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19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
ACC looking into procurement anomalies at BR
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Airport: Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
70 died in political clashes this year
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
101st birthday of DU
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Enough with mere formalities’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
What steps taken for their birth certificates?
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Corruption, anarchy the new norm’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Dengue cases shot up in June
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Tenure over, but Prof Kalimullah still ‘VC’
Although tenure of the vice-chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) is over, he is reportedly continuing to do official work of the post. Hence, a section of the university’s teachers has served a legal notice to stop his activities as VC.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
US delivers medical supplies worth $2m to Bangladesh
The US has delivered emergency medical supplies, including 100 US-manufactured ventilators and gas analysers worth $2 million, to Bangladesh.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No shortage of food, but safety an issue
Speakers at an event yesterday called for ensuring safe and healthy foods for the consumers.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Fines four times higher for govt colonies: Taposh
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said authorities will fine owners of government housing colonies four times the usual amount, if they find mosquito larvae in any structure.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
School building tilts, cracks emerge after mild tremor in Sylhet
After a mild tremor of magnitude 3.8 that jolted Sylhet city on Monday evening, cracks developed cracked on a two-storey academic building of the century-old Raja Girish Chandra (GC) High School.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Freeze 170 bank accounts of ‘Golden Monir’, three others
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered to freeze 170 bank accounts of Md Monir Hossain, known as Golden Monir, and three others in connection with a money laundering case.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ensure permanent accommodation for slum dwellers: BNP
BNP yesterday demanded permanent accommodation for slum dwellers.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Want to install fire hydrants in slums
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday said they want to install fire hydrants in slums so that its dwellers can respond immediately and minimise losses in case of fire incidents.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh elected vice president of 76th UNGA session
Bangladesh has been elected vice president for the upcoming 76th Session of the UN General Assembly from the Asia Pacific Region for a one-year term, beginning from September 2021.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Fine to be four times the usual if mosquito larvae found in govt colonies: Taposh
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said they will fine four times more than the usual if mosquito larvae is found in government colonies and at under-construction structures.
8 June 2021, 13:09 PM
Dreams burnt to ashes
Nazma Begum Swapna has spent half of her life living in Mohakhali’s Sattola slum.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Hefajat leader Sharafat on two-day remand
A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday placed Mufti Sharafat Hossain, a joint general secretary of then Hefajat’s central committee, on a two-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the violence occurred centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 26.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Article 19 lauds tax break for trans-gender citizens
Article 19, a UK-based human rights organisation, has appreciated the special tax exemptions for transgender citizens in the proposed budget for 2021-22 fiscal.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Surf Excel inspires children to plant trees
This World Environment Day, washing powder brand Surf Excel has come forward to inspire children to do something positive for the environment, which started with initiatives like planting trees, said a press release.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Court grants bail to two accused
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to two people in a case filed over the devastating fire that killed six people in old Dhaka’s Armanitola in April this year.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Man arrested for ‘embezzling’ Tk 10cr gas bill
Rab claimed to have arrested a man who allegedly embezzled Titas gas bills worth Tk 10 crore, instead of depositing the money to national treasury after collecting it from customers.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t allow profiteering from vaccine procurement
Eminent citizens yesterday condemned what they said was some quarters becoming active in profiteering from Covid-19 vaccine procurement.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Uber adds CNG auto-rickshaws in the capital
Ride-sharing service Uber has included CNG auto-rickshaws as part of its array of vehicles available for ridesharing in Dhaka city.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Road accidents kill three people
Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in yesterday, report our correspondents.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Increasing allocations not enough: speakers
Increasing allocations for health care in the national budget will not suffice; there is a need to restructure the sector, speakers at a post-budget discussion said yesterday.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM