Home-goers unstoppable
The ban on inter-district buses and restrictions on public movement could not stop the mad rush of homebound people, as thousands made arduous journeys yesterday to celebrate the Eid with their loved ones amid the pandemic.
11 May 2021
Home rush set to get madder still
Be it on the highways or on ferries, people’s desperate rush to go to their home towns for Eid only heightened yesterday, despite mounting difficulties.
10 May 2021
Virus scare lost in home rush
As Eid draws nearer, people desperate to go back to their home districts have continued to leave Dhaka despite all difficulties and while ignoring the restrictions the government imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.
9 May 2021
Homegoers would stop at nothing
People are heading home for Eid in droves.
8 May 2021
Transgender volunteers winning hearts at DMCH
Holding a placard inscribed with “I am a volunteer. How can I help you?” Sagarika was waiting at the entrance of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Covid-19 unit. As soon as an ambulance arrived, she rushed towards it, helping the patient get off from the vehicle.
5 May 2021
Inter-district commuters find lockdown workaround
Since the countrywide “lockdown” started from April 5 to curb the spread of Covid-19, construction worker Md Sumon has been unable to find any work.
4 May 2021
‘Never bought such small amounts of groceries before’
Forty-year-old Tasmin Begum was seen buying a pack of lentils for Tk 10 from her local shop near Karail slum last Monday.
30 April 2021
Husband dies, wife still on life support
Ashikuzzaman Khan, a computer engineer, who was injured in the deadly fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola on April 23, died on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Institute.
29 April 2021
India Halting Supply: Oxygen crunch may turn grave
The sudden halt to oxygen import from India amid the second Covid-19 wave may put Bangladesh in a precarious position if the current coronavirus situation deteriorates, fear health officials and suppliers.
26 April 2021
Malls reopen, roads see heavier traffic
As the government allowed shops and shopping malls to reopen their doors for shoppers amid the “lockdown”, a significant rise in public and vehicular movement was seen on the roads yesterday, with heavy traffic congestion in some areas of the capital.
25 April 2021
Armanitola Fire: Newlyweds now on life support
Around one and a half months ago, Muna Sarkar and Ashiquzzaman Khan, both computer engineers by profession, tied the knot.
24 April 2021
4 killed in chemical warehouse fire in city
Haunted by the fear of deadly fires caused by chemical warehouses in Old Dhaka, Maidul Alam Akash’s family rented a flat in Armanitola’s Musa Mansion seven years ago mainly because the building housed no chemical warehouses.
23 April 2021
Oxygen supply stretched to limit
Supply of medical oxygen to public hospitals is under strain as the demand for the life-sustaining gas has doubled over the last few weeks, posing new challenges in the battle against the second wave of the coronavirus infections.
20 April 2021
Rayerbazar Graveyard: Line of corpses only gets longer
The Rayerbazar graveyard – the lone Covid-19-dedicated graveyard in the capital – has been seeing an alarming influx of bodies as over 100 of them were buried in just two weeks of this month.
18 April 2021
Fourth Day of Lockdown: Daily wage earners come out to streets
Before the first phase of restrictions following the surge of Covid-19 cases, Md Bablu (23) used to drive buses in the port city. He came to the
17 April 2021
Hefajat Mayhem: Security beefed up in Dhaka, other dists
In the face of recent violence by Hefajat-e-Islam, the police have beefed up security in different districts, including Dhaka.
8 April 2021
Empty ICU bed hardest to find
In the capital yesterday, finding an empty ICU bed was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.
7 April 2021
‘He made a fortune through extortion’
Once a driver by profession, Aminul Islam Hannan of the capital’s Dakshinkhan area, who was recently arrested on charge of shooting a man dead in broad daylight, made a fortune in the last one decade through widespread extortion, said locals.
6 April 2021
Virus Curbs on Shops: Shop owners take to streets
Shop owners and employees of New Market, Bashundhara City Shopping Mall and Sadarghat areas in Dhaka took to the streets to protest the government’s decision to keep all shops and malls closed during the seven-day restriction to contain Covid-19 surge.
4 April 2021
The poor brace for bleaker days
One thing from the lockdown last year still etched raw in the collective memory of the city is hordes of hungry people coming out onto the streets.
3 April 2021