Illegal fishing structures removed from river

The upazila administration removed some illegal fishing structures from different areas of the Kanchamatia river in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Monday.
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Mughal-era bridge Hatirpool facing extinction

Locals have demanded withdrawal of a decision by Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to acquire the land of a historical bridge named Hatirpool, two century-old graveyards and a 40-year-old mosque for expansion of Dhaka-Sylhet highway.
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Lumpy skin disease virus killing cattle in Saidpur

At least 20 cattle died in the last two months in Saidpur upazila and hundreds others infected by a highly contagious viral disease known as lumpy skin disease (LSD).
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Dhaka-Jashore air route to resume on Thursday

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has decided to resume flight operations on the Dhaka-Jashore route from Thursday.
9 June 2020, 16:49 PM

‘Tortured till kidney damage, bribed for release’

After Gopalganj farmer Nikhil, college student Imran from Jashore becomes second victim of alleged police brutality
9 June 2020, 16:27 PM

Combating coronavirus: ICT Division, DGHS launch ‘plasma network’

A voluntary plasma platform – ‘Shohojoddha’ – was launched today as a joint initiative of ICT Division, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and some other public and private organisations to facilitate the collection and distribution of plasma from patients who recovered from coronavirus.
9 June 2020, 14:28 PM

Cancel registration, route permits if vehicles violate health codes: ministry to BRTA

Road Transport and Bridges Ministry today asked Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to cancel registration and route permits if vehicles violate health guidelines.
9 June 2020, 12:25 PM

Tk 22cr scam: Dhaka Bank’s Dhanmondi branch vice president denied bail

The High Court refuses to grant bail to Dhaka Bank's Dhanmondi branch Vice President Md Aminul Islam in connection with a case filed on charge of misappropriating Tk 22 crore.
9 June 2020, 11:46 AM

Robbery, drug case accused killed in gunfight in Naogaon: police

A man accused in six separate cases including arms, narcotics and robbery, was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Naogaon’s Porsha upazila this morning.
9 June 2020, 10:43 AM

Places of worship asked to disseminate info on Covid-19 thru loudspeakers

The government has asked authorities of the country’s mosques and other places of worship to disseminate messages containing information on coronavirus regularly through loudspeakers, with the aim of make people more aware of the deadly virus.
9 June 2020, 09:44 AM

Joint commissioner who ‘offered bribe to DMP chief’ transferred

The joint commissioner who allegedly offered bribe to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner has been transferred.
9 June 2020, 07:55 AM

Gas cylinder blast leaves 7 of a family burnt in Savar

At least seven members, including two children, of a family suffered burn injures in a fire, supposedly caused by a gas cylinder blast in Ashulia of Savar, early today.
9 June 2020, 05:49 AM

Police brutality: Inquiry finds Gopalganj ASI guilty over death of farmer

A Police Headquarters inquiry has found an assistant sub-inspector guilty in connection with the death of a farmer in Gopalganj.
8 June 2020, 19:58 PM

‘Increase tobacco tax in upcoming budget’

Some ruling and opposition party lawmakers have lent their support to an increase in taxes on tobacco and tobacco products, saying it would save lives, decrease healthcare costs and increase revenue.
8 June 2020, 19:05 PM

Youth found dead

Police recovered the beheaded body of a youth from Telikhali village in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Two die inhaling toxic gas

Two people, including a construction worker, died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank in Gafargaon upazila of the district yesterday.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 outbreak disrupts EPI programme

Within a year of birth, children are vaccinated for various diseases as a preventive measure. But Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) is being disrupted here this time due to coronavirus outbreak. Children and pregnant women are not going to the EPI centres to avoid Covid-19 transmission.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM

A unique remembrance of Covid-19 victims

At a time when nature flourishes amid man’s reduced activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, the chairman of Mahilara union parishad (UP) under Barishal’s Gournadi upazila has taken a novel initiative in memory of those who died due to the highly contagious disease.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Int’l flights to resume from 3rd week of this month

The civil aviation ministry plans to resume regular flight operations on international routes on a limited scale from the third week of the current month.
8 June 2020, 16:09 PM

Now profiting off oxygen

Two shops in Chattogram have been fined Tk 100,000 each by two separate mobile courts for selling oxygen cylinders at a high profit margin.
8 June 2020, 15:59 PM