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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
Rabab Fatima elected VP of 3 UN agencies
Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent represen-tative to the United Nations, has been elected vice president of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS executive board at the elections held in New York yesterday.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Remove illegal structures on Karnaphuli banks within 2 months: HC
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river at Lal Dariarchar area in Chattogram in the next two months.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Online Casino ‘Kingpin’ Salim: ACC clears charge-sheet, says he made Tk 57.79cr illegaly
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the charge-sheet of a graft case against online casino “kingpin” Salim Prodhan, which accused him of amassing about Tk 57.79 crore illegally.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Unipay2u Scam: Convicted accused Arshad denied bail
The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to a former employee of Unipay2u Bangladesh Limited in a money laundering case in which he was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Netherlands, Sweden seek UN assessment
The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
JU suspends chief security officer
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities yesterday suspended its chief security officer, Sudipta Shaheen, for controversial activities during his four-year service.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Decade-old brick kilns inside reserve forest demolished in Chattogram
Two brick kilns that were built inside the coastal reserve forest at Uttar Kattoli along the Bay of Bengal were knocked down by a joint operation yesterday.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
HC questions legality of Khalidi’s bail
The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, in a corruption case.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Block online portals, social media pages of Kanak Sarwar: HC
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately block all the online and digital portals of Kanak Sarwar, a Bangladeshi journalist who is now abroad, including his Facebook and YouTube channel for running “anti-state distorted contents” through the platforms.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Latifur Rahman Naturenomics Award’ launched
The Balipara Foundation has recently introduced “Latifur Rahman Naturenomics Award” -- a special award to memorialise the late founder chairman of Transcom Group, one of the leading figureheads behind ethical business in Bangladesh.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Attempt to smuggle Yaba to USA through post office foiled: Police
Police claimed to have arrested four drug traders who were trying to smuggle contraband yaba pills to the USA through the parcel service of the post office.
8 December 2020, 15:59 PM
Police auction off 3,000 kg stolen onions in Ctg
Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today auctioned off 3,000 kg imported onions which were stolen from the port while unloading.
8 December 2020, 12:32 PM
India gifts two buses to Rajshahi University
Assistant High Commissioner of India at Rajshahi has gifted two buses to Rajshahi University.
8 December 2020, 09:42 AM
DSCC faces obstruction during eviction drive at Gulistan market
The officials of Dhaka South City Corporation faced obstruction when they went to evict illegal parts of Fulbaria Supermarket-2 in Dhaka's Gulistan area today.
8 December 2020, 08:15 AM
Woman mobbed for smoking in public
A young woman, sitting with a man, was smoking near Rajshahi’s Circuit House Road -- a public space -- on Sunday afternoon when a man appeared and started shouting at her, asking to leave immediately. Soon, some other men joined him in rebuking her for “smoking in a public place”.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ivermectin effective in treating mild Covid-19
Covid-19 patients that received a five-day course of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin have shown an early viral clearance and improvements of blood biomarkers compared with other two control groups, researchers found in their study at icddr,b.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge in one year: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said it would take 10 to 12 months to complete other works of the long-cherished Padma bridge after installation of the last span.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
BIWTA recovers land ‘grabbed by Haji Salim’
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday demolished part of a petrol pump illegally constructed on land surrounding Buriganga River. The land was allegedly occupied by lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Push button signals for pedestrian crossing: DNCC pursuing it despite little evidence of utility
People holding out their hands to stop speedy vehicles, buses stopping randomly to take in passengers, cars zooming past pedestrians crossing the road -- this is the chaotic scenario at the road crossing in front of Brac University at the capital’s Mohakhali.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
JCI Dhaka holds assembly
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka Entrepreneurs, a non-profit international non-governmental organisation, held its 2021 general assembly (GA) at a city hotel yesterday.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM