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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
Manage groundwater properly to save Barind from water crisis: speakers
The government should take steps for proper management of groundwater to save the Barind region from scarcity of water, demanded speakers at a virtual meeting yesterday.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
UK, South African variants behind 2nd Covid-19 wave in Ctg
A study by researchers of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) found that mostly the UK variant and partly the South African variant of coronavirus are behind the second wave of Covid-19 in port city, which started in late March.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Shopping mall closed for four hrs in capital
China Town shopping mall in Dhaka’s Paltan area was shut down for around four hours after its authorities failed to follow health safety rules yesterday morning.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Teachers harassed, syndicate meeting suspended at RU
Rajshahi University (RU) administration suspended a syndicate meeting yesterday, after a hostile incident involving the university’s teachers and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) took place. During the incident, a number of teachers said they were harassed.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Aid available for all journos in need
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said government aid is available for all destitute journalists, even those who criticise the government.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
The web should be more accessible for visually-impaired
Speakers at a webinar yesterday demanded special technologies and methods to make websites of different organisations more accessible to people with visual impairment.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Inter-district commuters find lockdown workaround
Since the countrywide “lockdown” started from April 5 to curb the spread of Covid-19, construction worker Md Sumon has been unable to find any work.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Kutupalong camp to get solar lighting
Beyond2020, a UAE-driven humanitarian initiative has announced deployment of solar energy lighting solutions at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. This is expected to benefit at least 4,500 residents.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Man arrested for gang-rape in Rajshahi
Police arrested a man on charge of gang-rape in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila early Tuesday.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Charbaria massacre, never to be forgotten
By the time April of 1971 was coming to an end, the Pakistan army started to form an idea of Barishal as a bastion of freedom fighters. The onslaught first began on the 18th of that month. They attacked Barishal city with a barrage of bombs.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Press Freedom Day observed in Barishal
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, journalists in Barishal yesterday sought a safer work environment and demanded assurance of their livelihoods.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Evercare Hospital begins operations in port city
Global healthcare consortium Evercare Group has started operating its second chain hospital Evercare Hospital Chattogram, providing both outdoor and indoor health services since early April.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Protect waterbodies, forests to solve water crisis in CHT: speakers
During every dry season, indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts face acute water shortage.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Consider student visa emergency service
Bangladeshi students studying at various German universities, stuck in the country ever since the second wave of Covid-19 broke out, have appealed to the German Embassy in Dhaka and the foreign ministry to facilitate student visa processing amid the “lockdown”, considering it as an emergency and special service.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Rab detains two in Savar over alleged rape of minor
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-4) detained two people from Savar’s Aminbazar area on Sunday night for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Jaintapur sees road crash at same spot for second day
For the second consecutive day, a road accident occurred in the same area of Sylhet’s Jaintapur, killing three people and injuring two others this time.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Stop character assassination of victims of violence’
Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) expressed grave concern over the prevailing culture of character assassination of women and their family members in media, especially in connection with the recent death of a college girl at a Gulshan apartment.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Release 51 arrestees before Eid: activists
Noted rights activists yesterday demanded the release of 51 people who were arrested between March 25 and April 28 in connection with the movement against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
In hopes of safer, better buildings across country
With the introduction of a provision for mandatory rainwater harvesting for buildings across the country, the government on February 11 published a gazette notification, making the revised Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) a law.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cabinet clears draft law for pvt medical and dental colleges
The cabinet yesterday gave the final approval to the draft of Private Medical College and Dental College Act, 2021 to ensure discipline in private medical and dental colleges by bringing those under a law from two separate guidelines.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM