BRT Project Site Near Airport: Accidents expose lack of safety

At least six workers, including three Chinese nationals, involved in construction of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 were injured as a part of a launching girder fell on them while they were working near Dhaka airport yesterday.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Torture in Custody: Court accepts case filed by Kishore

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe into a case filed over the torture of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore while he was in custody.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Plug leaks to the media

Bangladesh Railway has been asked to plug news leaks about projects being implemented under government-to-government initiative between Bangladesh and China.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

High-Profile Visits in March: Dhaka to ink flurry of deals with neighbours

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said many agreements and MoUs would be signed with a number of countries during the visits of their heads of state and government, including that of India, this month.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Essential Commodities: Prices spike a month ahead of Ramadan

The soaring prices of daily essentials, including chicken, edible oil, onion and vegetables, have added to the woes of the people living on a fixed income.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Number of critical patients surging

The number of patients at the intensive care units in hospitals, getting treatment for Covid-19, has been on the rise.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Named heritage, yet ravaged

An organised syndicate of sand and earth lifters has been wreaking havoc on the Halda river at the upstream in Fatikchhari upazila while the local administration turned a blind eye to the menace.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Unplanned Industrialisation: Curse on the Sutang

With the goal of bringing fresh water from the Sutang river to irrigate surrounding villages, the authorities re-excavated the Shoiljura canal in Habiganj. Seven years later, the canal has become a means of hazard for nearby villagers and the river itself.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM

30,000 homes for freedom fighters

The government has planned to build 30,000 homes for insolvent valiant freedom fighters and family members of the martyred and deceased war heroes in a bid to uplift their socioeconomic status.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

13 more die from Covid

Bangladesh recorded 13 novel coronavirus deaths and 1,066 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Educational Institutions: Govt may rethink reopen decision if outbreak worsens

The government will reconsider its decision to reopen educational institutions on March 30 if the Covid-19 infection rate keeps rising in the country.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Deshbandhu Group: Target $250m from global investors

Deshbandhu Group plans to raise $250 million (more than Tk 2,100 crore) from international investors through a Sukuk bond as the conglomerate looks to expand its business and repay its local debts.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Relocation to Bhasan Char: UN will now see it first-hand

The United Nations is going to send a delegation to visit Bhasan Char, where the government has developed a housing facility for 100,000 Rohingyas but faced reservations from aid agencies about the move.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

There may be crimes against humanity

The Myanmar junta’s crackdown on peaceful protests has led to likely crimes against humanity, said UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, calling for a united global response.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Killed In Companiganj Violence: The 2 had nothing to do with politics

Two lives have been cut short, caught in the crossfire of gunfights between the two groups of the ruling Awami League in Noakhali’s Companiganj in recent weeks.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

State of liberal democracy worsening

The state of liberal democracy in the country has worsened significantly over the last 10 years.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Companiganj Al Infighting: Mirza’s rival held hrs after party warning

Hours after Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday warned of action against people involved in the deadly clashes in Noakhali’s Companiganj, men in plainclothes picked up Mizanur Rahman Badal, the rival of Obaidul’s brother Quader Mirza.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Hike in Jet Fuel Price: Local airlines brace for another blow

The increasing jet fuel price will deliver a severe blow to the local airline industry which might even lose its competitiveness in the global market.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Case Against Kajol: Court fixes March 24 to decide on charges

A Dhaka tribunal will decide on March 24 whether to accept the charges pressed against photographer Shafiqul Islam Kajol who has been accused of circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and false information about several ministers, MPs and Jubo Mohila League leaders on Facebook.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid Pandemic Two more years to know when it’ll be over

Dr Farhad Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical physician and director of epidemiology at AstraZeneca, Sweden, has said it will take at least two more years to say when the novel coronavirus is likely to be totally eradicated from the planet.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM