Preserving Liberation War SitesL: Project hamstrung by land issues

Three years ago, the government undertook a project to preserve the sites bearing historic value of the Liberation War for future generations to learn about the country’s tumultuous birth.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Demand for ICU beds on the rise

As the number of Covid-19 infections has been rising since November, the demand for ICU beds at hospitals in the capital has almost doubled.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Stay firm on non-communal spirit of 1971

Reiterating her call to the people to stay firm on the non-communal spirit of the Liberation War, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said people of all religious faiths would live in the country with equal rights.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Hasina-Modi Virtual Summit Today: Talks to focus on water sharing, connectivity

Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate today’s Bangladesh-India summit to be led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, said officials.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

WHO’s Covid vaccine scheme risks failure

The global scheme to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024, internal documents said.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

49 Years of Victory: Nation renews resolve to uproot fundamentalism

The nation yesterday celebrated Victory Day, saluting the supreme sacrifice of the gallant sons and daughters of the soil and vowing afresh to uproot fundamentalism.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

She only went to buy chips

An eight-year-old girl has been killed after rape in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

All air travellers must be Covid free

Airlines carrying passengers without Covid-19 negative certificates will have to face flight suspension penalty from now on.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

40 more die, highest in 12 weeks

The country yesterday reported 40 deaths due to Covid-19 -- the highest for a single day in more than 12 weeks.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Meet With Home Boss: Hefajat sticks to its stance on sculpture

Calling sculptures anti-Islamic, Qawmi madrasa-based clerics, many of whom are Hefajat leaders, have proposed that the government construct minarets instead of sculptures of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Won’t tolerate chaos in name of religion

Issuing a strong warning against religious fanatics, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would not let anyone create any division and anarchy in the country over religion.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Sixty-one more recognised as Biranganas

The government has recognised 61 more Biranganas (war heroines) for their contribution and sacrifice during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

A train to massacre

It was past midnight at Saidpur Rail Station. In the dim light, mostly Hindu Marwaris and some Bangalees from all walks of life could be seen standing beside the platform. Tense, even those who knew each other were not talking.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Hasina-Modi Summit: Post-Covid-19 cooperation to be on agenda

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold “comprehensive discussions” on the entire spectrum of the bilateral relationship during their virtual summit on Thursday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Graduation from LDC: UN projections show high hope

Bangladesh is on track to graduate to a developing country from a least developed one as a UN body estimates that the country’s scores in all three criteria would be much higher from the graduation threshold next year.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Nation vows to safeguard secularism

Bangladesh yesterday paid a solemn tribute to martyred intellectuals of 1971 at a time when religious fundamentalist forces were gaining their strength.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

4 men storm house, rape housewife

A man and his three cohorts stormed into a house and raped a housewife and beat her up in Laxmipur’s Ramgati early yesterday, police said.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

New rail line to link northern tip

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is working to bring Banglabandha Land Port, under the railway network, aiming to boost regional connectivity.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Reports of Malpractices: Recruitment at RU halted

The government has asked Rajshahi University VC Prof M Abdus Sobhan to explain in seven working days why the appointments of his daughter and son-in-law to the university as teachers will not be cancelled.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Violence Against Women: It’s even worse during pandemic

As the year of the pandemic winds down, it becomes even more clear that Covid-19 led to an increase in gender-based violence.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM