

Govt appoints new CMSD director

Additional Secretary Abu Hena Morshed Zaman has been appointed as the new director to the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMCD). CMSD came under scanner for delivering ordinary masks mislabelled as

Five Eid jamaats at Baitul Mukarram

A total of five Eid jamaats (congregations) will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. Due to coronavirus pandemic,