Pandemic Fallout: About 100 schools go up for sale

It was a heartbreaking decision for Nargis Akter to make. Burdened with unpaid bills, she had no other choice but to put her school up for sale.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Three college teachers held in Chandpur

Three teachers of Farakkabad Degree Collage in Chandpur’s Sadar upazila were arrested on Sunday night for allegedly spreading propaganda against the education minister and some others on social media.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Pvt Hospital in Cumilla: Treated Covid-19 patients though no deal with govt

The private hospital in Cumilla has not renewed its licence since 2018. The government has not signed any deal with it for Covid-19 treatment.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Trials in Uk, China: Two vaccines ‘produce immune response’

Two coronavirus vaccine candidates have proven safe for humans and produced strong immune reactions among patients involved in separate clinical trials, doctors said yesterday.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Dedicated booth for migrant workers

The government mulls setting up a Covid-19 testing booth and lowering the test fees for Bangladeshis going abroad to work as it begins implementing its decision that all passengers must show coronavirus negative certificates at airports from Thursday.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Train up the youth for post-Covid world

Bangladesh needs to focus on its young population and train them up with a new set of skills for the post-Covid domestic and international labour markets, speakers said at an online discussion yesterday.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

N95 Masks at BSMMU: Telltale signs they are fake

Although poor syntax and spelling in the labelling are hardly indicative of a face mask’s ability to protect people, they certainly point to a questionable provenance.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Fahim Saleh Killing: Suspect seen buying balloons after murder

A shocking series of surveillance videos show that Tyrese Devon Haspil, the prime accused in the gruesome murder of tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, was ready to party after the killing.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

23 lakh marooned and it can get worse

Floodwater was still flowing above the danger mark at 22 points in different districts across the country as of Saturday, affecting more people and intensifying miseries of the victims.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

China’s Covid-19 Vaccine: Third phase trial in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Medical Research Council has approved the phase-III clinical trial of a Chinese vaccine for Covid-19 treatment.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Forged Test Reports: Rab detains Shahabuddin hospital official

Another hospital has been accused of handing forged coronavirus test reports to people.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Cobweb of deception

The meeting was arranged at a government rest house in Sunamganj in January. Three luxury cars were parked outside with a number of security guards on watch. The local upazila nirbahi officer was taking care of food and other amenities.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Plasma Therapy for Covid-19: Experts bemoan ‘complete anarchy’

Although plasma therapy holds hope for the treatment of critical Covid-19 patients, indiscriminate use of it in the absence of a guideline is posing serious health risks in the country, experts said.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Ministry high officials played it for JKG

Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Lockdown likely in smaller areas

The health directorate might soon announce the standard operating procedure of locking down small zones, ignoring the expert suggestions for sealing larger areas.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Fahim Saleh Killing: Assistant charged with murder

The executive assistant of tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, who was found decapitated in his luxury New York apartment this week, has been charged with his murder, New York police said.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Pardoned abroad, punished here

It was a small piece of news published on June 6, hardly noticeable in the slew of coronavirus coverage -- 219 migrant workers deported from Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain have been sent to jail on charges of “tarnishing the image of Bangladesh”.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Essential’ trip indeed!

Nearly two years ago, the government took up an around Tk 5 crore project to conduct a feasibility study for an international cricket stadium proposed to be built near the mighty Padma in Manikganj.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims

A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Prof Emajuddin passes away

Renowned political scientist and former vice chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Emajuddin Ahmed died at a hospital in the capital early yesterday.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM