Shahidul Alam wins CPJ’s Int’l Press Freedom Award

Prominent Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam has been awarded the 2020 International Press Freedom Award alongside three others from Iran, Nigeria and Russia.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Warnings fall on deaf ears

National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 on Friday suggested not to set up cattle markets in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram cities as a preventive measure against the pandemic.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Fire at electric bulb factory in Bongshal

A fire broke out at an electric bulb factory in Bongshal area of Dhaka tonight.
14 July 2020, 16:14 PM

Fake Covid-19 Certificates: Rab arrests Regent Group MD Parvez from Gazipur

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested Masud Parvez, managing director of Regent Group, from Gazipur this evening.
14 July 2020, 15:28 PM

MP’s son rams police van in Ctg, same person involved in 2018 fatal hit-and-run incident

Shabab Chowdhury, son of lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury of Noakhali-4 constituency, rammed a police patrol van with his car in Chattogram city’s Lalkhan Bazar area under Khulshi police station, and was locked into an altercation with police personnel.
14 July 2020, 14:22 PM

Gynaecologist dies of Covid-19 in Ctg

Gynaecologist Dr Irin Jaman of Chattogram Ma O Shishu Hospital has died of coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
14 July 2020, 09:59 AM

Accused in Sagira Morshed murder case refused bail

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Maruf Reza, an accused in a 30 year old murder case of Sagira Morshed.
14 July 2020, 09:18 AM

Launch capsize in Buriganga: master of Mayur-2 on 3-day remand

Abul Bashar Mollah, the master of Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in Buriganga river on June 29 killing at least 34 persons, has been placed on a three-day remand by a Dhaka court.
14 July 2020, 08:44 AM

PSTU VC, wife airlifted to Dhaka, admitted to BSMMU

Vice Chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University Prof Dr Harun-Or-Rashid and his wife Kanika Mahfuz have been airlifted to Dhaka and admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital with breathing problems.
14 July 2020, 07:52 AM

Fake Covid-19 certificate: Case against Dr Sabrina handed over to DB

Detectives have been tasked with investigation of a case filed against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and some others over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
14 July 2020, 06:35 AM

‘Covid-19: Two-thirds of global population at risk of being left behind'

President of the UN General Assembly stated that the response during Covid-19 pandemic must focus on “the two-thirds of the world’s population at risk of being left behind”.
14 July 2020, 05:14 AM

Woman’s body recovered in Dhaka 10 days after going missing; 2 held

Police have recovered the decomposed body of a woman from a ditch in Konabari area under Uttarkhan Police Station in Dhaka, 10 days after she went missing.
13 July 2020, 20:24 PM

Oldest war crimes accused dies in Dhaka

Abdullah Al Baki alias Abdullah Hel Baki, the oldest war crimes criminal in Bangladesh, died of old age complications in his Dhaka residence tonight. He was 106.
13 July 2020, 18:44 PM

Tk 91.25 lakh embezzlement case filed in Ctg against Md Shahed

A case was filed against Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed over misappropriating Tk 91.25 lakh from a motor parts importer in Chattogram city.
13 July 2020, 18:28 PM

No place for the greedy in AL: Quader

Issuing a note of warning, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said those who are spoiling the image of the party by accumulating wealth illegally will not be spared.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Virtual courts need to be taken forward’

A full bench of Supreme Court’s Appellate Division started judicial functions virtually from yesterday to hear and dispose of urgent cases after four months.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Forced Into Prostitution In Dubai: CID to seek Interpol help to nab traffickers

The syndicate that has been trafficking thousands of Bangladeshi girls for last eight years and forcing them into sex work is also involved in trafficking girls from India and Pakistan. It’s Indian and Pakistani members trafficked the girls to Dubai.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Jatiya Party: a year without Ershad

The biggest achievement of Jatiya Party in last one year since the demise of party founder HM Ershad is that it has managed to stay united. Although the party did not split formally, there were clear indications of division in it, sources at JP said.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

ACC to probe allegations against Shahed, Sabrina

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will enquire into allegations against JKG Healthcare Chairperson Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and owner of Regent Hospital and Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed over misappropriation of public money.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Madaripur road crash kills one

A man was killed in a road accident in Kulopdi area of Sadar upazila in Madaripur yesterday, reports our Faridpur correspondent.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM