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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Influx
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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CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
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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State-run jute mills to be shut, 25,000 laid off
The government has put the last nail on the coffin of the country’s state-run jute industry by closing all the 22 jute mills and laying off 24,886 workers.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM
JP leader Noman expelled from party
Mohammad Noman, a former Jatiya Party MP of Laxmipur-2 who was also an adviser to the party’s Chairman GM Quader, has been expelled from the party, read a press release yesterday.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Khulna Division Covid-19: Two dedicated ICU facilities on deathbed
The 10 districts of Khulna division have only two ICUs for coronavirus patients -- that too are plagued with faulty equipment and inadequate medical supplies.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Admission test held at school amid pandemic
South Point School and College in Dhaka held its admission tests yesterday, disregarding the government directives on keeping all educational institutions shut to contain the spread of coronavirus.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Zoning system a continuous process
Marking areas into red, yellow or green zones is a continuous process.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Levying Tuition Fees: Parents struggle, but schools can’t help it
When many guardians, either having lost their jobs or wages cut amid the coronavirus pandemic, are struggling to pay their children’s tuition fees, schools plead with them to make the payment on an urgent basis.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
2 field hospitals for the metro rail workers
Hoping to build confidence among the engineers and workers, the metro rail project authorities are setting up two field hospitals for their employees infected with the coronavirus.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Together we’ll find a way out of this crisis
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) is looking for a path to overcome the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic in implementation of its funded projects in Bangladesh.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Sloppy Biman stays grounded
In the first 17 days of this month, the country’s two private airlines operated 552 domestic flights with 16,334 passengers, and the state-owned Biman operated just two carrying 24.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt mulls shorter HSC test schedule, fewer subjects
Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said the government was considering to cut short the exam days and number of subjects of Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent exams which were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Gunfight’ with Cops: Four Rohingya robbers killed
Four suspected members of a notorious Rohingya robbery gang were killed in a “gunfight” with police in a remote forest in the district’s Ukhiya upazila yesterday.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Strong will shows way
Audio dramas written and directed by someone visually impaired since birth, acted by a team of such challenged persons and made entirely on a mobile application, usher in hopes for those facing obstacles in life.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
2 coronavirus cases detected every minute
At least two people are testing positive for coronavirus every minute, and five are reported dead every three hours from the highly transmissible virus, according to government statistics released yesterday.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-Hit Overseas Jobs: Workers abroad get little help
In contrast to their major contribution to the country’s economy, thousands of migrant workers living abroad have received little or no help from Bangladesh government to fight their financial hardship during the pandemic.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Gonoshasthaya Rapid Test Kit: Drug admin rebuffs it
The drug administration said Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s rapid test kit will not be registered because it had not met the standard set by the government’s technical committees.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccine uncertain
It is not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against the coronavirus that has caused the Covid-19 pandemic, but it could take a year before one were to be invented, the head of the World Health Organisation said.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Health Sector Graft Report 2019: ACC warnings go unheeded
More than 16 months ago, the Anti-Corruption Commission sent a report to the health ministry identifying the sources of graft in the health sector, setting off alarm bells.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus claims lives of four more doctors
Four more doctors died from Covid-19 in Dhaka and Chattogram, taking the number of physicians dying from the infection to over 50.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Swiss Banks: Deposits by BD nationals drop
Just one year after a rise, Bangladeshi nationals’ deposits in Swiss banks dropped 2.26 percent year-on-year in 2019 to 603 million Swiss francs or Tk 5,427 crore.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Surge in new cases as virus tests go up
The health department needs to ramp up coronavirus testing to identify the maximum number of possible cases as records show that conducting more tests results in detection of more new Covid-19 cases.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM