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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
DU students to be brought under health insurance
Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided to bring all students of the university under health insurance.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
United Hospital fire: HC asks for probe reports from Rajuk, fire service
The High Court today sought separate probe reports -- from four authorities concerned -- on the deadly fire at the corona isolation unit in United Hospital that killed five patients on May 27.
2 June 2020, 12:59 PM
Suspended ACC director Basir’s bail petition rejected in bribery case
A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of Khondaker Enamul Basir, a suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission, in a bribery case.
2 June 2020, 10:15 AM
Abrar Fahad murder: Zion denied bail
A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of Meftahul Islam Zion, a 15th batch student of naval architecture and marine engineering department, in connection with the killing of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad in October last year.
2 June 2020, 07:44 AM
Police uncover trail of National Bank’s missing Tk 80 lakh
Detectives yesterday arrested four people from different parts of Dhaka in connection with a case filed over National Bank’s missing Tk 80 lakh on May 10.
2 June 2020, 05:22 AM
Tamim Iqbal named WFP ambassador
Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricket star and current captain of the country’s one day international team, has been appointed as National Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh, said a press release.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
DU halts Covid-19 testing at its labs
Dhaka University authorities yesterday stopped coronavirus testing facilities at its laboratories.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Suspended DIG prisons Bazlur Rashid denied bail
The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in connection with a corruption case filed over amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known source of income.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Anwar Hossain passes away
Md Anwar Hossain, father of Ashraful Alam Khokan, deputy press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, passed away yesterday at his village home in Kapashia, Gazipur. He was 79.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Writ petition challenges decision to run court proceedings virtually
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the chief justice’s decision to run virtual functions of courts across the country.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Five ‘JMB men’ held in M’singh
Rapid Action Battalion arrested five alleged members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh early yesterday.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi Migrant Workers: Kuwait inquiring into ‘human trafficking by three comapanies’
Kuwait’s interior ministry has started opening files of three major companies on suspicions of human trafficking of some 4,000 foreign workers, mostly Bangladeshis.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
JS budget session to be cut short due to Covid-19
The daily order of business of this year’s budget session will be carried out with minimum lawmakers in the House, in an attempt to maintain social distancing and avoid the risk of novel coronavirus infection.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Petition seeks stay on hiking bus fare
A rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the government’s decision to increase the bus fares by 60 percent.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Masterplan undertaken for mosquito control: Taposh
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday announced a change in the total mosquito control activities to speed up the work to control the menace in DSCC areas.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Two people fined Tk 28 lakh for cutting hill in Chattogram
The Department of Environment (Chattogram) fines two people Tk 28 lakh for illegally cutting through a portion of a hill, locally known as Greenledge Bank hill, in Askar Dighirpar area in Chattogram.
1 June 2020, 12:32 PM
Pathao, Uber send letter to BRTA urging them to allow ride-sharing to resume
Two major ride-sharing companies have written to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to allow them operate their services like other public transport.
1 June 2020, 12:08 PM
CMP constable dies with Covid-19 like symptoms
A 29-year-old police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) died with Covid-19 like symptoms at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) this morning.
1 June 2020, 09:40 AM
Suspended DIG prisons Bazlur Rashid denied bail
The High Court has rejected a bail petition of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in a case against him on charge of amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known source of income.
1 June 2020, 09:39 AM
Dhaka University teachers condole death of colleague from Covid-19
Dhaka University Teachers’ Association has expressed condolences at the death of Prof Shakil Uddin Ahmed of Soil, Water and Environment department of the university who died with Covid-19 last night.
1 June 2020, 08:19 AM