Padma bridge not before June 2022

The deadline for finishing the Padma bridge is going to be extended by more than a year largely due to the pandemic.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘We want Messi to stay’

Lionel Messi has not informed Barcelona coaches he will not attend training on Wednesday, according to the club’s newly-appointed sporting director, Ramon Planes.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar: Rohingyas tangled up in crimes

Three years on, crimes like murder, abduction, extortion and narcotics smuggling continue to multiply at the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Murdered’ Girl Found Alive: IO closed over forced confession

Police yesterday closed the investigation officer (IO) of a case that showed a teenage girl of Narayanganj murdered while she was alive in real.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Liaqat, two other cops sued over extortion

A businessman of the port city yesterday sued seven people, including Major (retd) Sinha murder accused suspended sub-inspector Liaqat Ali and two other policemen, for allegedly extorting Tk 2 lakh from him and threatening to “kill him in a crossfire.”
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

No PECE this year

The coronavirus situation forced the government to cancel this year’s Primary Education Completion Examination and its equivalent Ebtedayee Education Completion Exam.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Now train service to be normal

After authorities moved to normalise bus services, the railway authorities have also undertaken steps to normalise operation of trains despite the continued rise of new infections and deaths from Covid-19.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day: In silence they remembered

Rohingyas across the world yesterday silently observed “Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day” commemorating the brutal military campaign beginning this day in 2017 that forced some 750,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

76,000 Rohingya children born in last 3 years

An estimated 76,000 babies were born in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh over the past three years, said Save the Children in a new report released today.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Man tortured to death in Rab custody’

The family of a 33-year-old man has accused Rab members of torturing him to death in custody in Chattogram city.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

War hero CR Dutta no more

He had performed all his duties with utmost sincerity and bravery.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh in Vaccine Race: Way behind

While countries around the world are in hot pursuit of a Covid-19 vaccine, with several currently in the final phase of clinical trials, Bangladesh remains far behind in the race as no desperate effort is visible from the government, experts observe.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Media gag on govt employees

The public administration ministry has asked all secretaries to give necessary instructions to their subordinates so that no public servant writes or talks to the media without prior approval of the authorities concerned.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Myanmar frustrating repatriation efforts

In the face of Myanmar’s strategy of doing nothing about restoring normalcy in Rakhine, Bangladesh is demanding the international community to create basic services, safety, security and livelihood options for the Rohingyas who would return to Myanmar.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Never-ending road to justice

The situation of 6,00,000 Rohingyas still living in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has worsened -- a reality that mocks the International Court of Justice order to prevent the acts of genocide, legal experts and Rohingya activists have said.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

A look at the crisis

This month marks the third anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by militants on Myanmar security posts.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingya repatriation: Myanmar doing little while Bangladesh facing challenges

When Bangladesh continues to bear the brunt of sheltering more than a million Rohingyas, Myanmar is doing little for their repatriation amid the silence of global powers though the Southeast Asian country faces a genocide case.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Suspects confess to murder, girl found alive

A girl, who had allegedly been raped and murdered according to an abduction case, was found alive yesterday, 51 days after her going missing from Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt to start antigen testing

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government was going to take an initiative to start antigen rapid testing in public Covid-19 labs to diagnose the coronavirus.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM

City buildings breeding Aedes

Multi-storied buildings in the capital are the most common breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes -- carriers of both dengue and chikungunya viruses -- followed by the buildings under construction.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM