Preserve Kolkata building that housed Mujibnagar govt

Officials of the Mujibnagar government on Saturday demanded that the government take necessary steps to preserve the building on Theatre Road in Kolkata, which housed the wartime government in 1971.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Budget must be more pro-women

Women have become more vulnerable in the current Covid-19 pandemic, and it is crucial that 2020-2021 budgetary allocation reflects the consequences of the pandemic on women, said speakers at a pre-budget webinar yesterday.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Three isolation centres opened at prisons

To contain the spread of Covid-19 inside prisons and ensure better treatment of affected inmates, the government yesterday launched three isolation centres.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Educationist Dr Zillur Rahman passes away

Dr Zillur Rahman Khan, a renowned Bangladeshi-American educationist and professor of political science, passed away while undergoing treatment at a nursing home in Orlando of Florida, USA on Saturday.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Hope the ‘misunderstanding’ will be solved: info minister

Information Mnister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the Rozina issue was an unwanted incident and hoped all the misunderstanding will be solved after her bail.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Inoculation Drive in Chattogram: Second dose seekers continue to swarm vaccine centres

After a brief break following the Eid holiday, vaccination centres in Chattogram have resumed operations with second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Saturday. Only this time, they are providing 100 doses per day, due to severe shortage of stocks.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

323 people killed on roads in 15 days of Eid rush

Although operation of long-route buses remained suspended during this Eid rush, at least 323 people were killed in 318 road crashes in 15 days, according to a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

BM College: Vice-principal barred from joining office by students

A professor of Government BM College, Barishal could not join his promoted post of vice principal yesterday due to protest by students.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Prof Maliha Khatun’s 19th death anniversary

Today marks the 19th death anniversary of Prof Maliha Khatun PhD, a Begum Rokeya Padak laureate.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Rashid Babu passes away

Rashid Babu, president of Rangpur Press Club, passed away following a cardiac arrest at his home on Saturday morning, aged 68.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Body of missing teen recovered, UP member among six arrested

Police yesterday arrested six people in connection with the death of a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee, whose body was recovered in Mymensingh’s Sadar upazila on Friday evening, three days after he went missing.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

CJ constitutes nine more HC benches for virtual hearing

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday constituted nine more High Court benches for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases, as the court will reopen today, after a two- week annual vacation.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

CCU at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in disarray

The Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) is not in operational condition. Its only angiogram machine is not working, and all its air conditioners are out of order, which means the unit is barely functioning.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Babunagari’s assistant Enamul held in Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested top Hefajat leader Junayed Babunagari’s personal assistant Enamul Hasan Farooqi in Chattogram on Friday night over mayhem in Hathazari on March 26.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Dehydration, heat strokes drain working class in Ctg

At 12 noon on Friday, rickshaw-puller Md Belal stood at Jamal Khan Road with his clothes stuck to his body with sweat. The 37-year-old has been
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Indigenous people worst sufferers of climate change

Indigenous people are the worst sufferers of the impact of climate change in the world including Bangladesh, said environmentalists and researchers at a webinar yesterday.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Can’t go door to door killing mosquitoes

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam said punitive measures will be taken against those found responsible in Aedes mosquito breeding.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Return to Dhaka still a hurdle race for many

Defying coronavirus scares and multiple hurdles on their way, a large number of Dhaka dwellers yesterday returned to the city after celebrating Eid at their village homes.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Misplaced priorities?

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has taken up a Tk 850-crore project for constructing flyovers at five more locations in the city, but has skipped the city’s most traffic-congested area, Shaheb Bazar.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Women in Politics: Parties get another nine years to ensure 33pc representation

Political parties of the country are likely to get another nine years to keep at least 33 percent positions of all committee at local and national levels reserved for women as all the major parties failed to ensure it before the deadline.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM