Government plans 258km underground rail

The government has plans to build an underground railway network with 258 kilometres of tracks in Dhaka and ease congestion on the roads.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

3 killed in Gaibandha explosion

Three people were killed in an explosion inside a house in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila yesterday afternoon.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Waive import duty on newsprint, cut corporate tax

Newspaper owners yesterday urged the government to waive import duty on newsprint and cut corporate tax on the industry for the next fiscal year.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

We can improve the fate of S Asian people: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged political leaders and policymakers of South Asia to work in unison.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Acute gas crisis continues to hit city parts

Sazzad Hossain was waiting to buy food for his family of four at a restaurant in Mohammadpur’s Zakir Hossain Road. They could not cook anything at home because of a gas crisis.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

AstraZeneca vaccine safe, no risk of blood clot, says Bangladeshi-British scientist

The Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective and has no serious side effect like blood clot, says Bangladeshi-born British scientist Dr Khondoker Mehedi Akram.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Infections gallop amid slow response

In the wake of the second Covid-19 wave in the country, the government’s efforts to check virus transmission and ensure treatment are still inadequate in view of the ground reality.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Why is Modi going to this temple?

A little-known temple in a remote village in the country’s southern district of Satkhira suddenly came under the spotlight when the itinerary of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi included the sacred place for the Hindus.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Gone with the blaze

Fleeing a crackdown by the Myanmar military, 35-year-old Chubera Begum, along with her four children, arrived in Ukhiya from Rakhine State in August, 2017. She then found shelter in a tent at Balukhali camp, the largest refugee camp in the world.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

27 injured as BCL attacks anti-Modi protesters

At least 25 protesters and two photojournalists were injured as Chhatra League men on the Dhaka University campus yesterday attacked a demonstration protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Plagiarism found in work of two DU teachers

Over the last few months, plagiarism at the country’s premier university has been a hotly debated topic in the world of academia.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Attempting to Kill Hasina in 2000: 14 Huji men get death penalty

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced 14 militants to death and ordered that they be “publicly” executed by the firing squad for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

New Covid-19 cases jump to 9-month high

The health directorate yesterday reported the highest number of new Covid-19 cases in nearly nine months.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Now it’s Bhutan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a bilateral meeting with her Bhutanese counterpart Dr Lotay Tshering at her office today to discuss ways of enhancing connectivity.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Water tariff in Dhaka set to rise again

Dhaka Wasa has again proposed hiking water prices by five percent for residential and commercial uses from July 1.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid cases, deaths climb

As deaths from Covid-19 and the number of new cases continue rising, experts fear the transmission rate may rise further in the coming weeks.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Atiqullah Khan Masud no more

Eminent journalist and Editor and Publisher of the daily Janakantha Mohammad Atiqullah Khan Masud passed away yesterday morning.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Gandhi Peace Prize for Bangabandhu

Indian government has decided to honour Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize-2020 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods, an official statement said yesterday.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Vaccine drive loses steam

Jahur Ali, a 44-year-old worker at a stone quarry in Tetulia, was utterly clueless about the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

50 years of independence: Better use of resources can be a game changer

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday shared her vision of fostering friendship in South Asia to optimise utilisation of natural resources, alleviate poverty and work together to tackle the challenges of climate change.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM