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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
Few passengers on 1st day
Yesterday was the first day of the resumption of regular domestic flight operation. After a 16-day recess, two private airlines -- US-Bangla and Novoair -- operated flights from the capital in the morning.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Another DSA case filed against Nur
A case was filed against former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union, Nurul Haque Nur under Digital Security Act.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
70,000kg govt rice recovered from pvt warehouse in Ctg
Tonnes of rice get imported by the government from different countries to keep prices stable in Bangladesh’s market, but syndicates of unscrupulous Chattogram food officials, transport contractors, and local rice traders misappropriate the rice in different ways to later sell it at higher prices.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Youth voices remain unheard
To get the voices of grassroots youth heard, a National Youth Council consisting of national and divisional representation needs to be formulated urgently, speakers stressed at a webinar yesterday.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Barishal SBMCH records 56.52pc positivity rate
The rising rate of Covid-19 infections in Barishal is alarming healthcare professionals and general citizens.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
CJ forms two more virtual HC benches
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday constituted two more High Court benches for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases during the ongoing restrictions due to Covid-19 pandemic.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
First set of metro trains reach Dhaka
The first set of metro trains reached Dhaka yesterday, registering a major development to the country’s first ever metro rail project.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Footpath, road blocked by DNCC’s structure
Dhaka residents usually come across footpaths and roads being blocked by vendors and parked vehicles. As a result, they may have to jaywalk or manoeuvre their vehicles through the obstacles, hoping that one day authorities will clear the path.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Monitor Aedes larvae to keep dengue in check: Taposh to DSCC officials
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today directed all zonal executive officers of the city corporation to properly monitor field-level mosquito control activities and clean-up work of all surface and stormwater drains.
21 April 2021, 15:30 PM
200 shanties gutted in Uttara slum fire
At least 200 shanties were gutted in a fire at a slum in the city's Ranavola area at Uttara sector-10 today.
21 April 2021, 12:20 PM
Nine Bangladeshis make ‘Forbes 30 under 30 Asia’
For the first time, a total of nine Bangladeshis have made the “Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2021” list.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Local fish variety more effective in curbing mosquito population
Fisheries experts of Bangladesh Agricultural University have suggested introduction of “biological control of mosquito” by releasing small fishes of local species into the breeding sites.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Man hurls acid on 5 family members, himself in Dhaka
A man allegedly threw acid on five members of his family and himself following an altercation in Dhaka’s Lalbagh area yesterday morning.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Those who saved lives at the cost of their own
“Don’t just chant slogans and hold processions; form an emergency first-aid squad and prepare for massive bloodshed.”
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Road Accidents: Five killed, 17 injured in three districts
Five people were killed and at least 17 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Test numbers fall but positivity rate higher
In the week before the enforcement of the strict lockdown on April 14, Chattogram’s rate of infection was hovering around 12 percent to 20 percent. But in the days since then, the rate has jumped up.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
BITID to get five ICU beds, new laboratory to test Covid-19
In order to treat critically ill Covid-19 patients, five ICU beds are being installed at Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) in Chattogram.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Diarrhoea cases keep rising in Barishal
The diarrhoea situation in Barishal division has become “severe”, with cases spreading to 18 out of 40 upazilas in six districts. On top of that, intravenous (IV) fluids like saline have suddenly gone out of stock in many places across the division.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
I don’t know if there is oxygen crisis at hospitals
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin yesterday told the High Court that he does not know whether there is any oxygen crisis in the hospitals of the country.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Not much of a ‘lockdown’
Despite the government extending the current week-long “lockdown” for another seven days, most of the main roads and intersections in the capital yesterday witnessed increasing number of people and vehicles.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM