Tug-of-war over water lily continues
EC cites emblem rules; NCP warns it won’t join polls without desired symbol
22 October 2025, 18:19 PM
EC finalises 300 constituency boundaries, redraws 46 seats
Gazipur gains one new seat while Bagerhat loses one
4 September 2025, 16:03 PM
Fugitives can’t run in national elections
The Election Commission has proposed stricter amendments to the election law, including a provision barring fugitives from contesting national polls.
3 September 2025, 18:05 PM
Work plan for polls: EC aims to wrap up key preps by November
The Election Commission yesterday unveiled its work plan for the next general election and set November as the deadline for wrapping up all major preparations.
28 August 2025, 18:32 PM
Install CCTV at vulnerable polling centres
The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several decisions to ensure security during the upcoming national election.
23 July 2025, 20:19 PM
Silence, sorrow replace bells at Milestone
The usual bustle was missing at Milestone School and College yesterday. There were no students running across the playground, no morning assembly, and no classroom chatter.
22 July 2025, 22:47 PM
Silence, sorrow replace school bells at Milestone after air force jet crash
Students, parents recall near escapes
22 July 2025, 08:18 AM
‘We were ready to go home’
Barely 300 metres from Milestone School and College, Sharif Ul Anwar Sazzan was waiting for his son Srijon Sattik, a sixth grader, to come out so they could return home for lunch.
21 July 2025, 18:20 PM
United Medical College: No licence, yet hospital running for about a year
The United Medical College Hospital in Dhaka’s Satarkul, where a five-year-old child was given anaesthetic for a circumcision procedure on December 31, has been operating for about a year without registration.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Covid cases creep up
The Covid-19 infection rate has been on a sudden rise in the country over the past few days but the reason is yet to be confirmed.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Threat of Nipah virus looms large
In winter, people love to indulge in the season’s delicacies, raw date juice being one of those.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Pneumonia Surge: Shishu Hospital overwhelmed by patients
With an oxygen mask on and a cannula attached to one hand, three-year-old Farhana Akhtar was lying in her bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute, still struggling to breathe.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM