Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Muddled response marks 6 months

The present Covid-19 situation suggests actions taken by the government made little impact on containing the virus, say public health experts as today marks half a year since the first novel coronavirus cases were reported in the country.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Embezzling funds from 4 NBFIs: Halder wants to return home, refund money

Proshanta Kumar Halder, who fled the country after allegedly siphoning around Tk 3,500 crore from four non-banking financial institutions, now wants to return home and refund the money he embezzled from one of those.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Discard ‘martial law’ from military terminology

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for discarding the term “martial law” from military lexicon, saying it never brought any good to the country or the armed forces.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

He sang for freedom and fought bigotry

Liberation War Museum trustee Ziauddin Tariq Ali, a freedom fighter and social activist, died from Covid-19 yesterday. He was 75.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Titas finds leaky gas pipes

Officials found two holes in an underground gas pipe adjacent to the Narayanganj mosque and expert teams were examining a second pipe last night about six feet under its stairwell.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Fire lasted just seconds

Cooking gas trapped in the Narayanganj mosque was ignited by a spark at an overloaded circuit-breaker, and the inferno didn’t last more than a couple of seconds, explosives experts said yesterday.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Dedicated Covid-19 Hospitals: Govt moves to reduce number

The government has decided to gradually suspend coronavirus treatment in the dedicated Covid-19 public hospitals and facilities though the pandemic is still going strong in terms of infections and deaths.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Positivity rate dips to 3-month low

The positivity rate of Covid-19 has decreased to the lowest in more than last three months.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Pry Students: Even final tests may be cancelled

Primary school students might be promoted without having to sit for class final tests, top officials of primary and mass education ministry hinted yesterday.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Novel Coronavirus: Mutation rate faster here than global average

The Covid-19 mutation rate in Bangladesh is faster than the global average rate, says a study based on data of 263 cases of genome sequencing.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Ray in the darkness

Those with disabilities in the country have long faced societal barriers, negative perceptions, and discrimination, and 53-year-old Md Saidul Huq was no exception.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

She drew ire from land grabbers

Land grabbing by a group of people associated with the ruling party was rampant in Ghoraghat and UNO Wahida Khanam, who also acted as the assistant commissioner of land, became a problem for them, locals said.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Mosque Tragedy: Investigators start digging for gas leaks

The Fire Service and Civil Defence-led probe body is to dig up the floor of the blast-hit Narayanganj mosque today to see if the gas pipeline that runs beneath the three-storey structure is leaking.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

PM on Mosque Construction: Ensure proper plan for safety

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that it is necessary to look into whether mosques are constructed according to the designs and with permissions from the authorities concerned so that incidents like the Narayanganj mosque blast never recur.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Will pray, be back soon to watch cartoon

“Ma, do not change the cartoon channel. I will go to the mosque with Baba, pray, and then come back and watch cartoons again.”
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Another war hero leaves

Lt Col (retd) Abu Osman Chowdhury passed away yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in the capital. He was 85.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Gas leak behind mosque blast

Death toll from Friday’s explosion in the Narayanganj mosque reached 20 last night with fire officials suspecting that the incident took place due to leak in a gas pipeline that runs beneath the mosque.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Tests drop, positivity rate rises

The health directorate reported 1,950 new Covid-19 cases yesterday as the number of daily cases and the positivity rate increased slightly from the previous day.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Attack on Ghoraghat UNO: Not theft gone wrong, it is pre-planned

Condition of Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam has improved, doctors at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital (NINH) said yesterday.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Probe Into Sinha Murder: Call recordings ‘unavailable’

The committee formed to probe the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan was unable to obtain the call recordings of around 30 people related to the incident and will mention it as a “limitation” of the investigation when submitting its findings to the home ministry tomorrow.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM