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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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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
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
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Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
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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Shahed captured
While being on the run, Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed trimmed his moustache and dyed his grey hair black to dodge the eyes of law enforcers. Wearing a burka, he was attempting to flee to India by crossing a waterbody on a boat.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bribes by MP Shahid: Kuwait now reviewing visa docs of Bangladeshis
The Kuwait authorities are reviewing the procedures for visa approval for thousands of Bangladeshis between 2014 and 2018 following suspension of an interior ministry official over allegations of bribery involving Bangladeshi lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi Workers: Around 2 lakh may have to leave Kuwait
When the coronavirus pandemic is already dealing a heavy blow to the country’s overseas job markets, Kuwait has approved a bill that, once passed, may force about two lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers out of the Gulf country.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
JKG Licence: DGHS didn’t bother to check
When JKG Health Care got the job of collecting Covid-19 test samples from booths back in April, the Directorate General of Health Services didn’t even check its licence.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ob-Gyn: Many not helpful, offensive instead
Over the last 48 hours, young women have been taking to social media to talk about a rare topic -- how women seeking gynaecological help often receive insensitive, traumatising and humiliating “advice” from doctors.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Man who read independence manifesto dies
Shajahan Siraj, one of the key organisers of Liberation War in 1971, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 77.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Regent Hospital Scam: Minister passes buck to DGHS
Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said he attended a ceremony marking a government deal signing with Regent Hospital at the request of the director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed was talking on the phone during raid
Regent Group chairman Md Shahed’s cell phone was switched on when a mobile court raided one of his hospitals in Uttara on July 6.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Remembering Latifur Rahman: A patriot, a symbol of ethical business
It took three decades of sacrifice, unimpeachable integrity and firm determination for Latifur Rahman to build a business empire. But his legacy is that of a torchbearer of independent media.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahid ‘bribed 2 Kuwaiti MPs Tk 20cr’: report
Bangladesh MP Shahid Islam Papul gave 720,000 dinars (about Tk 20 crore) to two members of Kuwait’s National Assembly as bribes to facilitate foreign workers’ recruitment and financial transactions, according to Kuwait’s Public Prosecution.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
DGHS-ministry rift over Regent Hospital: 'It’ll frustrate virus efforts'
The rift between the health ministry and the health directorate over the Regent Hospital scam will seriously hurt the government efforts to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, say experts.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Two arrest warrants for Shahed: Gets sued in Ctg too for embezzlement
A Dhaka court yesterday issued two arrest warrants against Regent Group Chairman Shahed Karim in connection with two cases filed over embezzling Tk 3.68 crore of a businessman.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sabrina washes her hands of JKG
Since JKG Health Care’s alleged involvement in the fake Covid-19 test report scam surfaced late last month, Dr Sabrina Arif Chaudhury has been claiming that she was never the organisation’s chairman.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Jamuna Group chairman Nurul Islam passes away
Nurul Islam, chairman of Jamuna Group, one of the biggest conglomerates in the country, died of Covid-19 at a city hospital yesterday.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
ADB-Funded Dev in Bangladesh: 40 projects hit by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down the implementation of at least 40 of the 49 projects funded by the Asian Development Bank.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
JKG Health Care: Dr Sabrina held over fake Covid certificates
Police yesterday arrested JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, also a government official, over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports, about three weeks after the scam came to light.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid Crisis: Buzz gone missing at book bazaars
As the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on almost every business in some way or another, bookstores and book cafes in the capital are no exception.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
MP’S Arrest in Kuwait: Expatriates may suffer the fallout
The arrest and trial of a Bangladeshi lawmaker in Kuwait on charges of human trafficking, money laundering and bribery is damaging the reputation of Bangladesh’s politics, society and the people as a whole, Transparency International Bangladesh has said.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Major sex-work racket busted
The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday claimed to have arrested the ringleader and two members of a syndicate that has been trafficking thousands of girls and forcing them into sex work.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Positivity rate soars despite poor testing
The coronavirus positivity rate in the country has soared in the last few days despite a decline in the number of tests during this period.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM