BB officials harbour financial thugs: HC

The High Court has observed that a section of Bangladesh Bank officials, tasked with monitoring the activities of banks and financial institutions, have been harbouring financial thugs for personal gains.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

BSMMU mulls Chinese firm’s vaccine trial

The BSMMU authorities are considering approving Chinese pharma Anhui Zhifei’s proposal for the third phase trial of its Covid-19 vaccine.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Britain rolls out Oxford vaccine

Britain yesterday began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a possible game-changer in fighting the disease worldwide, while China raced to inoculate millions with a domestically made jab.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Arms, Narcotics Cases: Erfan Salim cleared of charges

In their final report, Chawkbazar police said they did not find evidence to prove the charges against Mohammad Erfan Salim in two cases filed under the narcotics control and arms acts.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Oxford University-Astrazeneca Vaccine: Bangladesh okays it for emergency use

Bangladesh yesterday approved the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for importing the vaccine from Serum Institute of India.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

ACC arrests PK Halder’s ‘associate’

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday arrested Shankha Bepari, an “associate” of Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, who allegedly laundered over Tk 10,000 crore of four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) abroad.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Oxford University-Astrazeneca vaccine: Bangladesh okays it for emergency use

Bangladesh has approved the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, paving the way for bringing the vaccine for emergency use.
4 January 2021, 17:15 PM

India approves two vaccines

India’s drugs regulator yesterday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech and a state-run institute.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

9 killed in road crashes

Six members of a family, including a newborn, were killed in a road accident in Mymensingh yesterday. The crash also claimed the life of the driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw the family was on.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

4 Mega Infrastructures: Target next year for completion

Four mega projects, including the Padma Bridge and Dhaka Metro Rail, will be completed by June next year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

1 Month of Rohingya Relocation: Finding happiness on the island of hope

Noor Sadek and his staff were busy preparing and selling paratha and dal in his makeshift shop at Bhasan Char. Outside the shop, people were standing in line to buy breakfast.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Litterateur Rabeya Khatun passes away

Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun died in the capital yesterday afternoon.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

2020, the Year of Pandemic: Heartbreaks in heartland

Abdur Rahim*, a private tutor in Dhaka, thought his life had finally stabilised after two decades of hard work. With a steady income, he could afford a place in the capital and sustain his family.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Rape Case Investigation: Delays put justice at risk

Two schoolgirls lost their way back home in the capital’s Badda from an outing on the night of February 8 last year. Wandering on the road for a few hours, they came across one Emon Hossain.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

A fighter till her last breath

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president and freedom fighter Ayesha Khanam -- a guardian of the women’s movement in Bangladesh, who dedicated her life to the rights of deprived, oppressed and disenfranchised women -- breathed her last early yesterday.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

New strain, new worry

The RT-PCR tests done to diagnose coronavirus infections in Bangladesh are not likely to detect the new strain identified in the UK. On top of that, no one can say for sure if the new variant is similar to the ones found here in Bangladesh.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

10 New Locomotives from S Korea: ‘Breach of contract’ under scanner

A South Korean company has supplied 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway allegedly violating some clauses of the contract, creating an impasse over the official handover of the train engines.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Number of new cases drops to 8-month low

A total of 684 people tested positive for the Covid-19 in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the lowest in around eight months, reported the health directorate.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Plight of Migrant Workers: Moments of despair,times of uncertainty

The coronavirus pandemic that brought global human mobility to a near standstill for most of last year hit the country’s vast labour migration sector hard.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Students get free textbooks

Distribution of free textbooks among the students of classes six to nine started yesterday, the first day of the new year.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM