Boost health budget, but ensure implementation

The national budget for 2021-22 should be adopted focusing on the health crisis caused by Covid-19, said speakers at a virtual discussion yesterday.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Road accident kills newlywed

A newly-married woman was killed in a collision between a motorbike and a truck in Panchagarh’s Boda upazila on Monday night.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Convicted JMB leader arrested after 3 years

Anti-terrorism Unit (ATU) of police arrested a convicted member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), nearly three years after a Rangpur court sentenced him to death for killing the caretaker of a shrine.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Book quarantine hotels through airline website’

Country Manager of airline operator Saudia in Bangladesh, Tarik A Alowaidi, yesterday asked all Saudia Arabia -bound Bangladeshi workers to book hotels for quarantine stays through the airline’s holiday website.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Project authority seeks 1yr deadline extension

With the railway authorities yet to determine the fate of 10 locomotives that a South Korean company supplied breaching contract, the project authority has sought one-year extension of deadline.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Rozina issue was mishandled’

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday met with five journalists’ associations at the Secretariat, and told the leaders that the Rozina Islam issue need not have rolled so far.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Six killed, 17 hurt in road accidents

At least six people were killed and 17 injured in road accidents across the country in last two days, report our correspondents.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Shahed denied bail in money laundering case

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed on charge of laundering Tk 11.2 crore.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Reopen educational institutions now’

Students of different institutions formed human chains across the country yesterday, demanding reopening of all educational institutions immediately.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Allocate 20 per cent of budget for education

Allocation for the education sector in the upcoming budget should be increased so that it can make up for the losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said an education advocacy and campaign network yesterday.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Water crisis grips Khulna city

For the last two months, every morning Helena Khatun, a resident of Moilapota area in Khulna city, wakes up hoping that she will be able to manage enough water for the day.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

HC order on bail of 18 convicts today

The High Court is set to deliver its orders today on nine bail petitions filed by 18 convicts in a case filed over the attack on Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade at Kolaroa in Satkhira in 2002.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Ashraf Muhammad Iqbal, former chairman of Mongla Port, passed away on May 19.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

HC questions legality of interest waiver

The High Court yesterday called for documents from Bangladesh Krishi Bank about its decision of waiving interest of Tk 48 crore for Chattogram’s BNP leader and businessperson Abbas Ali.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Bahrain suspends entry of travellers from Bangladesh

Bahrain suspended entry of travellers from countries on its “Red List”, which includes Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, from yesterday, accordibng to the the country’s state news agency BNA.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Dialysis service resumes after month and a half

Dialysis of kidney patients at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) resumed on Satuday after around one and a half months, after an expatriate Bangladeshi living in the united States financially helped repair a faulty water treatment plant, which was responsible for the halt.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Man held while fleeing country after ‘killing wife over affair’: CID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police claimed to have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife by pouring petrol on her over an extramarital affair.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

By-polls to four constituencies in mid-July

The Election Commission (EC) will hold by-elections to four parliamentary constituencies mid-July.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Three killed in road accidents

Three people were killed and three others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Empower youth to achieve SDGs

A space has to be created for youth so that they can participate in the country’s development policy, said speakers at a virtual dialogue yesterday.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM