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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
Writ petition challenges govt decision to hike bus fare
A rights organisation has filed a writ petition with the high court, challenging the government’s decision to increase bus fares by 60 percent.
1 June 2020, 05:52 AM
Govt body razes 24,796sqft hill without approval
Bangladesh Forestry Industry Development Corporation (BFIDC), a government organisation under ministry of forest, environment and climate change, has razed 1.5- kilometre stretch of hills to make access for a proposed rubber plantation at Raozan upazila of Chattogram.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Red light for ridesharing
While all other road transport services including buses and minibuses are about to resume operations from today, people planning on availing ridesharing services in the capital and other major cities will have to contend with bad news.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
1,200 returnees sent to home quarantine
All 1,203 Bangladeshis who returned to the country in 24 hours till yesterday -- most of whom migrant workers who had remained in detention camps or prisons of Middle Eastern countries -- were allowed to stay in home quarantine, causing concerns over spread of Covid-19.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
225 journos, media staff infected with Covid-19
At least 225 journalists and media employees from 76 national and regional media houses have tested coronavirus positive across the country as of yesterday.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Fish stock under threat in haors of Sylhet
Indiscriminate catching of fish fry in the haors of Sylhet region, including the protected Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj, has been posing a serious threat to the area’s ecosystem. Due to this illegal practice, many local breeds are becoming extinct, said fisheries experts and elderly fishers.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Bazlul Karim Chowdhury passes away
Bazlul Karim Chowdhury, a retired bureaucrat, passed away yesterday, said a condolence message by M Shahidul Islam, deputy commissioner of Tangail.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
MCCI remembers Niloufer Manzur
Trade body Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Friday organised a remembrance and doa mahfil to pay tribute to late Niloufer Manzur, renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure justice for minorities attacked during shutdown
Sixteen noted citizens yesterday demanded justice for the attacks on minority communities, violence against women, land grabbing, harassment of common people, and torture of journalists, all of which took place during the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Role in Anti-Tobacco Campaign: Ahsania Mission gets WHO regional award
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has received World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director’s Special Recognition Award for excellent contributions to tobacco control in Bangladesh.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
CJ readministers oath to 18 HC judges in person
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has further administered oath to 18 High Court judges on Saturday night, hours after they were virtually sworn in.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Former secretary dies from Covid-19
Former secretary M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury, who tested positive with coronavirus, dies at Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka.
31 May 2020, 09:34 AM
CJ administers oath-taking of 18 judges at office hours after virtual swearing-in
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has further administered oath to 18 High Court judges although they were already sworn in virtually.
30 May 2020, 19:26 PM
18 High Court judges take oath
Eighteen High Court judges, whose services were confirmed recently, were sworn in yesterday.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Improving Covid-19 Facilities: ADB provides $231,178 grant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a grant of $231,178 to augment novel coronavirus disease related facilities in 134 urban primary health centres, called Nogor Swastho Kendro, across the country.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Railway selling its tickets online-only
Bangladesh Railway (BR), set to resume train operations from today on a limited scale, started selling all tickets online from yesterday afternoon, to ensure health safety of passengers and staffers.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Man sent to jail over rape in Narayanganj
A Narayanganj court on Friday sent a man to jail on the charge of raping a mentally challenged woman.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Imamul Kabir Shanto passes away
Imamul Kabir Shanto, a freedom fighter and Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology (SMUCT) founding chairman, died from coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in the city yesterday morning. He was 66, says a press release.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
HC, Appellate Division to continue virtual operations
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run the functions of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court virtually without physical presence (of lawyers) from today (May 31) till June 15, in light of the coronavirus situation.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Mitigating Dhaka’s waterlogging: DNCC mayor inaugurates excavation of 1.8km canal
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday inaugurated excavation work of a 1.8km canal -- stretching from Ashkona Hajj camp to Banorupa Housing at Khilkhet -- to reduce waterlogging problem of adjoining area
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM