Gas crisis leaves households, industry on edge
The gas supply now is the lowest since April 2020, shows data from Petrobangla -- in a development that informs the acute crisis plaguing the industrial sector as well as households.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Veggies too pricey even in mid-winter
Prices of almost all vegetables have gone up in Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the last two weeks, hitting the consumers hard, though it is the peak season for winter vegetables.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Desperate, they opt for firewood
Khadiza Begum, a resident of Mirpur’s Jheelpar slum, has been struggling to cope up with expenses amid persistent inflation.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Benapole Express Fire: Of unanswered calls and missing loved ones
Natasha Jesmin, a teacher of the Academia School in the capital’s Wari, boarded a Dhaka-bound train around 7:00pm on Friday after a visit to her home in Faridpur.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
10 inmates out of 47,000 voted thru postal ballots
With the country going to polls tomorrow, at least 86,000 inmates in 68 jails across the country also got a chance to exercise their franchise through postal ballots this time.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Tale of a baby bird and a heart of gold
When Leon noticed a baby parakeet had fallen from its nest on a treetop, he knew he had to do something to help
1 January 2024, 13:20 PM
Serial muggers terrorise Mohammadpur
The residents of Mohammadpur’s Beribadh area have been living with a growing sense of insecurity and fear over the last few months due to recurring robberies and muggings perpetrated mostly by teenage gangs.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I don’t want to lose my son too’
Mohammad Suman, 35, was screaming in pain while lying on a bed at DMCH yesterday.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Help ensure presence of voters on Jan 7
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday sought assistance from the city’s ward councillors to ensure the presence of voters in the January 7 national election.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
She held on to her child as they burned to death
As soon as other passengers on Mohanganj Express screamed “fire”, Nadira Akhter Popy grabbed her three-year-old son, held him to her chest and ran in an attempt to get out of the train carriage and escape the fire
19 December 2023, 11:19 AM
Patients bear the brunt of blockades
Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
1 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Hartal, Blockade: Low-income group worst hit
With worried eyes, Shuily Begum, a day labourer, was waiting in the capital’s Mirpur 11 area alongside hundreds of other day labourers, hoping to find work.
23 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Police protection not sufficient
Bus owners have refrained from operating long-route buses due to insufficient security measures on highways amid the ongoing blockade and hartal called by BNP and other parties.
16 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Was shooting at them the only option?
Like every morning, Nargis Parvin made sure to tell her husband Jalal Uddin to stay safe when he would leave for work.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Hartal, blockade: Transport workers struggling to survive
Rows of buses standing idle at terminals, images of torched vehicles and reports of transport workers being burnt alive inside vehicles -- these are some of the events that have recently dominated the news, during the initial two phases of the BNP-Jamaat enforced blockade and hartal.
10 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Imported potato causes a drop in prices
The price of locally produced potatoes at the capital’s Karwan Bazar wholesale and retail market dropped by Tk 10 per kg from the previous week as imported potatoes from India started to hit the kitchen market yesterday.
5 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Countrywide Blockade: A lone passenger’s quest to find a bus
There was an unusual silence at the Gabtoli bus terminal when this correspondent visited it yesterday morning. But amidst such an eerie atmosphere, this correspondent saw one
5 November 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Our lives at stake’
A group of day labourers was waiting for employers to come and hire them to work on construction sites at Mirpur-11 yesterday morning.
2 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Khawaja Tower Fire: ‘The help that didn’t arrive’
Aklima Akter, 33, worked on the ninth floor Khawaja Tower, a 14-storey commercial building located on Bir Uttam AK Khandaker Road in Dhaka’s Mohakhali, which was engulfed by a devastating fire on Thursday afternoon.
27 October 2023, 18:00 PM
'The help that didn't arrive'
Obaidur went looking for his sister by himself after taking permission from a fire official. He searched the floors (eight to 11) for her using flashlight of his mobile phone. He found a body on the 11th floor. It was his sister’s
27 October 2023, 16:14 PM