Ex-VC’s recruits lock up crucial buildings at RU

Authorities at Rajshahi University (RU) were forced to suspend a financial committee meeting yesterday, after a number of the 137 staffers who were
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Monsoon brings misery for port city residents

Residents of Chattogram city woke up to a bad day yesterday, as incessant rainfall brought back all-too-familiar problems.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

"No Mask No Service" sign

From the classic “chin-mask” to hanging them by the wrists and ears, and putting them on the forehead, masks are sometimes everywhere except
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Kulsum Zaman no more

Kulsum Zaman, wife of former Awami League lawmaker and first finance secretary late Khandakar Asaduzzaman, passed away yesterday while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. She was 85.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Kamrul Manir passes away

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Kamrul Manir passed away in Rajshahi on Friday.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Appeal for help

Md Abdullah Sherdil is an ex-student of Dhaka University’s linguistics department. The father of two young children from Paikgaccha, Khulna was recently diagnosed with blood cancer.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Better behaviour for better policing

At a time when public trust in policing is windling, a circle of Chattogram police has taken up an initiative to find a way to improve the people-police relationship.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Woman dies after being hit by bus in Dhaka

A woman was killed and her daughter critically injured after being hit by a passenger bus when they were crossing road in front of a market at Shahjadpur in Dhaka last night.
18 June 2021, 19:40 PM

500 JCD activists sued in Mymensingh

Police yesterday filed two cases against some 500 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) for their alleged attack on law enforcers centring a rally in Mymensingh city’s Kalibari area on Thursday.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh nominated FAO member from Asia region

Bangladesh has been nominated as the member of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) from the Asia region for three years from 2022.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

‘We want more skilled workers from Bangladesh’

Saudi Arabia has urged Bangladesh to send more skilled migrant workers to the Kingdom, as there are “ample job opportunities” for foreign workers in its various sectors.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

6 held with meth, yaba in Uttara

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers with crystal meth, also known as ice, from Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Luck drying up for dried fish traders

Two months into the second wave of Covid-19 in the country, shutki (dried fish) traders and producers of Rangpur division are yet to recover from the losses they incurred during the first wave of the pandemic.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Shahida Zahir passes away

Shahida Zahir (Ratna) passed away on Sunday (June 13) at her residence.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

A Force of Nature

My cousin Dr. Luna Vishwanath (née Quader) passed away on June 6th. With her went a big part of my childhood. This is her story.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Vaccination Resumes in Ctg: Frontliners, CMCH registrants to get priority

It’s good news for vaccine-seekers of Chattogram, as 91,200 doses of Sinopharm vaccine have reached the port city yesterday.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Loved ones mourn the death of Shahida Zahir

Shahida Zahir (Ratna) passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2021 at her residence.
18 June 2021, 06:39 AM

Laxmipur-2 by- polls on June 21

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court decisions over declaring Laxmipur-2 constituency vacant, and to hold a by-election to this constituency on June 21.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Physical work likely to begin in March

Physical work of the country’s first ever underground metro rail -- from Dhaka Airport to Kamalapur -- is likely to begin in March next year, more than a year after the original plan, largely due to Covid-19 pandemic situation.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Virtual graduation ceremony of Scholastica ends

The three-day long virtual graduation ceremony of Scholastica, one of the leading English-medium schools of the country, ended yesterday.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM