HC asks for list of ICUs

The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit a list of intensive and coronary care units at hospitals across the country by April 24.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Linking women to empower women

Dulali Khatun loves to introduce herself as one of the “Kallyanis” -- someone who tries to improve people's lives by offering goods, services and access to digital information.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

MARCH 8, 1971: The day after the thunder

After Bangabandhu's speech the previous day, the winds of the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, had changed.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Obstacles don't matter

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her government's firm stance on removing the warehouses of inflammable materials from Old Dhaka and other residential areas of the capital.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Condition of Quader 'improving'

Condition of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is improving gradually, said a Bangladeshi physician, citing a medical board examining him at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

No toy gun this time!

Questions are being raised about the security at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after a handbag containing a firearm passed through the scanners undetected on Tuesday.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Dragged down by directors

The burden of a dead mobile operator, widespread loan fraudulence, mismanagement and influence of a sponsor director were what dragged the once sound AB Bank into the reds.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Historic 7th March today

"My brothers, I come before you today with a heavy heart." You know and understand everything. We tried with our lives. But the painful matter is that today, in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur, the streets are dyed red with the blood of our brethrens.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Living in toxic air

Bangladesh has the most polluted air in the world and Dhaka is the second most polluted capital city, according to a new study.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Not a supporter of art made for propaganda

When Arundhati Roy finally entered the halls at Midas Centre yesterday evening, cheers erupted amidst the waiting audience, accompanied by sighs of relief -- “so, it's finally happening!” one said to the other.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

BJMC fund crunch cuts jute purchase

Due to cash crunch, Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) has been failing to buy raw jute from growers at the peak harvest season and it has resulted in jute mills cutting production by around 66 percent.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A never-ending probe

“Investigation is going on.” This is what officials say every year when journalists contact them for comments on the anniversary of Taqi murder. And six years have passed this way.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Ducsu Polls: Suddenly so dear to them

Even in the recent past, Dhaka University students cowered away at the thought of politics on the campus as it only involved muscle power.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Hijack Bid: Caab suspends five employees for negligence

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has suspended five of its employees on charges of negligence in duty during the hijack attempt of a Biman aircraft on February 24.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

MARCH 5, 1971: Bangabandhu in command

The Pakistan authorities and Yahya Khan's central government had virtually lost all control over East Pakistan, except in the cantonments, even without the declaration of independence.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Huji now raising funds through robbery: DB

Banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) had been engaged in fund collection through robbery to reorganise itself and free a death row inmate either by ambushing a prison van or attacking a jail, police said.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Suspended in name, ‘blacklisted’ for life

Arif Hossain* has been worried about his future since his name and photo was put on a list of “suspended” workers outside his garment factory in Ashulia in the middle of January.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Quader stable, flown to S'pore

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader was flown to a Singapore hospital for better treatment as his condition became stable yesterday.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Taskforce action on

Four teams of a government taskforce yesterday snapped the utility connections to 28 buildings, including one belonging to Roxy Paints, for housing illegal warehouses in Old Dhaka.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The island of ILLEGAL ARMS

The type of light guns put on display during the recent surrender of 102 narcos in Teknaf is easily available in Moheshkhali island, where illegal makeshift factories manufacture such firearms.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM