CCC Polls Schedule: Most mayoral candidates for deferring Jan 27 date

Considering the ongoing coronavirus situation, many mayoral candidates including the one endorsed by BNP are not happy with Election Commission’s decision to hold Chattogram City Corporation election at the end of January.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘India respects Bangladesh for founding values’

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Doraiswami has said India respects Bangladesh for the values on which the country was founded.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

The slow-burning threat of lifestyle diseases

The term ‘lifestyle disease’ can come as a new concept for many. The simplest description of it would be a disease that is caused by irresponsible health choices we make in our day-to-day life.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

RHD takes measures for climate-resilient roads

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is preparing a guideline for building roads and bridges that would be resilient to climate events.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Parampara: An effort to appreciate history

Reading about Bangladesh’s rich history gives us an understanding about the people’s struggles, and helps us realise and value their sacrifices.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Man held with 15kg gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detained a man with 130 gold bars weighing 15 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night.
16 December 2020, 07:15 AM

Give indigenous people stewardship of land

Indigenous people should be granted stewardship for the land they exist on, said speakers at a virtual seminar yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Youths’ interest in agri training skyrocketing

Admission to the government’s training programmes on agriculture has apparently become highly competitive as a section of jobless youths is trying to survive the Covid-19 impact through farming.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Many missing out on remote learning

A large number of students with disabilities may drop out of schools due to the pandemic as they are not attending online classes for lack of technological support, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

BERC chairman apologises for not complying with HC order

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Chairman Md Abdul Jalil yesterday offered unconditional apology to the High Court for not complying with its directive over fixing the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Wait for justice continues

After so many years, people are still waiting to see justice for the crimes committed during the Liberation War, as appeal hearings of 27 war-crime cases were halted for years at the Supreme Court (SC).
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Police station not a place to plan murder

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed yesterday said a police station cannot be a place to plan murder.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Six arrested for pirating Bangabandhu’s ‘Oshomapto Attojiboni’

Police last night arrested six persons including a printing press owner from Dhaka’s Lalbagh area on charge of pirating “Oshomapto Attojiboni” the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
15 December 2020, 13:06 PM

Overhead cable removal will resume: Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said the drive to remove overhead cables in the city would resume again.
15 December 2020, 13:00 PM

Clear example of govt’s diplomatic failure: BNP

BNP yesterday expressed reservations about relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

In fear, they flee ancestral homes

People of the minority community in Jambudwip village of Barishal’s Banaripara upazila are passing days amid insecurity as they claim that they are being continuously harassed by an influential group.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Another ‘war-time’ bomb found at airport

Another 250 kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s third terminal yesterday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Worker dies as fire guts tin-shed house in capital

A youth was burnt to death in a fire at a tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area early yesterday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Shut down illegal brick kilns in Ctg in seven days: HC

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down illegal brick kilns in Chattogram in a week in order to save the environment.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Papia, husband remanded in graft case

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jubo Mohila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon on a three-day remand each in a case filed for amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM