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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
Global efforts needed to tackle Covid-19
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday called for collective global efforts in combating the Covid-19 pandemic as the world is facing the threat of a second surge of the deadly virus.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
PM thanks three chiefs of staff for their role during the pandemic
Chiefs of the three military services yesterday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on occasion of Armed Forces Day.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Youths awarded for their ideas to reshape society
After a month of submissions and selection, three ideas were awarded yesterday in “Young People Igniting Transformation - Youth Innovation Challenge 2020”, an ideation competition jointly organised by ActionAid Bangladesh and The Daily Star.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Appeal for help
Three-year-old Laxikanto Paul is suffering from eye cancer. His father Sunil Kumar Paul serves as a head teacher at Kurma Tea Garden Non-Government Primary School for a meagre monthly wage of Tk 1,200. Along with mother Rina Rani Paul, they live in the tea garden under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DU alumni to honour Prof Ataharul Islam
Dhaka University Statistics Department Alumni Association (DUSDAA) has decided to award Dr M Ataharul Islam with its highest accolade, “DUSDAA Outstanding Leadership Award”, said a press release.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DU solar power project stuck ar square one
Even after two years, a government move to generate solar power using the rooftops of Dhaka University buildings has made little headway.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Guard confesses rape, murder of house help
A security guard of a building in the capital’s Dakkhinkhan area has confessed to a magistrate that he had strangled a 15-year-old house help to death after raping her on November 8.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Four arrested with counterfeit revenue stamps in Dhaka
Detectives have arrested four alleged members of a fraud gang, which produced counterfeit revenue and postal stamps and circulated those in markets, in Dhaka.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Educated people indulging in graft ‘inhuman’: ACC chief
Educated people indulging in corruption is inhuman, and such individuals possess barbaric traits, said AFM Aminul Islam, commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Vengeful politics not good for democracy
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said their party never engages in politics of vengeance as it is not good for democracy.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Five divisions may experience rainfall
Bangladesh Meteorological Department yesterday forecast rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at one or two places over five divisions of the country -- Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram -- in the next 24 hours, commencing 9am.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Torching of buses: Cops arrest 3 ‘arsonists’
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Motijheel division arrested three persons earlier today, for allegedly being involved in torching a bus in the capital's Paltan area on November 12.
21 November 2020, 09:59 AM
From salesman in Gausia to amassing wealth worth Tk 1,050cr: Rab arrests ‘Golden Monir’
Rapid Action Battalion arrested a businessman -- Monir Hossain, known as "Golden Monir" -- from his Badda residence in Dhaka earlier today on charges of possessing illegal firearms and drugs.
21 November 2020, 04:47 AM
One step towards a port city free of waterlogging
The authorities of Premier University Chattogram have begun demolishing two structures of the educational institution that were built on a canal in the port city at Prabarttak intersection around 20 years ago.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Tern, Tern, Tern
I became interested in Terns upon learning that the Arctic Tern flies roundtrip between the North and South Poles annually.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Dr Sabur Khan elected first vice president of AUAP
Dr Md Sabur Khan, chairman, Board of Trustees at Daffodil International University (DIU), has been elected the first vice president of Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) for 2021-2022, says a press release.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Monowara Habib appointed DCAG (senior)
Monowara Habib, an officer of the 8th batch of BCS (audit & accounts) cadre, has been appointed the deputy comptroller and auditor general (senior) on November 16, thus becoming the executive head of Audit & Accounts Department, says a press release.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Taiwan says Trump cabinet member to visit, angering China
cabinet-level head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, will visit Taiwan, the island’s premier said yesterday, in what will be the third visit by a senior U.S. official since August, drawing anger from Beijing.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DU suspends evening MBA admission test
The Dhaka University yesterday postponed the admission test for the evening programme of Master of Business Administration (MBA).
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Fake medicine factory sealed off in Ctg
The Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police sealed off a fake medicine factory and arrested a man in the port city’s Chandgaon area early yesterday.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM