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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
Seven killed, six injured in road accidents
Seven people were killed and six others injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Special train for vegetables begins journey tomorrow
A special parcel train is operating on the Panchagarh-Dhaka route to facilitate transportation of goods produced by farmers during the ongoing lockdown.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Take special care of RMG workers amid Covid-19 pandemic
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati central committee has called upon the owners and the government to take special care of the RMG workers, who have been playing an important role in the country’s export earnings and the economy.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Allow us to open shops in limited scale’
Traders in Chattogram should be allowed to open their shops in a limited scale amid the coronavirus pandemic so that they can survive, said their leaders yesterday.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Incomes vanish for the vulnerable
Rafiqul Islam sells kebab from evening to late night every day at Rangpur city’s Company area. He used to make around Tk 400-500 per day, but since the April 14 “lockdown”, his income has come down to zero.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mugging, extortion increased last year
Mugging and extortion marked a sharp rise last year from 2019, although the country saw a fall in overall crime incidents during the same period.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Workers hope for a miracle
“This is the only work we know. When our incomes are cut off from this, we don’t have anywhere else to go,” said Shamsuddin, a loading worker at Barishal River Port.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Four including cop arrested in Rajshahi
Police Bureau of Investigation on Sunday identified the body of a woman, found in a drum in Rajshahi four days ago, and arrested four persons in connection with the death.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Increase manpower, support to tackle it’
Doctors at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) have called for ensuring manpower and necessary support to sustain health services at the facility, especially for Covid-19 treatment.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
A big-hearted initiative
Ever since the start of the lockdown, the low-earning population of Mymensingh city have been going through a rough time. Out of work on one hand, their misery is only compounded by the onset of Ramadan, which brought with it a sudden rise in kitchen market prices.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
After DSA cases for 'hurting religious sentiments', Nur apologises for April 14 Facebook live
Former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur early today apologised for his statement on Facebook live after at least two Digital Security Act cases were filed against him on charge of hurting the religious sentiment of Awami League activists and supporters.
19 April 2021, 14:42 PM
‘Strict lockdown’: Mymensingh police subsidising iftar packets for sale to low-income people
Mymensingh police has started selling subsidised iftar packets among low-income people at Tk 5 each during the ongoing countrywide “strict lockdown”.
18 April 2021, 18:59 PM
DU professor Nazrul Islam Khan dies of Covid-19
Dr Md Nazrul Islam Khan, professor of Institute of Nutrition and Food Science of Dhaka University (DU), has passed away of Covid-19. He took his last
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
All HC orders of ad-interim bails extended for two weeks
All High Court orders of ad-interim bail have been extended for the next two weeks because of Covid-19.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘They should be socially boycotted’
The High Court yesterday observed that those who harbour child molesters should be socially boycotted.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Injured rare primate rescued in Sreemangal
A Slow Loris -- a rare primate locally known as lajjaboti banor – is now undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
All work, no play makes Dhaka an unhealthy city
Thirty percent of the wards in Dhaka city do not have any playground or park, which particularly harms the mental and physical growth of children as they have no space to play and interact with friends.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
PM took Bangladesh to a new height
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken Bangladesh to a new height of international diplomacy.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Trafficking yaba in guise of ‘emergency product’
Detectives yesterday claimed to have arrested four members of a narcotics gang who were smuggling yaba pills from Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka in a truck under the guise of “emergency product” to store and sell those at a higher price amid the “lockdown”.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Life is more important than livelihood: CJ
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday refused to increase the number of High Court benches for dealing with more cases, saying that safety of life is the first priority in this difficult period of coronavirus pandemic.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM