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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
‘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
So far so good
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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Latifur Rahman’s 2nd death anniv today
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
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
Bangladesh’s tallest man Jinnat dies
Jinnat Ali, the tallest man in the country, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital yesterday morning.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Mysterious death of senior SBMCH doctor in Barishal
Police yesterday recovered the body of a senior doctor of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) from the bottom of an elevator shaft at Mamata Specialised Hospital in Barishal city.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Biman to run 3 flights from Dhaka, Japan
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is operating three special flights -- one from Dhaka and two from Japan -- to repatriate citizens of the two countries, following a ban on scheduled passenger flights due to Covid-19 pandemic.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Other nations should share responsibility’
Pointing to the international community’s continuous call upon Bangladesh to shelter Rohingya people who arrive floating on boats at Bay of Bengal, the country’s Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said other countries of the region are not being requested to share the burden.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Brothers killed, four injured in road crash
Two siblings were killed and four injured after a bus and truck collided at Sherua Battola in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila yesterday morning.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Nat’l Professor Anisuzzaman hospitalised
National Professor Anisuzzaman was admitted to a city hospital yesterday.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 : Rab official tests positive in Ctg
A member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) tested Covid-19 positive in Chattogram’s Patenga on Monday.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
‘It is an attack on freedom of expression’
Some 20 journalists were attacked, intimidated, harassed, or arrested for reporting on pilferage, corruption, and lack of accountability in food aid meant for the poor during the lockdown, noted Forum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
SBMCH doctor found dead in Barishal clinic
A physician of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) is found dead at a clinic’s basement in Barishal city.
28 April 2020, 07:55 AM
Govt provided free legal aid to 5 lakh people in 10 years
The government has provided legal aid to 5,07,040 poor and helpless people of the country free of cost in the last 10 years, reported law ministry yesterday, on the eve of National Legal Aid Services Day.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Stranded In India: 3 special flights to bring them home
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate three special flights from Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in India due to suspension of flights following the Covid-19 outbreak.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Food production, veg supply will continue
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Monday said the government has taken various steps to continue food production and ensure uninterrupted supply of vegetables and perishable agricultural products amid the crisis created over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Bring returnee migrants, families under social safety’
A migrants’ rights organisation has appealed to the prime minister to announce a social safety net programme for the returnee migrants and their families, who are not being included in any of the social protection schemes declared by the government.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Shutdown in Dhaka affects migrant workers in Bahrain
The government of Bahrain this month declared an amnesty programme for undocumented migrant workers to get regularised. This should come as good news for undocumented Bangladeshi workers in the Gulf nation, about 30,000 of whom are expected to avail the programme which runs until December 31 this year.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
DGHS asks DU to be ready to test Covid-19
A month after writing to the health ministry stating their capacity to run coronavirus tests, Dhaka University authorities heard back from the authorities yesterday.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
DSCC to provide food for another one lakh families
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will provide food packs to one lakh poor families who are out of work during this Ramadan, DSCC mayor Sayeed Khokon told The Daily Star yesterday.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
When duty calls
On March 28, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal readied a 11-member roster -- three doctors, six nurses, and five technologists -- to work at its 150-bed Corona Isolation Unit from the next day. However, four out of the five technologists backed out almost immediately.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
ASI suspended for taking bribe in Dhaka
An assistant sub-inspector of police was suspended after some auto-rickshaw drivers staged demonstrations against him for allegedly taking bribe in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
27 April 2020, 14:18 PM
Registration exam of non-govt teachers postponed
The 17th teachers’ registration examinations to qualify for appointment to the private educational institutions have been postponed due to the evolving coronavirus crisis.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Khandakar Asaduzzaman laid to rest
Former lawmaker Khandakar Asaduz-zaman was laid to rest with state honour at his family graveyard in Naruchi village under Gopalpur upazila in Tangail yesterday morning.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM