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Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Environment
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Country
Barishal chilli farmers hit hard by Amphan
Super cyclonic storm Amphan last month left a trail of devastation in Barishal division. Vast swathes of agricultural land including chilli gardens in the division sustained extensive damage as the tropical cyclone pounded the country’s coastal areas.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Lightning kills 7 in Habiganj, Bogura
Seven people, including three children, have been killed and four others injured in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Bogura districts.
4 June 2020, 17:13 PM
Rana Plaza owner Khaleq dies of Covid-19
Owner of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed on April 24, 2013 -- leaving 1,136 people dead in the worst industrial accident in the country in Savar -- dies after being infected with Covid-19.
4 June 2020, 15:59 PM
Bangladesh will survive if Sundarbans survives, says TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today said Bangladesh will survive only if Sundarbans survives and called for effective implementation of constitutional and legal obligations, especially environmental laws for the protection the forest.
4 June 2020, 14:58 PM
‘An honourable man’: Locals unaware of Haji Kamal’s ‘human trafficker’ identity
According to Rab, Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal (55) has trafficked more than 400 people to Libya over the last decade. But locals of Kushtia Sadar, where Haji Kamal is from, claim they were unaware of his “misdeeds”.
4 June 2020, 14:31 PM
Dhaka CMM’s court decides to hear cheque dishonour cases
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court of Dhaka today decided to receive filings of cheque dishonour cases under Negotiable Instruments Act-1881 through videoconferencing.
4 June 2020, 13:57 PM
Certificates that don’t state cause of death
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Impatient knocks on the door in the early morning jolted me from sleep. As I rushed to open the door in my pyjama and t-shirt, there stood Shumi Rani, a house help who lives in the same building and works at different flats. She was weeping.
4 June 2020, 11:54 AM
Health services secretary transferred to planning division
The government transferred Health Services Division Secretary Md Asadul Islam to the Planning Division today.
4 June 2020, 09:18 AM
‘Patience test’ for govt jobseekers
More than three years have passed and the Public Service Commission (PSC) is yet to announce the final result of the 38th BCS -- testing the patience of over nine thousand university graduates to the limit.
4 June 2020, 08:57 AM
HC upholds govt decision on bus fare hike
The High Court today upheld the government’s decision to increase bus fare by 60 percent.
4 June 2020, 08:39 AM
How Bangladesh fought twin perils of coronavirus and cyclone: PM writes in Guardian
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, jointly with CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation Patrick Verkooijen has written an article in The Guardian, saying that Bangladesh can offer lessons for others facing dangers like super cyclone Amphan and Covid-19.
4 June 2020, 06:16 AM
Bangladesh urges trading partners for responsible business conduct
Bangladesh has urged its trading partners to practice responsible business conduct during the coronavirus pandemic that is rattling the global economy, mostly the developing countries.
4 June 2020, 04:53 AM
Hailstorm damages vegetable seedbeds in Lalmonirhat
The recent hailstorm has caused severe damage to vegetable seedbeds at 20 villages in Lalmonirhat Sadar and Aditmari upazilas.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Boro harvest in Tangail limping amid labourer shortage
Boro farmers in Tangail are in a dire situation as they are running against time to save the ripe paddy on fields that remain submerged following frequent rain and storm over the past week.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Kuwait-returnee Bangladeshis protest at Dhaka airport; demand money to return home
Around 300 Bangladeshi workers who were brought back from Kuwait demonstrated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday demanding money from the government to return to their homes.
3 June 2020, 15:53 PM
Three with Covid-19 symptoms die in 3 districts
Three people, including a freedom fighter, died with coronavirus-like symptoms in Shariatpur, Manikganj, and Pabna districts in the last 24 hours.
3 June 2020, 15:00 PM
Covid-19 tests: Gonoshasthaya seeks suspension of antigen kit trials at BSMMU
Gonoshasthaya Kendra has asked Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to suspend the performance trial of the coronavirus antigen kit after detection of discrepancy in collection of saliva.
3 June 2020, 14:25 PM
2 remanded over trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya
A Dhaka court today placed two people on a two-day remand each in connection with a case filed over trafficking of the 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28.
3 June 2020, 14:03 PM
Probe imprisonment of man in likely case of mistaken identity: HC
The High Court today ordered the chief judicial magistrate of Chapainawabganj to immediately conduct an inquiry into the jailing of a man, who reportedly shares a name with the accused in a drug case.
3 June 2020, 14:01 PM
Irregularities in cash aid, relief distribution: 85 public representatives suspended
The government so far has suspended 85 public representatives of different union parishads, municipalities, upazila parishads and zila parishads for their alleged irregularities in cash aid and relief disbursement -- meant for the poor -- since the outbreak of Covid-19.
3 June 2020, 12:59 PM