Gazette without approval of Muktijoddha Council: 249 freedom fighters to be verified in Jashore

A total of 249 freedom fighters of Jashore Sadar upazila, who were included in gazettes till 2010, will be verified as the gazettes were issued without the approval of Jatiyo Muktijoddha Council.
18 January 2021, 10:16 AM

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after 10 hours

Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed 10 hours after suspension due to dense fog.
18 January 2021, 05:34 AM

Efforts on to regularise remaining Bangladeshis in Bahrain: foreign ministry

The Bahrain government has regularised visas of 30,000 Bangladeshis amid the COVID-19 pandemic under the nine-month general amnesty (from April to December) last year with 25,000 more irregular Bangladeshis there.
18 January 2021, 04:46 AM

Failing to Serve Tea: Tea-stall owner beaten up

The son of a local influential trader attacked a tea-stall owner in Mirzapur upazila and beat him up allegedly after the latter failed to serve him tea with milk.
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 hand wash basins lie useless for lack of care

Washing hands is one of the major preventions that can help people from getting infected from the deadly virus, but most of the hand wash basins, set up in different public places of Nilphamari when the first wave of Covid-19 hit the country last year, are not working.
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Family needs, local conditions ignored in design

The government, to mark Mujib Barsho -- the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- this year, is going to hand over thousands of houses to the homeless all across the country.
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Foreign language skills a prerequisite to make progress in labour migration sector: Expats minister

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said skills in foreign language is a prerequisite to make progress in the labour migration sector.
17 January 2021, 15:52 PM

Mother of 3 gang-raped in Patuakhali; 3 jailed

A woman has reportedly been gang-raped in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali.
17 January 2021, 14:18 PM

Narayanganj mosque blast: 22 people connected to management committee get bail

A Narayanganj court today granted bail to 22 people connected to the mosque management committee of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque in connection with the explosion at the mosque on September 4 last year.
17 January 2021, 13:57 PM

President Abdul Hamid to address first JS session of 2021

President Abdul Hamid is scheduled to deliver his speech in the 11th session of the 11th parliament commencing tomorrow which will also be the first session of the new year.
17 January 2021, 12:00 PM

Dhaka-Washington ties to get stronger under Biden administration: Ambassador Miller

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said Bangladesh-US relations will only get stronger under the Biden administration.
17 January 2021, 08:53 AM

16 houses gutted in Cox’s Bazar fire

At least 16 houses have been gutted in a fire in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
17 January 2021, 06:47 AM

Family Feud: Man kills 8yr-old son in Netrakona

A man strangled his eight-year-old boy allegedly over a family feud in Netrakona Sadar upazila yesterday.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Humanity, thy name is Haradan

Haradan Chandra Sen, the valiant man who saved the life of a child from road accident, which left him unable to walk, is now passing a miserable life as he is the only bread earner of his four-member family.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Knee-deep water in canal after ‘excavation’

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has allegedly paid off Tk 45 lakh without any excavation work done on a 4.5-kilometre canal in Charali Beel area of Aditmari upazila.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Municipalities polls: AL-backed runners win 4 out of 5 mayor posts

Awami League-nominated candidates bagged the mayor posts in four out of five municipalities, as per the election results published unofficially so far.
16 January 2021, 16:32 PM

Stranger's act of kindness helps woman reunite with family after 11 years

Thanks to a businessman in Tangail, a Harijan woman with mental health condition has gone back to her family in Dinajpur, eleven years after going missing.
16 January 2021, 14:25 PM

Municipality elections cannot be called participatory: Mahbub Talukdar

Referring to instances of anomalies in today's municipality elections, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar today said the polls cannot be called "participatory".
16 January 2021, 11:56 AM

Ban on processions, rallies in some areas during parliament session

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has banned carrying all kinds of weapons, explosives, processions and demonstrations from midnight tomorrow to ensure holding of the Jatiya Sangsad session in a smooth and peaceful manner.
16 January 2021, 11:44 AM

College teacher killed in Patuakhali road accident

A college teacher was killed after a speeding trolley crashed into his motorcycle in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali this morning.
16 January 2021, 09:47 AM