Bangladesh and India have made tremendous development in connectivity between the two countries but it has not been publicised to the extent it should have been, Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser to the prime minister, has said. In an online meeting with top Indian business executives in Bangladesh hosted by the High Commission of India on Monday, he said, "If connectivity takes place, economic activity grows. It is not the question of competing with each other; it is

Experts think that the new coronavirus might end up being a seasonal flu and will probably continue to circulate indefinitely. "This is going to be with us for some time it's endemic in human populations and is not going to go away without a vaccine," Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease expert at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security was quoted as saying by Business Insider. "It may decrease in transmission frequency so that you'll be able to have time to get a vaccine scaled up by

Former Jubo League Dhaka South president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of illegal casino business in the city, was taken to Dhaka Central Jail after he was released from National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) today. He has been released from the hospital and shifted to the central Jail in Keraniganj, its jailer Mahbubul Islam confirmed The Daily Star. A vehicle from the jail was sent to the hospital to bring Samrat back, the Jailer added. WHY WAS HE