Off-season spike in dengue cases

Dengue fever appears to be reemerging in the country as the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease rose sharply this month.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM

HC seeks all docs of graft case against Haji Salim

The High Court yesterday asked for the record of a corruption case in which independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim was sentenced to 13 years in 2008.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM

ASP Anisul’s Death: Director of Mind Hospital arrested, 4 others on run

Three days into the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim allegedly due to beating by staffers of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor, four of its shareholders are still on the run.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM

MP Papul sued for laundering Tk 148cr

Lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam deposited Tk 148.41 crore in dirty money to different bank accounts of his sister-in-law Jesmin Prodhan to cover his tracks, finds the Anti-Corruption Commission.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM

MRT-6 Extension to Kamalapur: Change plan, go for alternative

A panel formed by the Japanese government has given Bangladesh an alternative plan for the MRT-6 extension to Kamalapur, saying the existing PMO-approved design would seriously hamper the prospect of the country’s premier railway station becoming a true transport hub.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM

2 Chinese Projects: PMO asks rail ministry to cut costs

The Prime Minister’s Office has directed the railways ministry to significantly reduce the cost of China-funded Akhaura-Sylhet and Joydebpur-Ishwardi rail line expansion projects.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

School Admission: No decision yet, parents worried

Every November, the stress levels of many parents seeking to get their children admitted to private schools begin to escalate as the admission process of most reputed schools in the capital kicks off by the middle of this month.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Public Hospitals: Be judicious while spending state money

The High Court yesterday issued a set of guidelines to ensure proper expenditure of state money and transparency in the purchase and maintenance of medical equipment in government hospitals across the country.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

GOP backs Trump

President Donald Trump yesterday pushed ahead with longshot legal challenges to his election loss, as Republican US lawmakers and state officials defended his right to do so.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

It was a murder

A day after Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim was allegedly assaulted to death by its staff, the Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor was all but deserted yesterday.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Recovery not possible sans united efforts

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is a need for constructive multilateralism more than ever as the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded the world that “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Cash Aid for The Poor: Blighted by graft, partisanship

Taking interviews of 1,050 beneficiaries of the government’s cash assistance for the poor, Transparency International Bangladesh has found that 69 percent were yet to receive anything.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘I implore you to wear a mask’

US president-elect Joe Biden yesterday convened a task force to devise a blueprint for tackling the coronavirus crisis imploring Americans to wear protective masks, while President Donald Trump pursues several long-shot gambits to hold on to his job and fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

25 more die, 1,683 test positive

The number of deaths due to Covid-19 rose as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday reported 25 single-day deaths in the past 24 hours till 8:00am.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

SI Akbar held near border

Suspended sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, the prime suspect in the killing of Rayhan in police custody in Sylhet, was detained along Bangladesh-India border in Dona area of the district’s Kanaighat upazila around 9:00am yesterday.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Land mutation in 8 days now

The cabinet yesterday cleared a proposal on land registration and mutation, aiming to reduce people’s sufferings, make the entire process easier and stop corrupt practices.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi’s party claims landslide win

Myanmar’s ruling party yesterday said it had won enough seats in parliament to form the next government, after reporting a lead based on its unofficial count of votes from the country’s second general election since the end of strict military rule.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Nurture tolerance, show respect

President Abdul Hamid yesterday told parliament that political parties will have to nurture the culture of tolerance, show mutual respect and give importance to others’ views to give institutional shape to democracy.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

The mayoral mechanism

The land acquisition office of Cox’s Bazar acquired 1.171 acres of disputed land from the wife and brother-in-law of the municipality mayor at Tk 36 crore for a project in violation of multiple acquisition and property transfer laws.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Take care of your family

In a landmark verdict, the High Court yesterday upheld five years’ jail sentence of a convict in a narcotics-related case, but allowed him to stay with his family on three conditions.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM