Writ petition filed to reopen edu institutes immediately

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday, seeking its directive on the government to reopen all educational institutions, including schools and colleges, immediately, considering the present situation.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

DNCC drive met with resistance at Mirpur-11

Officials of Dhaka North City Corporation faced obstruction from locals while conducting an eviction drive in Mirpur section 11, block-C yesterday.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Why the overnight popularity of BiP in Bangladesh?

WhatsApp is being criticised globally for its security issues and forced to delay the enforcement of its newest privacy policy. This resulted in a rise of non-mainstream apps like Signal, Telegram and Line to rise up. Among these, BiP seems to have caught on with Bangladeshi netizens.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

House help held over torturing elderly employer

A domestic help who tortured an elderly woman and fled with cash and valuables on Monday from her employer’s house in the capital was arrested yesterday.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Stolen motorbike found in AL leader’s house

Police have arrested driver of a local Awami League leader with a stolen motorcycle in Ashulia of Savar.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

DAG Debashish Bhattacharyya resigns

Deputy Attorney General Debashish Bhattacharyya has resigned from his office.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Noise Pollution: DoE launches Tk 48cr project

Department of Environment yesterday launched a Tk 47.98 crore project to control noise pollution, which will be implemented in the next three years.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

New diplomatic zone in Purbachal: foreign minister

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that government is planning to set up a new diplomatic zone at Purbachal in Dhaka due to shortage of land in Gulshan and Baridhara diplomatic zone.
21 January 2021, 12:54 PM

DNCC eviction drive faces obstruction in Mirpur area

Officials of Dhaka North City Corporation faced obstruction when they were conducting an eviction drive in Mirpur section 11, block-C today.
21 January 2021, 07:28 AM

Ismat Ara’s 1st death anniv

Today is the first death anniversary of former lawmaker and state minister Ismat Ara Sadique.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Save the ponds of Sylhet’

Environmental activists and locals demanded at a human chain yesterday that the Majumdar Bari Dighi (large pond) and others ponds in Sylhet city be saved from grabbing and destruction.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Couple’s Death on Road: Bus driver remanded

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a driver of Ajmeri Glory Paribahan on a one-day remand in a case filed over the death of a couple in the capital’s Airport area.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Dreaming anew with jute

On June 15, 2017, a section of a clay wall crashed and fell on 18-year-old Sabina Yeasmin, paralysing her from the waist down. The incident happened just when she was about to sit for her HSC exams, and set her education back by two whole years.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

University student missing in capital

A 23-year-old Bangladeshi youth, also a student at Malaysia’s Asia Pacific University (APU), has been missing for a week since he left his home in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential area on January 13.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Rape Case: HC orders former TV producer to surrender to court

The High Court yesterday directed Aslam Shikder, a former programme producer of private TV channel ATN Bangla, to surrender before the Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal-7 of Dhaka in a case filed for raping a dancer in 2018.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Cluster Admission Tests: Four engineering univs at odds over specifics

Four public engineering universities who had earlier agreed on a cluster admission test system, are divided on the question of where the exam would be held.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Two MPs demand school reopening

Two ruling Awami League lawmakers yesterday demanded that the government take measures to reopen all educational institutions, as the long closure of schools and colleges are hindering students.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

13 canals to be revived: Atiqul

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam yesterday said they will recover occupied portions of 13 canals from encroachers in 18 extended wards of DNCC.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Standing up to the oath of sacrifice

It was early morning on September 15, 2019. Sergeant Md Shahidul Islam went to Abhaynagar Police Station in Jashore with members of the bomb disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6).
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Raisuddin Ahmed no more

Raisuddin Ahmed, a former director of Biman, and former general secretary and vice president of Bangladesh Cricket Board, passed away yesterday, at the age of 82.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM