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22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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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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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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Reopening State-Run Jute Mills: Industrialists not interested
Reopening of the country’s 25 state-run jute mills still remains uncertain as the government proposals for reopening the mills are given a cold shoulder by most of the jute industrialists.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Border guards meet delayed as BSF plane has hiccups
The biannual director general-level talks between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force, scheduled to start yesterday, was postponed as the BSF delegation failed to reach Dhaka.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Flawed system, misgovernance cripple Titas
Some Titas gas company officials are more interested in corruption than providing service to consumers and this leads to casualties due to explosions, energy experts said, while reflecting on the recent Narayanganj mosque fire that has so far claimed 32 lives.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Six leaks filled mosque with cooking gas
Six leakages in gas pipeline and around 17 percent of the mosque air filled with methane gas caused the blast in Narayanganj, finds the probe of fire service and civil defence.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Daily deaths from Covid still in 30’s
Deaths caused by Covid-19 rose to 5.81 percent compared to the previous week as Bangladesh entered the 37th week of the first detection of coronavirus case, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Digital access dismal in rural Bangladesh
Nearly three-quarters of rural households in the country have low level digital access and skills, finds a survey of Brac Institute of Governance and Development.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
He siphoned off Tk 195cr to Singapore, Malaysia
Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, siphoned off Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia with the help of Enamul Haque Arman, another leader of the ruling party’s youth wing, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police found in an investigation.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Metro not by next year
Wait of Dhaka dwellers for the maiden metro rail service could linger as a contractor responsible for implementing the first phase of the much-hyped project sought a one-year extension due to the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Price hike heaps woes on people
For the last one month, Akbar Hossain has been torn between two difficult choices: send his wife and children to the village or reduce the amount of money he sends his elderly parents.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Solving Rohingya Crisis: Failure may dash hope for regional peace
Dhaka fears Rohingya crisis can frustrate the hope for regional peace and stability if it is not solved at the earliest.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A lifelong friend of Bangladesh passes away
Father Richard William Timm, an internationally-acclaimed scientist and humanist, who served most of his life serving the people in Bangladesh, passed away in a hospital in the US state of Indiana at 1:20pm on September 11.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Hammer Attack on UNO: Ex-govt staffer involved, police say
Contradicting Rab claim that the Ghoraghat UNO and her father were attacked by a local Jubo League leader, police in Dinajpur yesterday said they arrested a suspended government staffer for his alleged involvement in the incident.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Limits on domestic air travel ease
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) yesterday eased the restrictions on carriers over how many passengers an aircraft could carry on domestic routes effective today.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Unstoppable Yaba: New route, new colour
The constantly evolving narcotics rackets in Cox’s Bazar have been opening up new fronts to smuggle yaba pills into Bangladesh from Myanmar, largely avoiding Teknaf due to increased vigilance by law enforcers there.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Global solidarity to tackle Covid still lacking
Six months on since declaring a pandemic, the WHO chief said on Thursday the lack of solidarity and leadership among world powers was “what worries me most” in the fight against Covid-19.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Malaysia eases entry ban for Bangladeshis
Malaysia’s decision to lift the travel ban on Bangladesh and 22 other countries will reduce the hurdles for many Bangladeshis returning to their workplaces in that country.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Border Flare-up: India, China agree to disengage
India and China said yesterday they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in Moscow.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Ghoraghat OC withdrawn for negligence in duty
OC Amirul Islam was withdrawn from Ghoraghat Police Station yesterday, eight days after UNO Wahida Khanam came under attack at her official residence in the upazila town.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
In Dinajpur, in distress
The intimidating atmosphere in their areas, disputes with local ruling party men, and on top of this, brutal attacks on two UNOs over the years have given rise to a sense of unease among government officials working in Dinajpur.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Just vanished!
So where have they gone?
Despite 76,000 children being born in the camps in the last three years, the number of Rohingya refugees in all camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf has actually decreased to 8.60 lakh as of July this year.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM