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19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Rubaiya Murshed’s ‘Nobody’s Children’: UPL publishes book on struggles of street children
2 July 2022, 13:13 PM
Culture
ACC looking into procurement anomalies at BR
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Dhaka Airport: Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
70 died in political clashes this year
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
101st birthday of DU
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Youth
‘Enough with mere formalities’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
What steps taken for their birth certificates?
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
‘Corruption, anarchy the new norm’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Dengue cases shot up in June
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Health
Legal notice seeks reopening of all edu institutions from January 16
A legal notice was served on the government yesterday, requesting it to reopen all the educational institutions from January 16.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Your child, your responsibility: IGP
Parents have to take the responsibility of monitoring their children to ensure their wellbeing, Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed said at a programme yesterday.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Report of Plagiarism: HC questions PhD conferring process of Dhaka University
The High Court yesterday wanted to know whether Dhaka University uses any software or any other information technology to preserve the thesis of PhD holders.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Healthcare frontliners suffered mental health issues during pandemic
Healthcare professionals working in Covid-19 hospitals suffered from intense mental health problems, as a study found that 21.1 percent physicians and 6 percent allied health professionals suffered from anxiety.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Rape, Murder: Bring victim blaming under law, says MJF
Expressing concern and resentment over the growing tendency of blaming victims of rape, torture and murder in real life and on social media, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday demanded that such acts be brought under the law.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Chattogram City Corporation Polls: Campaigners violating health rules
Supporters of Awami League and BNP mayoral candidates are not maintaining health guidelines, as they started campaigning on Friday, ahead of January 27 Chattogram City Corporation election, creating a possibility of worsening the Covid-19 situation.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
AL ‘depoliticising’ the nation: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that Awami League has been following a depoliticisation formula introduced by the 1/11 regime in 2007 as part of its efforts to “establish a monarchy” in Bangladesh.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
JP leader Tito no more
Khaledur Rahman Tito, a veteran politician and former state minister of Jatiya Party, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Jashore yesterday. He was 75.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Four arrested for duping job seekers
Rab claimed to have arrested four members of a fraud gang from Ashulia area on charge of deceiving job seekers with promise of employment in their name-only company.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
DoE demolishes two illegal brick kilns
The Department of Environment yesterday demolished two illegal brick kilns set up on the banks of Turag river in Savar and fined one of them Tk 20 lakh.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Kakrail Double Murder: Verdict on Jan 17
A Dhaka court yesterday set January 17 for the judgment over the murders of Shamsun Nahar and her 17-year-old son Sajjadul Karim Shaon in Dhaka’s Kakrail in 2017.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Akhaura-Laksham Rail Project: Ministry removes project director, three months after PMO directive
The railways ministry has changed the project director of the Akhaura-Laksham Dual Gauge Double Line Project.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Graft Case: Samrat not produced at court for illness
A Dhaka court yesterday could not take cognisance of charges against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for siphoning off around Tk 222 crore, as he was not produced before it due to illness.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Stop Myanmar military from using FB for gains’
Burma Campaign UK, a Rohingya advocacy group, has called for Facebook to stop the Myanmar military from using the social media platform to recruit members and promote its businesses -- profits from which help fund genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
PK Halder’s Tk 3,500cr Scam: ACC summons four high-ups of People’s Leasing
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned four high-ups of Peoples Leasing and Financial Services Limited to quiz over misappropriation of Tk 3,500 crore allegedly by Prashanta Kumar Halder, known better as PK Halder.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Wrongful Imprisonment of Md Arman: IGP seeks stay on HC order for compensation to victim
The inspector general of police (IGP) has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court verdict that
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Protecting reserve forests from de-reservation
At a time of increasing need to protect reserve forests, a local lawmaker has put forward a proposal to change the status of nearly 600 acres of reserve forests and wildlife sanctuary in Cox’s Bazar into khas land for leasing them out to people living there.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s homecoming day observed
The historic Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed yesterday across the country in a befitting manner.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Rohingya repatriation top priority: foreign minister
Myanmar will take back the Rohingya refugees and the issue will be resolved through discussion, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Sobar Dhaka’: DNCC launches app to ensure citizen services
To make access to citizen services easier, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday introduced an app -- “Sobar Dhaka”.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM