Ajker Patrika Desk

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch has described the extortion demands and threats emailed to various embassies and government offices in Dhaka as the work of a “fake group”, saying the incident may have been intended to damage the country’s image and embarrass the government. Shiamak Ali, a contem

A low-pressure area may form again over the Bay of Bengal, while monsoon conditions are likely to bring rain to all eight divisions of Bangladesh on Sunday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Daytime temperatures may fall slightly across the country, though night temperatures are

Bangladesh has not yet made any final decision on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to India, Press Secretary A A M Saleh said on Friday after several Indian media outlets reported that he would travel to New Delhi from August 23 to 25. Speaking to Reuters, Saleh said, “No decision has

Bangladesh recorded three more deaths with measles symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am Friday, raising the total number of deaths linked to measles and measles-like symptoms since 15 March to 928, according to a measles bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services. The health directora

Bangladesh’s Election Commission on Thursday night issued a gazette declaring Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as the country’s 23rd President, according to an official notification. The gazette was signed by Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on the order of the Chief Election Commissio

The United States has surpassed $40 trillion debt for the first time in history, according to a Department of the Treasury update on Wednesday. Ballooning debt, especially during President Donald Trump’s second term, which began in January last year, has been raising concerns about a looming fiscal

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected the 23rd president of Bangladesh, marking the culmination of a long political journey that began in student politics, passed through teaching and local government, and eventually took him to the leadership of the country’s main political party. In Thursd

BNP candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected the 23rd President of Bangladesh after securing 255 votes, according to the official result announced by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. Mirza Fakhrul defeated Oli Ahmad, the candidate backed by the 11-party alliance, who receiv

Four members of the family of Debashish Dutta, Kushtia correspondent of Dainik Aajker Patrika, were killed in a devastating fire at a residential hotel in Kolkata early Wednesday, as the newspaper expressed deep grief over the loss. Local authorities have so far identified six of the nine victims, f

At least nine people, including a child, were killed in a major fire at a hotel near Free School Street in Kolkata early Wednesday, according to local sources and ANI, citing Kolkata Fire Service. ANI reported that all nine victims were Bangladeshi nationals who had travelled to Kolkata for medical

Three more people died from dengue across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll for the year to 74, while 753 more patients were admitted to hospitals, according to a dengue bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday. The bulletin covered the 24-hour

Bangladesh’s Meteorological Department and the Water Development Board have forecast intensified rainfall across the country for the next five days under the influence of a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, warning of rapidly rising river levels, inundation in low-lying areas and possible

Seven more people died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Monday morning, while no confirmed measles deaths were recorded during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. The figures were published in the health directorate’s measles report on Mond

A low-pressure system over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas has intensified and remains over the same region, raising the risk of squally weather on Monday at seaports, the north Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Departme

Bangladesh recorded six more deaths linked to measles symptoms in the 24 hours ending 8am on Sunday, while no confirmed measles deaths were reported during the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The latest measles report published by the DGHS on Sunday said

Bangladesh recorded three more dengue deaths and 805 new hospital admissions in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, taking the death toll this year to 70, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. The figures were released in a dengue bulletin sent by the health directorate on Sunday. T