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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
India gives automatic sanitiser dispenser to Rajshahi's main mosque
Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi today installed an automatic hand sanitiser dispenser at the city’s main mosque -- Shaheb Bazar Boro Masjid -- for helping mosque-goers follow Covid-19 protocols.
6 April 2021, 09:40 AM
Writer Mushtaq’s father Abdur Razzaq dies
Abdur Razzaq, father of writer Mushtaq Ahmed who was arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act and later died in jail, passed away tonight at 8:40pm following a heart attack.
5 April 2021, 19:21 PM
March 26 demo: Jubo League leader sues Mamunul
A case was filed against Hefajat-e Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque and 16 other people with Paltan Model Police Station last night.
5 April 2021, 18:46 PM
PM’s speech unmasked ‘exploiters of religion’
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech has uncovered the faces of “those who exploit religion”.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Work with honesty for country’s advancement’
Eminent citizens yesterday urged the young generation to be imbued with patriotism and work with devotion and honesty aiming to contribute to the country’s advancement.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid cases keep rising in Barishal
With coronavirus infection rate increasing in Barishal every day, the district administration has instructed people to strictly follow health guidelines.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Same crisis, a year later
On April 5 last year, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital Assistant Professor Dr Md Moyeen Uddin tested positive for Covid-19. He was the very first of such patients in Sylhet, and was the first doctor of the country to have succumbed to the virus on April 15.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Exempt us from the lockdown’
Small traders in Rajshahi staged a demonstration in the city yesterday, demanding exclusion of their businesses from the lockdown.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Commuters bear the brunt of it
On the first day of the countrywide seven-day lockdown, port city commuters suffered immensely due to acute shortage of public transport.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Legal notice on govt seeks materity leave be one year
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the government to take necessary steps in 15 days to remove discrimination in public and private sectors regarding maternity leave. The notice also included the demand of enhancing this leave period from six months to one year.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Youth ‘behind vandalism of Bangabandhu mural’ arrested
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-14) yesterday claimed to have arrested a youth, who was involved in vandalising the mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Brahmanbaria, on the day of the strike enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam on March 28.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Fewer than half of smokeless tobacco makers pay taxes
A significant number of smokeless tobacco (SLT) manufacturers in Bangladesh have managed to slip away from the government’s tax net, anti-tobacco platform Knowledge for Progress said yesterday, referring to a recent study.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
21 police personnel hurt in B’baria road crash
At least 21 policemen, including two police inspectors and two drivers of vehicles carrying police were injured when a passenger bus collided with two pickup vans in Brahmanbaria yesterday morning.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Tk 146cr of 700cr fund disbursed so far: minister
About Tk 146 crore has been disbursed so far from the government’s Tk 700-crore special reintegration loan fund for pandemic-affected returnee migrants, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said yesterday.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
2 convicted prisoners die in Dhaka hospitals
Two convicted prisoners died at Dhaka hospitals this morning.
5 April 2021, 08:21 AM
Nor’wester uproots 30 ‘butterfly’ street lights in Rajshahi
The nor’wester that swept over Rajshahi city yesterday uprooted at least 30 poles of the recently installed butterfly-shaped street lights of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Homebound journey ends in tragedy for four farm workers
At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondent and a news agency.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mamunul’s Confinement in N’ganj: Hefajat activists turn violent across country
Leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam unleashed mayhem at different places across the country following confinement of a top leader of the organisation by ruling Awami League men at a resort in Narayanganj along with a woman on Saturday evening.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Four arrested for robbery in B’baria
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police claimed to have arrested four members of an inter-district robber gang who robbed the houses of two expatriates after throwing crude bombs in Akhaura area of Brahmanbaria.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Bill placed in JS to address hajj irregularities
The Hajj and Umrah Management Bill-2021 was placed in parliament yesterday, in principle, to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM