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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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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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Pay BTRC Tk 1,000 crore by Feb 24: SC to GP
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered Grameenphone to pay Tk 1,000 crore by Monday, in a development that can be viewed as the walls closing in on the country’s leading mobile operator in its protracted tussle with the telecom regulator over unpaid dues.
20 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Education in mother tongue: Govt move for ethnic minority students faltering
The government move to ensure children from ethnic communities are given early childhood education in their mother tongue is apparently falling flat due to a lack of teachers with a good command of these languages.
20 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Woman dies in police custody
A mother of two died several hours after she was picked up from home by Detective Branch of police in Gazipur on Tuesday night.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Outbreak: Death toll tops 2,000 in China
Hundreds of relieved passengers finally disembarked a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan yesterday after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China and spread panic worldwide.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Cases in S’pore: One Bangladeshi patient in ‘very critical condition’
One of the five Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus in Singapore is in “very critical condition”, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Sinking into the depths of despair
Unpaid for five months, over 70 Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are living at a factory dorm in Balakong with money borrowed from relatives.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Zia Trust Case: HC to hear Khaleda’s bail plea Sunday
The High Court will hear the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
1 year of Chawkbazar tragedy: blaze over, not danger
The walls scorched black. A thin film of soot covering the burnt-out pillars and roofs. A smell of burnt remnants still wafting through the air around it.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Promises not kept: families of Chawkbazar fire victims get no compensation in 1 year
As bodies after bodies were wheeled into Dhaka Medical College’s morgue on February 21 last year, there was no dearth of offers of help.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Set up nursing areas in all factories
The High Court yesterday directed authorities concerned of the government to set up breastfeeding and baby care corners at all mills and factories, including the garments factories, across the country.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Saidpur airport to turn regional
The government has decided to expand the airport in Saidpur for Nepali flights to improve connectivity, trade and tourism with the South Asian Himalayan nation.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
IEDCR boss cautions against rumours
Government officials should act based on facts and avoid using force in handling suspected coronavirus patients so that people don’t panic, IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said yesterday.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Outbreak: WHO urges calm as death toll climbs
The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose again yesterday but Chinese and international health officials sought to calm global nerves, citing a study showing most cases are mild and warning against excessive measures to contain the epidemic.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Rape incidents rose by 19pc last year
On an average, 17 women and children were allegedly raped each day last year, shows data based on cases filed with police stations across the country.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Khaleda seeks bail again
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday again sought bail from the High Court on health grounds. She wants to have treatment abroad.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
We're looking for alternatives: PM about coronavirus' impact on imports from China
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there was nothing to panic about coronavirus fallout as the country was taking steps to import raw materials from markets other than China.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Masterplan to Save Dhaka, Ctg Rivers: Demarcation to be completed by 2022
As per a masterplan for saving rivers in and around Dhaka and Chattogram cities, the government from January 2026 would start relocating factories that discharge liquid waste to a special zone.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Picked up, forced to sign cheques of Tk 1.25 crore
Around midnight on January 22, the doorbell rang at Mehedy Sheikh’s flat at the capital’s Kalachandpur in Gulshan.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Outbreak: Death toll nears 1,800
More than 300 Americans rescued from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan because of the new coronavirus arrived back in the US yesterday to begin a further two-week period of medical seclusion, as the epidemic claimed more lives in China to push the death toll above 1,700.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Wasa for 80pc tariff hike
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has proposed hiking water prices by 80 percent for residential and commercial uses.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM