Low-Income People: Eating less only way to get by
Many people with limited incomes are struggling to put food on the table due to the abnormal price hike of essentials.
10 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Who wrote the most letters?
On this World Letter Writing Day, I was wondering who wrote the highest number of letters in a day. I think you might say, Rabindranath Tagore, as he is said to have written several thousand letters throughout his life. However, the record for writing the most letters in a day is held by the fam
1 September 2023, 16:18 PM
Weaving untold stories through cinema
Considered one of the most important figures in Bengalee cinema, Rituparno pioneered an era of inclusivity and art.
31 August 2023, 09:39 AM
Deportees from KSA: Neglect writ large as one dies
A deported migrant worker died and another one fell sick during their flight back to Dhaka from Saudi Arabia yesterday.
30 August 2023, 18:00 PM
MRI Tests IN DMCH: Patients suffer as services on hold for 8 months
Akhter Hossain, a patient at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s neurology department, had to seek Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test services from a private facility for Tk 10,500.
28 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Relocation riddle yet to resolve
Around 300 wholesalers of the kitchen market in Karwan Bazar have unanimously agreed to relocate their shops to the proposed Amin Bazar and Jatrabari wholesale markets after extensive discussions with a DNCC body.
21 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BTI pesticide importer blacklisted by DNCC
Dhaka North City Corporation has blacklisted Marshal Agrovet Chemical Industries Ltd over anomalies in importing BTI pesticide used in anti-mosquito drive.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Fear grips AL
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the faces of Awami League leaders have dried up in fear and there are no more smiles left on their faces.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Deception in Dhaka north
The company that imported the much-hyped BTI pesticide to destroy Aedes mosquito larvae for the Dhaka North City Corporation does not have the importing licence. Despite this, the company took part in the open tender and came out as the lowest bidder.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
4-yr-old Roja fighting for life
Four-year-old Roja Moni has been fighting for her life with 30 percent burns for last three days after sustaining the injuries in a massive fire at a chemical warehouse and adjacent houses in Keraniganj on August 15.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
A recurring saga of monsoon misery
School children navigating through ankle-deep water while clutching their parents’ hands, office goers waiting for public transport in the morning standing over waterlogged roads and auto-rickshaw/rickshaw pullers cashing in on the opportunity to charge extra fares -- these have become all too familiar sights in the streets of Dhaka during monsoon.
13 August 2023, 18:00 PM
The poet who shook the Ershad regime
As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.
12 August 2023, 04:55 AM
AL can’t stop BNP’s movement even with force
The ruling Awami League uses force to remain in power yet it cannot suppress the BNP’s one-point movement by filing cases and carrying out attacks against its activists, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a rally yesterday afternoon.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
The Great Himalayan Trail: Shakil’s story of perseverance
“Throughout the journey, death knocked at my door several times, but I never lost my focus, I never gave up,” said Ikramul Hasan Shakil, the intrepid conqueror of the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT), home to three of the highest peaks in the world.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
How Matuail turned into a battleground
Matuail turned into a battleground as clashes erupted between BNP activists and ruling party activists along with police in and around the area today
29 July 2023, 15:53 PM
Violence in Dholaikhal: how things transpired
It was around 11 in the morning. Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists started to gather on one side of the road at Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka to stage a sit-in programme.Many were carrying sticks and soon started shouting anti-government slogans
29 July 2023, 10:29 AM
BNP to press on with Dhaka sit-ins today
From its mammoth rally in the capital’s Nayapaltan, BNP yesterday announced sit-ins for today at all the major entry points to Dhaka as part of the party’s larger movement to force the government to hold the upcoming national election under a non-party government.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Labour Courts: Justice seekers suffer as deadlines ignored
A labour court case should be disposed of within 60 days from filing and the time can be extended for another 90 days if there is any valid reason, according to the law.
23 July 2023, 18:00 PM
A ‘missing’ building and Tk 19cr investment
Rafiqul Islam of Old Dhaka has been working at a machinery shop for several years, saving his earnings to accumulate Tk 5 lakh over a decade.
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Mugda hospital overwhelmed by dengue patients
The capital’s Mugda Medical College Hospital has been struggling to cope with the steep rise in the number of dengue patients over the last few weeks.
11 July 2023, 01:10 AM