Over 1 lakh hospitalised since January

Over one lakh dengue patients have received treatment at different hospitals across the country since January, says a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) report.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Landmine Blast: Rohingya man killed, 2 injured

A Rohingya refugee was killed and two others were injured in a suspected landmine explosion on the Myanmar side of the border along Bandarban on Thursday night, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Curious foreign trip

A team of soon-to-retire engineers and an administration official are leaving for the US and the UK on a two-week trip ostensibly to learn about digging canals, protecting river banks, restoring embankments, and dredging rivers, which they had been doing for over three decades.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Cops try to frame man with yaba pills

Three policemen and a police source were arrested at Sakhipur upazila following allegations that they attempted to frame a man with yaba tablets on Thursday night.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Govt to help farmers buy agri tools

Amid the soaring cost of agricultural labour, the government is going to launch a project worth Tk 415 crore to give subsidy to the farmers for buying agricultural machinery so that they can harvest crops at a reduced cost.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Export Thru Shahjalal Airport: Too costly for businesses

Last month, Monir Hossain, a garment factory owner, missed a deadline for exporting T-shirts to his UK buyer through the seaways.
29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Hafizuddin, Khokon bailed hrs after arrest

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to BNP Vice-Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed and Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, hours after detectives had arrested them on charges of vandalism and police assault during Tuesday’s clash near High Court.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Matsyajibi League: What fishermen get from it?

Bangladesh Awami Matsyajibi League is supposed to work for the welfare of fishermen. But the pro-Awami League organisation has hardly been seen doing so since its inception in 2004.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Café Attack Verdict: Plan first made in Gaibandha

The plan to launch the terror attack in Holey Artisan Bakery was first chalked out at a rented house in Gaibandha’s Saghata upazila in late February 2016.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Political rivalry led to MP Liton murder

A Gaibandha court yesterday sentenced seven accused to death in the murder case of former local Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Circulating Nusrat Clip: Ex-OC Moazzem sentenced to 8 years in jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station, to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment for filming Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement and circulating the clip without her consent.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Use of ports is linked to transit

Dhaka and Delhi signed seven MoUs during the prime minister’s visit to India early last month. Some of those raised questions in the public mind. Rejaul Karim Byron and Porimol Palma have recently sat with Dr Mashiur Rahman, prime minister’s adviser on economic affairs, to learn the details.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

India’s Transit Thru’ Bangladesh : Reaping benefit is a challenge

India has been working strategically to connect its north-eastern region with the rest of the country through Bangladesh since Dhaka agreed to give New Delhi the privilege nine years back.
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Arrogance writ large

Unable to hear the judge clearly, accused Mizanur Rahman, 63, thought he had been given the death penalty. From the dock, he let out “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the greatest) and called for the destruction of all “infidels”.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Reaction from Faraaz’s family

Café attack victim Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain’s family has expressed satisfaction over the verdict and gratitude to the government for its zero tolerance approach to terrorism.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

NO MERCY for café attack perpetrators

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced seven militants to death for their involvement in the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack, terming it a disgraceful attack aimed at assassinating the non-communal character of Bangladesh.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Migrants in KSA: 32 women urge PM to rescue them

A group of 32 female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, who fled their employers following torture, yesterday begged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to rescue them.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Protect female workers abroad

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday asked the foreign ministry to prepare a specific work plan to stop torture and sexual harassment of female expatriate workers, saying that even a single such incident was not acceptable.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Where did the IS cap come from?

How did one of the most talked about terrorists carry a cap emblazoned with the IS logo to a Dhaka courtroom in and then proceed it put it on for all to see?
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Cafe Attack Verdict: Rabiul’s family for quick execution

The family of slain police official Rabiul Karim wants quick execution of the verdict in the Gulshan café attack case.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM