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DHAKA : Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum today said more specialist doctors need to be produced in the country to ensure effective cancer treatment as the number of cancer patients continues to rise. “The number of cancer patients...

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY : Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan today congratulated teachers, researchers, students, and all stakeholders as JU secured the top position among Bangladeshi universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. This...

The typhoid vaccination campaign has been inaugurated in Narayanganj organized by the District Civil Surgeon's Office, a press release said. On Sunday (October 12) morning, a discussion meeting was held at the city's Hajiganj Government Primary School under the chairmanship...

DHAKA : The interim government has appointed Md. Ehsanul Hoque as the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. Earlier, he had been serving as Senior Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contractual basis. The Ministry...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami today urged Germany to extend cooperation and technical assistance to help ensure a free, fair and credible national election, underscoring the significance of it for the country's future. Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman made the call...

DHAKA : Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized various types of smuggled goods and contraband drugs worth over Taka 171.60 crore from different parts of the country, including border areas, said a BGB press release. The seized contraband includes -...

DHAKA : Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder today urged everyone to remain vigilant in preventing typhoid. He made the call while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the "Typhoid Vaccination Campaign 2025" at Dhaka Residential...

DHAKA : The Directorate of Primary Education (DOPE) has taken initiative to improve the infrastructure of 534 government primary schools across the country. Of the total, 488 existing model government primary schools in 64 districts, while 46 selected schools in...

DHAKA : North South University’s (NSU) Media, Communication, and Journalism program (MCJ) organised a day-long training session titled “Digital Journalism: Information Credibility and AI Literacy Training 2025”, sponsored by Google and organised by Prothom Alo on Thursday, 9 October...

Cigarette companies are actively engaging in various activities to attract youth to smoking — such as creating smoking zones in restaurants, displaying advertisements at points of sale, and promoting tobacco products through print and electronic media, including the illegal...