Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits
Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.
10 June 2025, 21:00 PM
An Eid evening at Pongu Hospital: overflowing emergency, lingering waits
The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country
8 June 2025, 05:58 AM
Eid rush eases at Gabtoli Bus Terminal after two days of chaos
Transport workers say declining number of travellers, coordinated traffic management behind improvement
6 June 2025, 14:05 PM
Eid rush begins
Tens of thousands of holidaymakers left Dhaka by road, rail, and river yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha at home, enjoying mostly hassle-free journeys ahead of the 10-day Eid vacation.
4 June 2025, 18:54 PM
Spice prices drop ahead of Eid
Prices of most spices have dropped in Dhaka’s kitchen markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, giving some relief to consumers, but rising vegetable prices are putting extra pressure on fixed middle-income people.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Cattle sales yet to pick up pace
With only two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Dhaka are yet to pick up full momentum.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
City chokes as protests wreak havoc
Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.
22 May 2025, 18:09 PM
TCB resumes sale amid price hike, low turnout
Under this mobile "Truck Sale" initiative, TCB is selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidised rates. The prices are set at Tk 135 per litre for cooking oil, Tk 85 per kg for sugar, and Tk 80 per kg for lentils
22 May 2025, 16:15 PM
Over 48,400 arrested in one month
Police have arrested over 48,400 people across the country over the last one month, according to data from the Police Headquarters.
19 May 2025, 18:25 PM
Five-year-old girl strangled to death in city
On Monday afternoon, five-year-old Roza Moni got hungry while playing in front of her house in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara. She went to her mother and asked for lunch, but the meal was not ready yet.
13 May 2025, 18:04 PM
Shraban murder case: Three witnesses named without their consent
Three individuals named as witnesses in the case filed over the killing of Mahfuz Alam Shraban during last year’s mass uprising said they were unaware of being listed as witnesses.
28 April 2025, 18:04 PM
Family faces double blow
After the killing of her husband, the sole breadwinner of the family, in last year’s uprising, the woman pinned her hopes on the eldest daughter. The girl’s death, reportedly by suicide following the trauma of being gang-raped, shattered the mother’s new dreams.
27 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Over 12,700 arrested in eight days
Police have arrested more than 12,700 people across the country over the past eight days.
26 April 2025, 18:15 PM
Why veggies cost less at Karwan Bazar
Every other day, businessman Babul Miah boards a crowded bus from West Shewrapara and heads to Karwan Bazar to buy vegetables for his family..“It’s not convenient to carry seven or eight kilogrammes of vegetables back home by bus,” he said..“But I do it out of necessity. My business
25 April 2025, 20:01 PM
Killing of Swarna Das: 7 months on, fear still lingers at Lalarchak border
For the past seven months, farmers in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar have stayed away from their land near the Lalarchak border, fearing attacks allegedly by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).
16 April 2025, 18:00 PM
BGB stands with Swarna’s family on Pahela Baishakh
Earlier on September 3 last year, the 16-year-old girl was gunned down allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar
14 April 2025, 13:45 PM
Hilsa prices skyrocket ahead of Pahela Baishakh
Consequently, a week before the Bangla New Year on April 14, the demand for hilsa skyrockets
10 April 2025, 15:41 PM
Patients suffer at understaffed Dhaka hospitals amid Eid
Riyad Hossain, who sustained severe injuries in an alleged mob beating, was taken to Kurmitola General Hospital by law enforcers on Sunday morning.
2 April 2025, 20:02 PM
When survival becomes an uphill struggle
Samata Begum, 55, stood by the roadside, tears streaming down her weathered face.
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Chicken prices soar ahead of Eid
Prices of different varieties of chicken have increased by Tk 30 to Tk 50 per kilogrammes in Dhaka's kitchen markets
24 March 2025, 14:58 PM