Action against those misusing the Digital Security Act: Quader

Action will be taken against those who will misuse the Digital Security Act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Ctg running out of isolation beds

With the number of Covid-19 patients increasing everyday, the beds dedicated for them in Chattogram are going to be filled up soon; so the authorities must take immediate steps, said health experts and concerned citizens.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Condition of nat’l professor Anisuzzaman critical: family

Health condition of National Professor Anisuzzaman is developing from concerning to critical level, his family said yesterday.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Filmmaker Rana Hamid passes away

Film producer, director and actor Rana Hamid passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday night.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Mahfuza Arief passes away

Mahfuza Arief, a teacher of SFX Green-Herald International School, passes away at the age of 61.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Polytechnic, Technical Institutions: Livestreamed classes begin today

Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) is set to begin holding classes of polytechnic institutes through Facebook live, to minimise academic loss of students as those are closed due to coronavirus pandemic.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Fear of DSA taking terrifying form: DUJ

A faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists yesterday demanded repeal of the Digital Security Act, alleging countrymen’s freedom of expression has been curbed through the law’s misuse.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Repeal Digital Security Act: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the Digital Security Act is being misused rampantly during the crisis period of coronavirus outbreak across the country.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 Victims: Burial ground moved to Rayerbazar graveyard

The government has started using the Rayerbazar graveyard as the designated place of burial for Covid-19 victims in the capital since April 30 as the previously assigned Khilgaon-Taltola graveyard has a waterlogging problem.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Waliur Rahman Reza no more

Waliur Rahman Reza, a former lawmaker and member of ruling Awami League’s national committee, passed away following a cardiac arrest at his residence in Gaibandha yesterday. He was 85.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Shonge Achi’ serving the hungry

“Shonge Achi”, a voluntary and humanitarian organisation, recently distributed food among 7,000 poor and lower-middle income families in different parts of Dhaka.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

World Thalassemia Day observed with call for youth awareness

On World Thalassemia Day (May 8), Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation, Sandhani, Medicine Club, and Platform observed the day by creating public awareness online, amid the Covid-19 outbreak, said a press release.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

322 Bangladeshis return home from Australia, India

A total of 322 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India and Australia returned home yesterday by two separate special flights of US-Bangla Airlines and a Sri Lanka Airlines flight.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Address unemployment issues of youths: speakers

Expressing concerns over the fallout of Covid-19 pandemic on society, speakers at a webinar yesterday called on the government to take necessary steps to address the unemployment problems of youth.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Mango harvest begins May 15

Harvesting of mango is set to begin this year on May 15, through plucking of Guti varieties of the fruit.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Nusrat Jahan Rafi Murder: Case hearing delayed for coronavirus

Though a High Court bench was ready to hold hearing on the sensational Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, it cannot start the proceedings as the court functions are closed due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Struggling to stay afloat

Lipi Akter started processing her migration to Saudi Arabia in early March, expecting financial solvency there will help her raise her children back home.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM

3 killed in N’ganj septic tank blast

A pregnant woman and two children were killed and six others injured in a septic tank explosion in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila yesterday morning.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM

10,000 kindergarten teachers in Barishal unpaid for months

Teachers of kindergarten schools in Barishal have appealed to the government for financial support so that they are able to tackle the hardship they are facing due to Covid-19 pandemic.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Green-billed Malkoha

In 2016, while working on a book of photographs of birds of Bangladesh, I visited Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary several times looking for birds that I had not found elsewhere.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM