Dhaka’s air quality getting worse

Raziur Rahman has just recovered from Covid-19 after staying a week at a government hospital.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid deaths on the rise

The country saw a rise in the number of deaths from Covid-19 as 28 more people died in 24 hours till yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 6,350.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Antigen test still a far cry

The government has not yet been able to launch the antigen-based rapid testing kit at the designated healthcare facilities even two months after approval.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Torching of Bus: 3 BNP men held in city

Detectives yesterday arrested three leaders and activists of BNP-affiliated bodies on charges of being directly involved in torching a bus in the capital’s Paltan on November 12.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

A salesman who struck gold!

He worked as a salesperson at different shopping malls in the capital in the 90s. Then he started smuggling in gold bars to the country, and became so good at it that his acquaintances started calling him Golden Monir.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Country ever ready to protect its sovereignty

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh always believes in peaceful coexistence with all neighbours, but it is also ever ready to protect its sovereignty from any aggressive attack.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

History erased

Elected lawmaker of Dhaka-7 three times since 1996, he has over the years either had a hand in the destruction of heritage sites and antiquities in his constituency or never showed political support to heritage conservation.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt alerts banks about cyberattack

The government has alerted the banks about the threat of a cyberattack, instructing them to put in place precautionary measures to prevent hackers from stealing money.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Georgia recount affirms Joe Biden victory

US President-elect Joe Biden yesterday accused Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy, as the incumbent’s campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims was dealt another blow with a recount in Georgia.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Rehabs in need for revamps

It was “out of curiosity” that Mohammad Limon (not his real name) first took marijuana with his friends nearly two decades ago. But soon he started taking the substance regularly and got addicted.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

PM for global action against widespread use of antibiotics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought coordinated global action to monitor the nature of infections, implement the required control measures and raise awareness against the widespread use of antibiotics.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Graduation from LDC Status: Hope brightens

Bangladesh is going to compete in the second review of a UN panel next year for graduation to a developing country from a least developed one as it met all the three criteria for getting out of the LDC bloc.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Torching of Bus: Cops identify 3 ‘arsonists’

Police yesterday claimed to have identified from CCTV footage three arsonists who were allegedly involved in torching a bus in the capital’s Paltan on November 12.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid takes 17 more lives

Seventeen people died of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Begum Para’ In Canada: Mostly govt officials bought houses

The “Begum Para” of Toronto in Canada has come up during numerous political discussions in Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis have bought luxurious residences in Begum Para, spending millions laundered from Bangladesh.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

4 ‘militants’ held in Sirajganj raid

Introducing themselves as students, four youths rented an under-construction building in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur nearly three weeks ago.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Siphoning off Tk 10,200Cr: Explain steps taken to arrest PK Halder

The High Court yesterday wanted to know what steps were taken to arrest Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, and bring him back home from abroad.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Govt cannot put children at risk’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday acknowledged that staying at home had been increasingly difficult for students, but the government would not put children’s lives at risk by reopening the educational institutions.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Country sees rise in Covid deaths again

The daily number of Covid-19 deaths has increased again as the health directorate reported 30 deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Senior Asp’s Death: Psychiatrists want judicial probe

Psychiatrists have protested the arrest of National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Registrar Dr Abdullah Al Mamun in connection with the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim after he was assaulted by staffers of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital on November 9.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM