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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Influx
Need 1 week to assess situation
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
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Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Life goes on
Social distancing and Covid-19 transmission are evidently not high on the list of concerns. For these workers, at an iron foundry in Shyampur, the most pressing issue in life is earning the basic living that would allow them to put food on the table back home.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Situation now worse than during peak in March’
The EU yesterday raised the alarm on coronavirus saying the epidemic is worse now than at the March peak in several member countries, as governments in Europe and beyond reimpose drastic restrictions.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Wasa’s move to reappoint MD challenged at High Court
A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday challenging the legality of the process for further appointing Taqsem A Khan as the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Gonoforum may split as rift widens
An intra-party conflict over leadership may cause a split in Gonoforum as a group of party leaders are going to hold an extended meeting in Dhaka tomorrow.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Riyadh’s pressure on Dhaka unfair
The Saudi Arabian pressure on Bangladesh to issue passports to 54,000 Rohingyas and bring back 462 others is unacceptable and unfair, analysts and Rohingya activists have said.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt decides to allow more flights to KSA
The authorities have decided to allow more flights to Saudi Arabia for the thousands of people desperately waiting to go to their workplaces in the Gulf country.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
No promotion without exams for 8th graders
Education boards yesterday decided that school authorities should hold assessments to graduate eighth grade students to the next grade and there should be no scope for promotion without examinations.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Onion Self-Sufficiency: Possible, but not so soon
The government intends to make the country self-sufficient in onion by increasing the production of this essential cooking ingredient but it may take years as overcoming the seed crisis remains a major challenge.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt procurement: Gifts, trips secure contracts
Bidders need to give bribes in the form of financial benefits, arrange trips and host dinners for government officials to win public procurement contracts, says a World Bank report.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Holding O, A Level Exams: British Council gets govt nod
The government gave approval to British Council to administer Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations in October and November while students continue protests demanding the cancellation of exams amid the coronavirus pandemic.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Digital Cooperation: PM calls for strong global partnership
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for a “strong global partnership” on digital cooperation for the future generation to achieve common goals.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Europe grapples with second wave of Covid
Europe surged past five million cases of the new coronavirus yesterday as France and Spain prepared tighter restrictions in an attempt to curb rising levels of infections in their capital cities.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt Allowances: Ministers to get more for travel
When nations around the globe are taking cost-saving measures to tackle the economic fallout of Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has increased travel expenses for ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers by Tk 93 lakh.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt ready to tackle second wave of Covid
Days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cautioned against a second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government was ready to tackle the probable second wave of the disease.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Hope rekindled for Saudi returnees
The Saudi government has agreed to extend visas for the Bangladeshis who returned home on holiday but could not go back to the kingdom due to the pandemic.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
DU student sues Ducsu ex-VP Nur once again
Former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five leaders of Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad were sued in another rape case on Monday evening when its leaders and activists were taking to the streets to protest a previous case.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t let geo- political rivalries weaken UN
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for not allowing geopolitical rivalries to weaken the United Nations as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that both developed and developing nations need the global body more than ever.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Thankless as always
Thirty-two-year-old SM Sharmin, a marketing executive at a private organisation, was cooking while also speaking to one of her clients over the phone, and helping her eight-year-old daughter with her online classes.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Over 5k have died from Covid-19
The number of Covid-19 deaths crossed the 5,000 mark yesterday, as Bangladesh stepped into the 198th day since the first detection of coronavirus in the country.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Winter Wave: People with conditions will be at greater risk
Chilly or not, the coming winter is set to be an ominous one.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM