Fire breaks out at Kalshi slum

A fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s Kalshi area yesterday noon, gutting many shanties and valuables.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

No DJ, no alcohol on New Year’s Eve

No DJ parties will be allowed on New Year’s Eve to usher in 2021, and all bars must be shut down in the capital before the evening on the day.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Iconic TSC soon to be erased

In the wake of Dhaka University’s birth centenary in 2021, the decision to bulldoze its historical Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and replace it with a multi-storied structure shocked students, alumni, and residents of Dhaka.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Road crash kills three

Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two critically injured in a road accident in Mymensingh’s Gouripur upazila on Friday night.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Man held for rape of neighbour’s daughter

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping his neighbour’s daughter in Narayanganj.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

RU to hold honours, masters exams in January

Honours and masters examinations at Rajshahi University, postponed earlier due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been scheduled to be held from January 2, 2021.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Turkish foreign minister to land in Dhaka today

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu is expected to arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day visit.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

DoE knocks down three illegal kilns

The Department of Environment in Chattogram has knocked down three brick kilns in Lohagara upazila, in line with a High Court directive declaring them illegal.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Case against Sylhet journos protested

Around a hundred people from all walks of life stood for freedom of press and protested the misuse of the controversial Digital Security Act at a human chain in Sylhet city yesterday afternoon.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

37yr-old, with only SSC, caught ‘treating’ patients for 10 years

All he had to show was a Secondary School Certificate; no degrees on dental surgery or even professional training.
21 December 2020, 15:13 PM

Abrar Fahad murder: HC turns down plea for case transfer

The High Court today cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to continue the trial proceedings of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.
21 December 2020, 08:27 AM

Bangladeshi surgeon elected to int’l body

Orthopaedic surgeon Prof Dr Amjad Hossain has been elected to a global non-profit organisation of professionals of the field.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Road crashes kill 4

Four people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in three districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Corruption-free judiciary key to delivering justice: Anisul

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged the lower courts’ law officers across the country to abstain from any corruption and to give up all kinds of dishonest practices while dealing with cases in courts.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Abrar Fahad Murder: 22 accused appeal for case transfer

Twenty-two accused of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad murder case have filed a petition with the High Court for transferring the case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, apprehending that they “will not get justice” from the tribunal.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Murder of Child: Mother among two handed death penalty

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two persons to death for killing six-year-old Khandaker Samiul Azim Wafi in June 2010.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Backlogged Death References: 1,300 convicts in condemned cells await final verdict

Fatiha Maskura, now 45, has been in the condemned cell of a jail since June 6, 2016, after a Sylhet court sentenced her to death for killing her husband Ibrahim Abu Khalil Al Hafiz. Ibharhim was killed on May 18, 2015, following a family dispute, according to the case statement.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Awareness among citizens crucial to end border killing

The number of border killings would be reduced if people living in bordering areas were made aware and financially self-sufficient, Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam, director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said yesterday.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

A different shade of Mujib

The iconic raised index finger during his historic March 7, 1971 speech has become somewhat of a template for artistic depictions of Bangabandhu
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Ex-MP Samsuddin Ahmed passes away

Samsuddin Ahmed, former lawmaker from Manikganj-2 constituency, died at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday, at the age of 75.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM