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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
Police foil attempt by protestors to besiege French embassy
Police have foiled an attempt by Hefazat-e-Islam-led ‘Somomona Islami Dal’ -- a platform of Islamist parties -- to besiege the French embassy in Dhaka.
2 November 2020, 09:38 AM
Hefazat rally against Macron halts traffic in Dhaka
Vehicular movement from Dhaka’s Baitul Mukarram National Mosque to Bijoynagar intersection remained suspended since this morning as several hundred activists of Hefazat-e-Islam staged protest against the recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron.
2 November 2020, 08:11 AM
Govt warns classes 6 to 9 students against copying, using guides in assignments
The government has warned all sixth to ninth-grade students that if they complete assignments using third-party guidebooks or copy from others, teachers would cancel the assignment and ask them to resubmit it.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Bring political leaders, activists under dope test
Shamsul Haque Tuku, Awami League MP and chief of the parlia-mentary standing committee on Ministry of Home Affairs, yesterday urged authorities
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DMCH launches facility to manage mass casualties
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has set up a mass casualty management centre to handle influx of patients due to disastrous incidents like Rana Plaza or Nimtoli tragedies.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Books Briefing: Dhaka Comics seeks horror stories
Dhaka Comics, a Bangladeshi comic book publisher founded in 2013, is holding an online comic book writing contest to promote budding artists of all ages. This year, the annual contest’s theme is horror comics.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical students block Shahbagh
Several hundred students from medical and dental colleges yesterday blocked the capital’s Shahbagh intersection to force authorities to accept their demands.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Md Shahjahan no more
Mohammad Shahjahan, commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangshad, Cox’s Bazar district unit has died yesterday.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Insult of Prophet: BNP expresses solidarity with protesters
Condemning cartoons insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in France, BNP yesterday expressed solidarity with the protests by people of all races and religions and the Muslim Ummah against such a dreadful crime.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DNCC to start 10-day mosquito drive today
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is all set to begin a 10-day combing operation to destroy all breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes in areas under its jurisdiction from today.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Rooppur Power Plant Graft Case: SC stays contractor Asif’s bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed until November 8 a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over the much-discussed corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
SBMCH intern doctors start indefinite strike
Intern doctors of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal have gone for an indefinite strike, demanding withdrawal of a case filed against them.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Faking his way to nobility
His plan was to grab Nawab Estate’s property by falsely identifying himself as a descendant of Nawab Salimullah Khan’s family. To get it, he had already filed five cases with land offices of Dhaka and Narayanganj.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Notun Bazar slum fire: 21-year-old dies of burn injuries
A 21-year-old, who was severely burned in Friday’s fire at Notun Bazar slum in Kalyanpur in the capital, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka today.
1 November 2020, 16:42 PM
Erfan Salim, bodyguard placed on fresh 2-day remand
A Dhaka court today placed Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on a fresh two-day remand in the case filed over assaulting navy official Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan.
1 November 2020, 12:55 PM
DNCC to start 10-day drive tomorrow to destroy mosquito breeding grounds
Dhaka North City Corporation is all set to begin a 10-day combing operation in areas under its jurisdiction from tomorrow to destroy all breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of both dengue and chikungunya.
1 November 2020, 10:02 AM
Medical students block Shahbagh, demand resolving session jam
A section of medical students took position on Shahbagh intersection in the capital to press home their three-point demand including reduction of session jam.
1 November 2020, 07:42 AM
Online classes ‘not that effective’: BYLC-MJF survey
Regional and institution-wise disparity in digital infrastructure and readiness affected students’ learning during the pandemic, as only 39 percent of youth said their educational institutions were offering online classes in July 2020, a recent survey shows.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM
War Crimes: Qaisar seeks review of death sentence
Convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that upheld his death sentence for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes durning the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM
First national cyber security drill: Three law enforcement, security orgs score zero
The first national level cyber-security drill, organised recently by a government agency and participated by 35 private and public institutions, has produced some rather quizzical results.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM