Physiotherapy in Bangladesh: Ailing all along

While demand for physiotherapy has been growing rapidly as a health profession across the world, it is still struggling in Bangladesh due mainly to the absence of a functional unique body.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Death For Rape: Bill placed in parliament to amend law

The Women and Children Repression Prevention (amendment) Bill, 2020 was placed in Parliament last night with an aim to ensure the death penalty as the highest punishment for rape.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM

President, PM greet Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Time to heal’

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Primary, Secondary Education System: Major reform on the cards

In a sweeping change to primary and secondary schooling, the government may scrap the PECE and the JSC exams and dissolve the science, humanities and business disciplines.
8 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump’s voter fraud claims get mixed GOP support

Donald Trump’s unfounded accusations of fraud in the US presidential election have been condemned by some of his fellow Republicans, but top party figures have maintained their support.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Biden Wins

Democrat Joe Biden captured the US presidency yesterday, several major television networks said, as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden’s promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Kamala Harris breaks barriers

Kamala Harris made history yesterday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump joins small one-term president club

Donald Trump has boasted of being an atypical leader but he’s now entered a small club he will definitely not appreciate, US presidents who have lost reelection.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Potato prices go beyond control

Many stores in the capital have stopped selling potatoes over the last few days after the authorities fixed the prices and began to penalise overcharging sellers.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

53 Uzi Pistols: Detectives looking for users’ info

Detectives are now gathering details of those who own Uzi pistols; military-grade semi-automatic weapons imported in the absence of monitoring by the authorities.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

1,469 more test Covid positive

Fifteen people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Reintegration of Returnees: Little response to loan scheme

Shahidul Islam of Cumilla returned home on September 10 from Saudi Arabia after losing a restaurant job there.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccines must be free of cost for all

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged world leaders to formulate a well-coordinated roadmap to face the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump loses legal fight in battlegrounds

President Donald Trump’s campaign has lost court rulings in the closely contested states of Georgia and Michigan and Pennsylvania, even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit challenging what it called voting irregularities in Nevada.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

On the verge of victory

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took the lead over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia for the first time yesterday, putting him on the verge of winning the White House.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Returnee Migrants: HC throws away case against 219

A High Court bench yesterday threw out the case against 219 returnee migrant workers from Gulf states, stated a press statement issued by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM

BDR Mutiny Trial: Acquitted, yet can’t walk free

Ever since Abdur Rashid got acquitted in the sensational BDR killing case from the lower court, his family members have been counting days to see him walk out of jail.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Country sees highest daily increase since September 10

Health officials yesterday reported 1,842 new cases of Covid-19 -- the highest in a single day in the last 56 days.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM

7 Climate Change Projects: Graft gobbled up over Tk 37cr

More than half of Tk 68.16 crore meant for the government’s seven climate change mitigation projects have been misappropriated, said a Transparency International Bangladesh report.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM