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22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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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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Not much protection for police
At least 30 beds for as many policemen are crammed into a dorm room of about 450sqft at Mohammadpur Police Camp in the capital.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Scarce ICU beds a big worry
Inadequate intensive care facilities across the country remain a major concern in treating elderly Covid-19 patients who are deemed most vulnerable to the deadly virus, say experts and health officials.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Nat’l Day never felt this unreal
Yesterday, the main gate of the mausoleum remained closed and the authorities refused entry to people who gathered there in the morning.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
In stillness of shutdown
It was truly unprecedented for the Dhaka dwellers.
On the first day a 10-day shutdown, imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus, they woke up yesterday to a city that they never had seen before.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Zero incident of virus transmission from newspapers
There has never been a documented incident where Covid-19 has transmitted from a print newspaper, print magazine, print letter, or print package, according to the world’s top doctors and scientists.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Prices of essentials shoot up
The prices of essentials, including rice, vegetables, cooking oil, spices, and cleaning items, have increased several folds over the last one week.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Community Transmission: It may be happening on a ‘limited scale’
For the first time, the IEDCR yesterday said novel coronavirus might have spread at the community level but “on a limited scale”.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Noab urges all to read newspapers
The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) yesterday urged people to keep reading newspapers, citing research findings that newspapers do not spread coronavirus.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Love in the days of war
“Why can’t I become a freedom fighter? I, too, took training. If we die, we will die together,” Rama Das had saidto her fiancé in 1971.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Khaleda Zia freed, gets back home
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was released from prison yesterday after 776 days.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Tk 5,000cr for workers’ pay
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced a stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore for the export-oriented industries to fight the adverse impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Genocide Day today
The nation is observing the Genocide Day today, commemorating the brutalities and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25, 1971.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Pandemic: India declares 21-day ‘curfew’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday ordered a 21-day lockdown of the world’s second most populous country, following China’s example to halt the coronavirus pandemic that has now forced more than 2.6 billion people to remain at home.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Homebound rush raises fear of coronavirus spread
The government has repeatedly been asking people to stay home in a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. It also announced closure of all public and private offices to make people stay indoors.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Cops clueless about most of the returnees
Amid mounting concerns over the spread of coronavirus, police have so far been able to locate and ensure the quarantine of only 2.7 percent of the total number of returnees from different countries in the last three month.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt to free Khaleda Zia for 6 months
The government has decided to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, suspending her sentence for six months.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Elderly man dies from Covid-19
Another coronavirus patient, aged around 70, has died while six new cases have been confirmed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Closer to lockdown
The government has decided to suspend all public transport services to slow the spread of novel coronavirus, inching closer to enforcing a lockdown.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt has enough test kits, PPE
Amid concerns about the scarcity of Personal Protective Equipment for health workers at public hospitals, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday claimed that the government has adequate PPE in stock to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
23 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Admission to Hospitals: Patients left in quandary
Patients who have not tested positive for the coronavirus but are generically sick are caught in a quandary -- to go to the hospital or not?
23 March 2020, 18:00 PM