America’s future on ballot

The US presidential campaign entered its final day with a last-minute scramble for votes by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, drawing to a close an extraordinary race that has put a pandemic-stricken country on edge.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Hefajat holds protest rallies, procession

Thousands of Hefajat leaders and activists gathered near Baitul Mukarram National Mosque yesterday morning, aiming to lay siege to the French embassy in Dhaka, bringing traffic to a standstill on some of busiest streets in the city.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

State actors can’t evade responsibility

Journalist leaders yesterday said state actors cannot deny responsibility in the incident of the abduction of Chattogram-based journalist Golam Sarwar, who was found unconscious on Sunday night three days after he had gone missing.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Treatment Denied: Father takes twins’ bodies to High Court, seeks justice

The High Court yesterday sought explanation from three hospitals in the capital about the death of newborn twins after the mother and the babies were refused treatment.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Jail Killing Day: 45 years on, justice still elusive

It has been 45 years since, on this very day in 1975, four national leaders were assassinated at the Dhaka Central Jail.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

63 migrants returned with psychological issues

As many as 63 migrant workers, including 58 females, returned to the country with psychological issues over the last two years, according to the Brac Migration Programme.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 Treatment: Govt spent Tk 15k-47k for each patient hospitalised

On average, the government has so far spent Tk 15,000 for each regular Covid-19 patient and Tk 47,000 for each coronavirus patient who required ICU treatment, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Dhaka-Sylhet Highway Expansion: Not enough overpasses

The government has planned to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet highway into four-lane without keeping adequate overpasses and underpasses, which may reduce the service and productivity of the road.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Mere accidents or murders?

Unskilled drivers, reckless driving, poor roads and unfit vehicles are behind the rise in the number of road crashes, a Dhaka court said yesterday.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

3 to walk the gallows for Payel murder

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three staffers of Hanif Paribahan to death in a case filed over the murder of North South University student Saidur Rahman Payel in July of 2018.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

No mask, no sale

In a bid to curb the possible second wave of Covid-19, Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity yesterday banned customers without masks from all markets, shops and malls.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump launches campaign blitz

Two days before Election Day, President Donald Trump yesterday launched a sprint of campaigning across battleground states crucial to the outcome of the US election in an effort to defy the polls and fend off Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

PM for testing people coming from abroad

The time has come to reintroduce coronavirus tests for every inbound passenger at all ports in the country as the globe again facing a massive outbreak, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bids to silence journos deafening

Shortly before this story went to print last night, missing journalist Golam Sarwar was found unconscious beside a canal at Sitakunda’s Kumira.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Lynching in Burimari: No proof of demeaning Holy Quran

The man lynched and set on fire in Burimari, Lalmonirhat last Thursday had not demeaned the Holy Quran, police said yesterday.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

That grim caravan just won’t stop

It was 4:00am yesterday when the first light of dawn was still far from the Dhaka sky.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Cases After Casino Drive: End of probe ever elusive

More than a year after a crackdown was launched on casinos, the ACC has yet to complete the investigations in any of the 22 cases filed against ruling party men, among others, over the illegal business.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

18 more die, 1,320 test positive

Eighteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, said a press release.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

First-time Florida voters seek change

Young voters in Florida, a battleground state for the US Presidential elections, think that America faces image crisis during Trump administration for its stance on climate change and handling of coronavirus pandemic.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Gap narrows in key swing states

US president Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden ramped up their campaign push yesterday as surveys show the Republican has narrowed the gaps in key battleground states with his Democratic rival ahead of Tuesday’s election day.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM