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Need 1 week to assess situation
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
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22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
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21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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UN honours eight fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers
The United Nations has awarded eight fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh with the “Dag Hammarskjöld Medal”.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Edible oil gets pricier again
The price of soybean oil goes up again in the country today, with each litre to be sold for Tk 153, up from the previous price of Tk 144 set barely two weeks ago.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
A lot of work to be done
Bangladesh were unable to execute the perfect game as Sri Lanka bounced back from two defeats with a convincing 97-run win in the third and final ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Quarantine Cost of Ksa-Bound Workers: If vaccinated, Tk 260cr could’ve been saved
Around 40,000 expatriate workers waiting to go to Saudi Arabia in the next one and a half months could have saved almost Tk 260 crore in hotel expenses had the government prioritised inoculating them against Covid-19.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Vaccination: Govt plans to ease age bar
The government plans to lower the age limit for Covid-19 vaccination as it wants to inoculate students aged above 18 and take them back to classrooms by reopening universities.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Enforced Disappearance: Unchanging pictures, unending wait
For the past five years at least, The Daily Star has been documenting little Adiba Islam Hridi on the streets and in conference rooms, holding a photo of her missing father Parvez Hossain.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Yaas Aftermath: Coastal region still reeling under water
There is no going back to normal for thousands of residents of the coastal region as tidal surges caused by cyclone Yaas left a trail of destruction on their houses, farms, fisheries and even roads.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
KSA-Bound Workers: Govt steps in to ease their plight
After at least 1,000 migrants missed their flights to Saudi Arabia failing to book or pay for their mandatory quarantine in hotels, Bangladesh yesterday decided to help KSA-bound migrants with hotel bookings and subsidy.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Purchase of Sinopharm Vaccine: Price disclosure sparks confusion
Confusion has arisen over the price of Sinopharm shots as the government closes in on the vaccine purchase from China in a desperate effort to keep the inoculation campaign rolling.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Narcos now out to create LSD market
Narcotics smugglers have long been trying to create a market for the hallucinogenic drug called LSD in Bangladesh, targeting college and university students as consumers.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Fighting Flood, Erosion: Monsoon nears, projects nowhere
At least two dozen river dredging and embankment protection projects aimed at combating floods and erosion across the country are set to miss the deadline of this June due to fund crunch, red tape, and mistakes in assessments.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
No reason to panic over black fungus
Health officials yesterday said black fungus infection is not rare and it has treatment, but there is widespread misconception about it.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Workers Bound for KSA: Airlines make it harder for them
Bangladeshi migrants trying to go to Saudi Arabia have found themselves in more trouble as airlines are now saying that hotel bookings for the seven-day on-arrival institutional quarantine must be done by passengers.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Interest burden 6pc heavier in next fiscal
The government’s interest burden is set to get heavier in the incoming fiscal year, thanks to its inability to better choose from its financing options.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
South Africa: Mobs loot 50 shops of Bangladeshis
A mob looted and vandalised around 50 shops and malls owned by Bangladeshis in Brandfort of Free State province in South Africa on Tuesday.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools not opening soon
The government has extended the closure of educational institutions till June 12, saying the reopening is subject to the drop in Covid infection rate below 5 percent and inoculation of university students.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
2 killed as Yaas batters India
Storm surges inundated dozens of villages in eastern India yesterday after a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal, damaging thousands of mud homes in two coastal states and killing at least two people, officials said.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
4 children drown in storm surges
Four children drowned in tidal water and a rickshaw-puller was crushed under a tree in Barishal division, while low-lying regions in the country were inundated after cyclone Yaas made landfall yesterday noon on the Odisha-West Bengal coast in India.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
It’s horrifying
The current state of global vaccine distribution is “unacceptable” and “horrifying”, the UN General Assembly president said yesterday, pointing at the nationalistic attitude of developed countries and vaccine manufacturing nations.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM
1.5cr Doses of Sinopharm Vaccines: Delivery starts in June
Bangladesh will purchase 1.5 crore Sinopharm vaccines from China, and its first consignment is likely to arrive in Dhaka in June, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM