Part of river now MP’s

A ruling party MP has filled up more than 54 acres from the Buriganga river and wetland to construct a power plant and a private economic zone in Basila, according to a government probe report.
30 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Would remove all sculptures if I could

Hefajat-e-Islam leader Maulana Mamunul Haque yesterday said he would remove all the sculptures in the country if he had the legal, moral and political capacity.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Sculpture, idol are different

Newly appointed State Minister for Religious affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan yesterday said sculpture and idol were different and there were sculptures in almost every country.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Tackling 2nd Wave: Pvt hospitals should increase ICU capacity

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday urged private medical college hospitals to prepare for providing a hand to the government designated Covid-19 hospitals in tackling the “second wave” of the pandemic.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Infection spikes by 32.5pc this month

With winter sweeping over the country, Covid-19 cases have risen by 32.5 percent this month compared to the number recorded last month.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt setting up nationwide rail network

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is working to establish a rail network across the country for providing transportation to people and goods at a cheaper rate.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Prothom Alo Editor: Editors’ Council concerned at charge framing

cThe Sampadak Parishad’s (Editors’ Council’s) concern was expressed at a virtual meeting held on November 21 and November 26, 2020.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Pandemic-Hit Overseas Job: Returnees see bleak future

After years of struggle, Mostakim Alam landed a job at a digital printing shop in Kuwait as a computer operator. With earnings of Tk 1.20 lakh a month, all was going well.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

BFRI Recruitment: Passing test without even appearing

The written test was held on Saturday afternoon. The result that came out eleven hours later left many candidates surprised.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Recover 1.38 lakh acres of forestland

A parliamentary body has set March next year as the deadline for launching eviction drives to recover 138,000 acres of reserve forestland grabbed by 88,000 individuals and organisations across the country.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Radicals fussing over Bangabandhu sculpture

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said a communal force is creating unwanted debate over the establishment of sculptures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Killing of Iranian Scientist: Conflict looms as Trump exits

An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Rape victims suffer as justice delayed

In 2016, when Tumpa (not real name) was five years old, her friend’s father, 42-year-old Md Saiful Islam lured her away. He tied her up, taped up her eyes and mouth, stuffed corks up her nostrils, put out cigarettes on her skin, and mutilated her in various parts, including her genitals.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

36 more die, 1,908 infected

Thirty-six people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Death After BSMMU Surgery: Two years gone just to file case

Rafique Sikder, a filmmaker, admitted his 55-year-old ailing mother Rawshan Ara to the capital’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for kidney treatment on July 1, 2018.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Frontliners to get quarantine allowance

The government has decided to provide quarantine allowance to doctors, nurses and other public hospital staffers for treating Covid-19 patients from July 1.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid Compensation for Govt Staff: No payment for most frontliners

None of the government frontline workers infected with coronavirus received the compensation they were promised seven months ago. And families of only 42 of the 133 frontline workers who died with Covid-19 have been compensated as of November 4.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Papul denied bail again

A Kuwait court on Thursday denied bail of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam Papul in a case involving human trafficking and money laundering, and set January 28 next year for the full hearing of the case, reported Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 vaccine doubt emerges

Questions emerged over just how much protection is offered by one of the leading vaccine candidates as Germany, once a beacon of hope in Europe’s coronavirus nightmare, logged its one millionth case yesterday.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Galileo’ makes final exit

It is fitting that one of Aly Zaker’s most iconic stage roles was that of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM