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22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Influx
Need 1 week to assess situation
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
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Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Govt retreated from stance, zealots didn’t
Rashed Khan Menon is an important figure in Bangladesh’s political history. He was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971. Currently,
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
1,776 more Rohingyas sail for Bhashan Char
Some 1,776 more Rohingyas are set to be relocated to Bhashan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali today.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Private Universities: UGC for uniform admission system
The University Grants Commission now wants a uniform admission system for all private universities as the majority of public universities are set to introduce the new system next year.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
57,390 grabbers feast on 770 rivers
As many as 57,390 individuals and organisations grabbed the country’s 770 rivers.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
No Covid vaccine for under 18s
People aged below 18 will not get the Covid-19 vaccines, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Volatile Rice Market: Import eased as prices soar
The government is going to allow the private sector to import six lakh tonnes of rice with 25 percent duty to stabilise the rice market.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Stay off winter events at all costs
Experts have anticipated that coronavirus infections will spike in late January and early February and urged people to abide by the rules and avoid “super spreader events” at all costs.
26 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Road Crash Victims: Compensation claims will still remain pending
More than two years after the Road Transport Act-2018 was passed in parliament, the government has appointed a chairman and a secretary for the trustee board that is supposed to deal with compensation-related issues after accidents.
26 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Sangu Reserve Forest: Left exposed to human greed
A vast number of century-old trees have been felled by loggers at a remote reserve forest and wildlife sanctuary in Thanchi of Bandarban in the last two months, and as seen in satellite images, about a hundred acres of it have been totally razed over the last few years.
26 December 2020, 18:00 PM
2 cops arrested for mugging
A sub-inspector and a constable of Sitakunda Model Police Station were arrested on charges of robbing a driver of Tk 2.8 lakh on Thursday night.
25 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Zero Border Killings: A promise tangled up in barbed wire
In talks between India’s Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh, the BSF chief yet again promised that there would be no killings on the borders.
25 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Harmful yet no hurry
Almost a year after harmful heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead were found in dozens of pesticides, the government is yet to enforce mandatory tests to prevent imports of the adulterated chemicals, widely used in the country’s vast agriculture sector.
25 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Kajol home after 290 long, bleak days
“The day feels unreal,” said Monorom Polok after his father, photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, was released from the Dhaka Central Jail yesterday.
25 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Post-Brexit Trade: UK, EU reach landmark deal
Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union yesterday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
No need to panic over new strain
Scientists in Bangladesh have reported a new Covid-19 strain, which is a bit similar to the one found in the UK recently.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Christmas today
The country’s Christian community is celebrating the holy Christmas today commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Gambling with greenery
A local lawmaker has put forward a proposal to change the status of nearly 600 acres of reserve forest and wildlife sanctuary in Cox’s Bazar into khas land for leasing it out to the people living there.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Abrar Death Case: SC upholds HC order staying trial of Matiur
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings of a case filed against Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat.
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Inter-District Buses: Govt plans 4 terminals on city fringes
The government has primarily selected four sites on the periphery of the capital to set up four bus terminals to stop inter-district buses from entering the city.
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ill-Gotten Wealth: Freeze 613 bank accounts of MP Papul, his family
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday requested the Bangladesh Bank to instruct eight commercial banks to freeze 613 bank accounts of independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul, his wife, daughter, and sister-in-law.
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM