Democracy Day today: Still not there

It’s true that people’s aspiration regarding the restoration of democracy through the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in December, 1990, was not fulfilled completely, said Ashim Kumar Ukil, a ruling Awami League MP and the then general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu’s sculpture found defaced

Vandals damaged an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia town early yesterday.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas in Bhasan Char: Elated, eager to get to work

Abdul Hamid wants to stay on Bhasan Char until he gets to return to Myanmar.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM

40th span of Padma bridge installed

The 40th span of the Padma bridge was installed yesterday, making 6km stretch of the main structure visible.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

13 killed in two road accidents

At least 13 people, including six members of a family, were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Hefajat Mayhem 2013: Govt moves to resume probe

The government is resuming the long-stalled investigations into 62 cases filed over the mayhem by thousands of Hefajat activists in the capital and elsewhere in May 2013.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Antigen test begins in 10 dists today

Amid the significant rise in the number of new coronavirus cases, the health directorate is all set to start antigen-based rapid testing in 10 districts from today.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Let’s fight Covid-19 together, save lives

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought “urgent global attention and further collaboration” to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, save lives and accelerate economic recovery.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

New homes, new hope for Rohingyas

Mahmuda Khatun’s desire for peace and comfort is what made her leave the congested Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char on Thursday.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Refugee Relocation: Don’t undermine or misinterpret genuine efforts

The government has urged all not to undermine or misinterpret its genuine efforts to improve the lives of Rohingya refugees through their ongoing relocation to Bhasan Char.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM

CHT Border Road: 1,036km to pave way for surveillance

A border road along the three hilly districts of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban is being built to enable surveillance and prevent cross-border criminal activities.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Rape at MC College Hostel: Charges pressed against eight

Police yesterday pressed charges against eight persons in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College hostel in Sylhet on September 25.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

More stimulus to offset Covid shock

The government and the development partners plan to inject more money into the economy for its recovery amid the pandemic while the progress in implementing the stimulus packages for employment creation and revitalisation of the rural economy remains slow.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Atrocities of 1971 cannot be forgotten and forgiven

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh cannot forget and forgive atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971, according to a press release of the Press Wing of the Prime Minister’s Office.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Rights groups call for halting resettlement

Human rights groups have called for halting the relocation of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char and ensuring full and meaningful participation of the refugees in the process.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Relocation: First batch off to Bhasan Char

The government yesterday began transferring Rohingyas to Bhasan Char from the congested camps in Ukhia and Teknaf where about a million of them have been living.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Safety hard to afford

A small room made with corrugated iron sheets, for pigeon rearing, rests on a tree near the first floor of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute’s gymnasium
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM

23 Yrs of Peace Accord: CHT still plagued by myriad ills

The hills have remained restive due to land disputes, extortion, killings and feuds between and within the region’s political parties 23 years into the peace accord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccination starts next week in UK

Britain approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine yesterday, jumping ahead of the United States and Europe to become the West’s first country to formally endorse a jab it said should reach the most vulnerable people early next week.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Cabinet okays direct vaccine purchase

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid-19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM