Shaheen Mollah

The prices of key Ramadan items edged up yesterday, the first day of the fasting month, with those of lemon and cucumber spiralling to a level that many consumers termed irrational.

On average, the increase ranged from 10 to 30 percent

Candidate-hired launches ease river travel as bus routes struggle with shortages and rising costs

From prayers for the dead to alms for the destitute, the holy night draws massive crowds

Campaigners from major political parties have been collecting voters’ national identity (NID) details and mobile phone numbers while canvassing in several slum areas of Dhaka ahead of the election, residents said.

It was a quiet winter morning in Uttara around 7:45am yesterday, with the household sleeping in on the weekend. When flames from a flat three storeys below began to spread, 14-year-old Rodela was the first to sense the danger.

Intelligence-led policing, body cameras and neutrality stressed

Gas supply to thousands of homes in different parts of the capital came to a complete or partial halt yesterday morning after a key valve on a distribution line burst.

Despite the launch of Operation Devil Hunt, continued killings and law enforcement’s failure to arrest escaped criminals and recover looted weapons are raising serious concerns ahead of the national election.

Little Hamim was just eight months old when his father Mahim Mia, a pickup driver, left their home to join the July movement in the capital’s Mohammadpur on July 18, 2024.

Winter vegetables are now abundantly available across Dhaka’s kitchen markets, but shoppers continue to face mixed price trends as labour shortages and fog‑related disruptions keep several items costlier than expected.

Radhika Das, a five‑month‑old girl from Brahmanbaria’s Bancharampur upazila, caught a cold on Friday.

Just 17 days ago, 18-year-old Salma Akter Smriti got married over the phone to an expatriate living in Oman. The couple had planned for a formal wedding reception in Bangladesh during Ramadan, once he returned.

Abdullah Al Faruk still shivers thinking about the evening that shattered his world.

Suspect Ayesha told the family she had neither a phone nor an NID

For the past year and a half, 60-year-old Rasheda Begum visited the Rayerbazar graveyard every Thursday. As she stood near the rows of unnamed graves, she prayed for the souls of the 114 unidentified victims of the July uprising.

Within three days, onion prices jumped by Tk 40 in the capital’s kitchen markets. As of yesterday, onions are being sold at Tk 140-160 per kg, up from Tk 110-120 previously.

The 26-year-old CNG-run autorickshaw driver who was shot dead in the capital’s Jurain area on Monday night was targeted by top drug dealers over previous enmity, police said.

In a narrow lane of the Korail slum, Shafiqul Islam and Fatema Begum begin preparing tea before dawn.

As the afternoon sun beat down on the charred remains of Korail yesterday, one of Dhaka’s largest and most crowded slums, Shukur Ali sat quietly with his wife, children and grandson amid the dust and twisted iron sheets that once sheltered their home.