Huge blast in Beirut kills at least 10

A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people, injured hundreds and sent shockwaves across the Lebanese capital yesterday, shattering windows and causing apartment balconies to collapse.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt extends restrictions over Covid-19 till Aug 31

The government on Monday issued an order extending countrywide restrictions on public activities and movements until August 31 to contain spread of novel coronavirus.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Tax cheats can whiten money until Nov 30

Amnesty to black money has always been a nonstarter, so Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s move to tuck in the facility with added benefits in this fiscal year’s budget has left many scratching their heads.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Chinese Vaccine: Bangladesh likely to allow phase-3 trials

Bangladesh is likely to allow the phase three trial of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Export makes a stunning rally in July

July, it seems, will go down the annals as the month in which the Bangladesh economy lifted the pall of gloom brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Tests reduce yet cases rise in 5 days

Though the number of tests dropped significantly in the last five days, including the Eid holidays, the country witnessed a spike in the rate of daily Covid-19 positive case.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Why was my son killed?

“Why was my son killed? If he had broken any law, they could have shot him in the leg or injured him or made him surrender or taken him to the police station for interrogation. But why was he murdered?”
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

PM assures Maj Sinha’s mother of probe, trial

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said persons responsible for the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed would be brought to justice after a proper investigation when she talked to his mother over phone.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Killing of Ex-Major Sinha: Cops’ FIR, inquest report contradict each other

The first information report and the inquest report prepared by police over the death of Sinha Md Rashed Khan contradict each other, raising doubts about the precise sequence of events that led to the former army officer’s death.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Daily Covid death toll rises again

The daily death toll from coronavirus infections spiked again as authorities reported 48 deaths yesterday, up from 36 on Wednesday.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Misfortune of a majestic landmark

Instead of protecting the Buckland Bund of Old Dhaka, its custodians have been busy erecting illegal structures on the historic dam and its periphery since 1984.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

No Eid joy for them this time

Sixty-year-old Hormuj Ali of Char Kharibari Shoal village in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila, along with his six family members, returned home from local flood shelter but almost nothing of his home was left.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Trial of Chinese Vaccine: Govt indecision puzzles experts

It remains a mystery why Bangladesh government is still in a fix about allowing a clinical trial of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine here when health experts are saying the trial can help the country access the life-saving vaccine quickly and build national capacity for advanced research.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

DMP to probe whether bomb was handled properly

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate the explosion incident inside the capital’s Pallabi Police Station on early Wednesday.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Suspects’ held 2 days before blast

Contradicting the police account, family members of two of the suspects arrested in connection with the explosion at Pallabi Police Station said they were detained two days before the incident.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Going Home for Eid: Not in droves this time

Long tailbacks on highways, crammed buses, launches and trains, and anxious faces of holidaymakers -- the usual scenes before every Eid are missing this time.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Double blow to education

Flood is hampering over 8 lakh students’ access to remote learning, introduced to minimise disruptions to their education during the pandemic.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Downsized hajj begins amid pandemic

Mask-clad Muslims began the hajj yesterday, circling Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths in the smallest pilgrimage in modern history as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Infection rate still over 20pc

Thirty-five people died of coronavirus infection and 3,009 tested positive for the highly transmissible virus in the 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM

BLAST AT PALLABI POLICE STATION: IS claims credit, police see no link to militants

Amid an existing security alert, a bomb fitted inside a “weighing machine”, which police seized, exploded inside Pallabi Police Station yesterday morning, injuring four policemen and a support staff.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM