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Ekushey Padak recipient actor, director Aly Zaker passes away

FBD Desk: Ekushey Padak recipient Aly Zaker, a member of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, passed away on Friday morning at the age of 76. “My father, Aly Zaker, passed

Dismissed ‘Mosquito Supervisor’ for selling mosquito repellent oil

FBD Desk: Rafiqul Islam, Mosquito Supervisor, Ward 3, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Zone-2, has been sacked for selling fuel used for mosquito eradication. An office order signed by DSCC

PM asks civil servants to serve nation, ensure justice for all

FBD Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the civil servants to work for the people and serve the nation by utilizing their wisdom, intellect and talent being imbued with

Bangladesh reports 39 COVID-19 deaths, 3,69,179 total recoveries

FBD Desk: Bangladesh today recorded 39 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,156 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to 3,69,179 after another 2,302 patients were discharged from the hospitals

Liver drug treatment hope for dengue fever after Dhaka research

FBD Desk: In a major breakthrough, researchers in Bangladesh have found that an existing medicine called eltrombopag — used to treat chronic immune thrombocytopenia or chronic hepatitis C infection —

Coronavirus deaths have risen 43 percent in a week

FBD Desk: With the increase in the number of patients infected with corona virus in the country, the death rate is also increasing. In the last one week, the death