Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport
Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials
8 March 2025, 18:00 PM
A walk through relics of power and paranoia
Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM
How our red and green came to be
The fluttering red and green never fails to inspire pride and joy.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification
The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.
25 October 2024, 22:00 PM
Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars
With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.
25 October 2024, 01:00 AM
Interim govt struggling on many fronts
The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts
Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.
2 October 2024, 10:19 AM
Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon
An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.
1 October 2024, 18:32 PM
A perfect riposte
It was a dream of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with her steely resolve, is about to fulfill.
10 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Grassroots Units: AL chief riled by inclusion of tainted faces
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment after seeing several names of “wrongdoers and infiltrators” were proposed for inclusion in the district, city and upazila committees of the party.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
AL decides to come out of Covid hiatus
After a lull of organisational activities for about five months amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the ruling Awami League has decided to revive the activities on a limited scale following health safety guidelines.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Rabindranath Tagore’s 79th Death Anniversary: A Chronicle of Tagore’s Final Moments
“All people must die. The human body must come to an end in one way or another; if mine ends following its natural course, where’s the harm in it? What’s the point of tearing it to shreds? It is better to return this body intact to Him.”
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
A fraudster in myriad guises
“He is a man of dangerous fraudulent nature.”
This is how a home ministry letter back in 2016 described Mohammad Shahed, a person with many “identities”.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Red Zones: Strict rules for stay at home
Facing setbacks in its plan to enforce containment zones in four districts from yesterday, the government is now working to impose a total lockdown in areas that will be marked red and partially in the ones marked yellow in a day or two.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Some hotspots go into total lockdown
In the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections across the country, the government today starts enforcing containment zones on a pilot basis in some areas of four districts, including Dhaka.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Containment zones planned
The government is likely to put the capital, Narayanganj and Gazipur in the “red zone” with severe restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections in the city areas.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Let them cross the river
Hundreds of people are stuck at the Shimulia-Kathalbari and Paturia-Daulatdia ferry terminals on their way to village homes, as the authorities suspended the ferry services to prevent crowding -- in an attempt to curb coronavirus transmission.
19 May 2020, 09:55 AM
Special OMS of 10-Taka Rice in B’baria: Affluent persons listed as poor
He introduces himself in different ways in line with the different posts he holds.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Shutdown likely to stay till May 30
The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May 30 to curb further spread of Covid-19 in the country.
12 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Make people stay at home
Amid a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, the government may extend the ongoing shutdown by at least another week as part of its efforts to contain the outbreak.
21 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Put hotspots on ‘total lockdown’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered total lockdown of Dhaka and Narayanganj cities, and Madaripur and Gaibandha districts to fight the spread of coronavirus.
6 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Helping the poor in shutdown: Every MP still not on board
While organisations and individuals keep coming up with support for the poor amid the countrywide shutdown, many lawmakers are yet to be seen on the ground.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Fallout: Govt to help affected SMEs
The government is set to bear a portion of the interest payments on working capital of small and medium enterprises that have been hit hard by the ongoing shutdown amid coronavirus scare.
1 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Shutdown likely to be a week longer
The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown for at least a week as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
30 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Nat’l Day never felt this unreal
Yesterday, the main gate of the mausoleum remained closed and the authorities refused entry to people who gathered there in the morning.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu's speech: A defining moment for our freedom
Nirmalendu Goon, then a trainee sub-editor of Daily People, recalls March 7, 1971.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Islami Andolan Bangladesh: Blessed or just filling the void?
Its presence was not strong enough in the run-up to the Dhaka city polls. In terms of campaign, it looked like a party with poor organisational capacity.
6 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka City Polls: Turnout under 20pc in one third of centres
The turnout was less than 20 percent in 709 centres in the February 1 Dhaka city polls, shows Election Commission data on all the 2,468 centres released yesterday.
5 February 2020, 18:00 PM