A Shame In The Mayor’s Name

The road that connects Tejgaon Satrasta intersection to Karwan Bazar and Farmgate is named after late Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Writing was on the wall

Most of the patients who started overwhelming the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the third week of May were from the frontier district of Chapainawabganj.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM

A Second Look

Before the pandemic I travelled to many countries in search of birds and wildlife. During the dark days of the pandemic I found myself longing for those places.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

ASI fatally run over by microbus

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) was killed and a constable injured after a microbus carrying liquor rammed into them in the port city’s Chandgaon area when they were on-duty early yesterday.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Quader Mirza files GD against two nephews, lawmaker

Basurhat municipality mayor Abdul Quader Mirza on Thursday filed a general diary (GD) against 96 persons including his two nephews and a Noakhali lawmaker.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘We are failing in vaccine diplomacy’

Jatiya Party Chairman and deputy leader of the opposition in parliament GM Quader yesterday alleged that due to imprudent decision of the government, possibility of getting Covid-19 vaccines for country’s crores of people has become uncertain.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh’s progress should not be lost

Unicef Bangladesh yesterday raised concern over the growing number of children in the country being pushed into child labour, as schools are closed since March last year and poverty levels are rising amid the pandemic.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Double blow for coastal fishers

Fishing families in Barishal division are passing hard times. The devastation caused by cyclone Yaas -- that too in the off-season for fishing -- is pushing them to the brink.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Textile mill warehouse burned in fire at Tongi

A fire broke that broke out at the Olympia Textile Mills Limited in Tongi of Gazipur has burned down four warehouses.
11 June 2021, 05:03 AM

Sangbadpatra Hawkers’ Samity gets new committee

Mohammad Abdul Mannan and Md Jahangir Alam were elected president and secretary of Dhaka Sangbadpatra Hawkers’ Bahumukhi Samabaya Samity Ltd respectively.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

24 ‘brokers’ at DMCH jailed by mobile court

A mobile court assisted by Rab yesterday jailed 24 “brokers” for harassing and deceiving patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Gross violation of migrant workers’ rights, says MJF

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday expressed grave concerns and anger over the return of female migrant workers from Saudi Arabia after being abused physically and mentally.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Empower them with technology: speakers

Proper steps should be taken to end exploitation and torture of Bangladeshi migrant workers at both home and abroad, said speakers in an online discussion yesterday.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

ACC arrests Karnaphuli GM, manager

Members of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Limited (KGDCL)’s general manager (GM), and its manager in a case filed on charges of installing illegal gas connection to residences and changing gas connections’ holder name to another, violating government directions.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

8 killed, 8 injured in road accidents

Eight people were killed and eight others injured in road accidents across the country during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

University Rankings: Do they matter? Should you care?

Bangladesh has 150+ universities that are nowhere near the rankings.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

The brawl over Ivermectin

As Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the country, doctors are once again mulling over Ivermectin as a possible answer. However, controversy continues to follows this drug.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Painful to watch patients gasp for air’

“They groan and cry out just to get some oxygen. Most of them can do nothing but wait for a patient to get better and be released from the hospital, freeing up a bed. Watching the patients gasping and struggling to breathe is painful. Unfortunately, we can do nothing but watch them suffer.”
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Microsoft Excel is now an e-sport, watch out for the Excel World Cup

The e-sport arena has a new unlikely contender. It’s Microsoft Excel. For the first time ever, Microsoft Excel, the software used for crunching numbers around the globe, is being considered an e-sport and Microsoft is even orgainising a Microsoft Excel Financial Modeling World Cup. The global competition is currently underway, starting June 8, featuring 8 participating countries: India, Malaysia, Canada, Poland, Australia, South Africa, the USA and the UK. 8 champions are representing the 8 countries in the Multiplayer Battle Tournament, called ‘888 Battle’, which is being streamed live on the official YouTube channel of the Financial Modeling World Cup .
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM

5 held for attacking MP’s car in Barishal

Police arrested five people in Barishal on Wednesday night on the charge of attacking the car of an Awami League lawmaker.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM