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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
New e-mentoring initiative launched for Covid-19 doctors
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Bangladesh, John Allelo, yesterday inaugurated an e-mentoring initiative for doctors fighting on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Wasa MD: HC rejects writ petition challenging reappointment
The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition that challenged legality of the process for reappointing Taqsem A Khan as managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘EC deceived people with subservient role’
BNP yesterday alleged that the Election Commission has “deceived people once again with its inactive and subservient role” during Saturday’s by-polls to Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 constituencies.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
No bar on sponsored TV news, headlines
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared way for the television channels to broadcast sponsored TV news and headlines.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Durga Puja Amid Pandemic: ‘No mask, no entry’ at port city mandaps
With less than a week left to go for Durga Puja, idol artisans are putting the finishing touches to their figures of Goddess Durga and her sons and daughters -- Kartik, Ganesh, Sharashwati and Laxmi.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Rayhan’s family demands judicial probe; 111 injury marks found in autopsy
Family members of Rayhan Ahmed -- who died after being taken into police custody in Sylhet on October 11 -- yesterday demanded judicial probe into the incident, while a second post-mortem of the body reportedly found 111 injuries inflicted hours before his death.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
The waste mountains of Gazipur
In proper garbage management, waste should be disposed of in a protected landfill area first to minimise pollution of surface and ground water, soil and air. Later, those have to be gradually recycled, reused and incinerated.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Performing arts lessons also see online shift
Just like traditional education’s pivot online, performing arts classes too have taken a similar virtual route in the wake of the Covid-19.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM
NSU students demand 30% waiver of tuition fees
A group of North South University students today staged a sit-in programme on the campus, demanding 30 percent waiver of fees in the upcoming Fall-2020 semester due to the coronavirus pandemic.
18 October 2020, 12:28 PM
Death in ‘police custody’: 111 injury marks on Rayhan’s body, autopsy report says
Rayhan Ahmed, who was allegedly tortured to death in Sylhet city's Bandarbazar police outpost, had 111 injury marks on his body and two of his nails were pulled off, according to the autopsy report.
18 October 2020, 09:39 AM
HC rejects petition challenging reappointment of Dhaka Wasa MD Taqsem
The High Court today rejected a writ petition that challenged legality of the process for reappointing Taqsem A Khan to the post of managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
18 October 2020, 07:19 AM
15th death anniversary of MA Samad
Yesterday was the 15th death anniversary of MA Samad, an influential figure in the insurance industry.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Amir Ahmed Chowdhury passes away
Eminent educationist, cultural and sports organiser Prof Amir Ahmed Chowdhury Ratan died of old age complications at a Dhaka hospital on Thursday night. He was 79.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
15 transgender people get opportunity to enroll at Bangladesh Open Univ
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) has given 15 members of transgender or hijra community an opportunity to enrol at its SSC programme this year.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Water transport workers to go on strike from Monday
To press home their 11-point demand -- which includes tri-party contracts, compensation for death on duty, and increased social safety nets -- water transport workers have announced to go on strike from the early hours of Monday.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Two businesses fined for selling rotten eggs, low-quality food
Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined two enterprises Tk 80,000 in Barishal city yesterday, for supplying rotten eggs and selling substandard food items.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Info minister hospitalised with Covid-19
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has been admitted to a hospital in the capital with coronavirus infection.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Trees, hills razed for housing
Sanmar Properties Limited, one of the top real estate companies in the country, has been razing greenery along with hills nearby Bangladesh Forest Research Institute in Chattogram city’s Sholoshahar area for a twin multistory apartment block project.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Newborn back from dead in critical state
The condition of the baby girl -- declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Friday but found alive before burial hours later -- is critical. She is under treatment at the Neonatal Intensive Care unit at the hospital.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Dr Kamal’s Gonoforum expels 8 ‘rebel’ leaders
Expelling its eight rebel leaders -- including Mostafa Mohsin Montu, Dr Abu Sayeed and Subrata Chowdhury -- Gonoforum, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, yesterday decided to hold the party’s central council on December 12.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM