CU admin identifies 2 molesters
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Top News
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
News
Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
News
Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Poor service despite huge investment
Despite increasing government investment in Bangladesh Railway over the years, railway services have not shown much improvement and the entity is continuing to rack up losses.
3 December 2019, 18:00 PM
On this day in 1971
War spreads out as Pakistan attacks the western frontier of India from air and land. Bangladesh-India joint force starts operations in border areas.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Choose hope or surrender
Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening plenary of a UN climate conference yesterday.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Take responsibility for climate migrants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the global community to take the responsibility for climate migrants as they would be displaced for no fault of their own.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Realtor arrested for ‘laundering Tk 1,197 crore’
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) yesterday arrested a realtor from the capital’s Bijoynagar in connection with the laundering of Tk 1,197 crore through import of alcohol, cigarettes, photocopier machines and various consumer goods using false declaration and fake addresses.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Dipu brings golden joy
Dipu Chakma could hardly believe his feat after he won Bangladesh the first gold medal of the 13th South Asian Games in Lalitpur, Nepal yesterday.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Hawker eviction drive never works
The footpaths of Gulistan wear a vibrant look as hawkers line it with shops displaying attractive, colourful products. Pedestrians often stop to inspect the wares, leaving other passers-by to struggle to find space.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Study on Capital: 57pc would prefer village if amenities ensured
About 57 percent of Dhaka dwellers would have gone to villages had there been employment opportunities and basic civic facilities like good education and healthcare, revealed a study by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Govt’s Aggressive Bank Borrowing: Private sector may face credit crunch
The government is going to exceed its annual limit for bank borrowing within the first half of this fiscal year due to poor revenue collection, and this could give a credit crunch for the private sector to deal with.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Colourful opening raises 13th SA Games curtains
A colourful opening ceremony launched the 13th South Asian Games, the biggest multi-sport extravaganza of the region, at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu yesterday, with words of peace and unity in diversity of the South Asian region writ large on the displays and performances.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
On this day in 1971
Muktibahini attack a Pakistan army camp at Ghorashal in Narshingdi and kill 27 militia men. They seize a good amount of arms and ammunition.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
919 diagnosed with HIV this year
A total of 919 HIV-infected people have been detected in the country this year, the highest in the last 20 years, said a government survey.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Industrial Loans: Central bank may cap interest rates
Bangladesh Bank may cap the interest rates on industrial and working capital loans on January 1 as the government moved to bring down the lending rates to single digits to give a much-needed boost to job creation and private investment.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Killing of Dia, Rajib by Bus: Call for caution was ignored
The drivers of two Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan buses involved in the killing of two college students in 2018 were well aware of the high risk of driving down the ramp of a flyover.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Relentless against child marriage
It was a rainy day in July 2018. As the evening fell, someone called Farida Yesmin, upazila nirbahi officer of Netrakona’s Barhatta, over her phone and informed her that a child marriage was about to take place in Kawrashi, a remote village in the upazila near the Bangladesh-India border.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
No syndicate in onion market
Tofail Ahmed, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce, yesterday said there was no syndicate in the onion market and that the prices of the bulb could not be brought down by force.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Kathmandu set for 13th SA Games opening
The 13th South Asian Games is all set to get underway through a colourful opening ceremony at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu today.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Madness for money a disease
Terming the trend of making money illegally “a disease”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned that her government would not allow anybody to lead a lavish life with stolen money.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Non-Bank Financial Institutions: New one revving up, as others limp along
The central bank is set to give licence to a new non-bank financial institution (NBFI) -- a disconcerting move given that at least 10 of them are struggling to return funds to banks and customers upon maturity.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Kidney Donation: Patients suffer for legal constraints
Fahmida, who has been undergoing dialysis for the last two years, now desperately needs a second kidney transplant. Her mother Fatema Zohra had donated her a kidney in 2015, but it got damaged within a year.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM