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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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Covid-19 Red Zones: Strict rules for stay at home
Facing setbacks in its plan to enforce containment zones in four districts from yesterday, the government is now working to impose a total lockdown in areas that will be marked red and partially in the ones marked yellow in a day or two.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Police Brutality in US: Anti-racism protests spread around world
Demonstrators filled the streets in major cities around the world yesterday, staging some of the most peaceful protests against racism following the death of unarmed African American George Floyd at the hands of police.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Cop arrested over death of farmer
A police official was arrested in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila last night for allegedly assaulting a farmer who died of his injuries on Wednesday evening at the Dhaka Pangu hospital.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
CHT affairs minister tests positive for Covid-19
Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing, who tested Covid-19 positive, was admitted to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka yesterday, said Aung Swi Prue Marma, civil surgeon of Bandarban.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
9 local rings in league with int’l traffickers
Transnational human traffickers used the United Arab Emirates as a major transit point to send Bangladeshi job-seekers to Libya via Amman, according to officials of the Detective Branch of police.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Country now 20th worst-hit
The country yesterday recorded 42 deaths due to Covid-19 -- the highest in a single day.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Some hotspots go into total lockdown
In the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections across the country, the government today starts enforcing containment zones on a pilot basis in some areas of four districts, including Dhaka.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Attempted Bribery: DMP chief asks IGP to transfer joint commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam has sought transfer of a joint commissioner of the unit on charge of offering him bribe.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt’s Increased Borrowing: Interest payment may rise by 14pc
Thanks to increased domestic borrowing in recent years, the government’s interest payments will rise by 14 percent in the coming fiscal year.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Ride-sharing services not resuming soon
Ride-sharing services are unlikely to resume anytime soon as the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has taken a hard line on the vehicles that had been providing the popular service without having been enlisted with the BRTA.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Rapid test kits the only answer
With people struggling to get tested in time and new cases rising sharply, experts said rapid test kits are now the only answer to the testing crunch.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Symptoms: Some 900 dead in three months
Some 900 people died after showing coronavirus symptoms across the country between March 8 and May 31. Of them, 72 people died in March, 319 in April and 509 in May, according to a report.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Health Secy Transfer: Internal feud in ministry key reason
A picture of infighting within the health ministry has been emerging after the government removed health service division secretary Md Asadul Islam on Thursday, amidst widespread criticism of the health sector’s failure to play a robust role in tackling the coronavirus outbreak.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Boro procurement far from target
Around a month has passed since programmes to procure Boro paddy and rice began, but the government has been able to buy a very insignificant quantity against its target this year, raising concerns that efforts to provide food to the poor amid the Covid-19 crisis might suffer a setback without adequate stock.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Gonoshasthaya Kit: Trial at BSMMU done; report by Wednesday
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has already completed trial of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed antibody test and may submit its report to the drug administration by Wednesday.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 cases top 60,000
In a negative development, Bangladesh has become one of the top 20 countries in the world in terms of the number of population infected with Covid-19 as the country reported 60,391 positive cases until yesterday.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Impact: Mega projects take the brunt
Most of the mega development projects were already behind schedule before the pandemic. Then came several months of shutdown, deteriorating the situation to a great extent.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Nasim has successful surgery
Infected with Covid-19, former Health and Family Welfare Minister and Awami League senior leader Mohammad Nasim has undergone a successful surgery after suffering a brain stroke.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Keep fighting’
Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until “we change the whole system of justice.”
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Protest Over Black Man’s Death: Trump trying to ‘divide’ America
Former Pentagon chief Jim Mattis issued a stinging rebuke of his erstwhile boss Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing the president of trying to “divide” America and failing to provide “mature leadership” as the country reels from days of protests.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM