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Shaheen Mollah

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Eggs, fish, meat get costlier; veggie prices stay steady

5 September 2026
Prices of eggs, fish, and meat have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets, including Shewrapara, Kazipara, Ibrahimpur, Farmgate, and Karwan Bazar. Prices of most vegetables, on the other hand, remain unchanged.
5 September 2026
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Waiting for power cuts to get water

5 September 2026
While frequent load-shedding has become a concern for Dhaka residents, people in several neighbourhoods, including East Senpara, East Kazipara, Ibrahimpur and East Rajabazar, say power outages have become an unexpected opportunity to collect water.
5 September 2026
Ronjila Parvin - 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura

Woman dies after muggers snatch her bag from rickshaw

30 August 2026
A 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura, who was in the capital for eye treatment, died after falling from a moving rickshaw when two muggers snatched her bag yesterday.
30 August 2026
Government Drug Rehabilitation Centres for Women, Adolescents

Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents

26 August 2026
Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment.
26 August 2026
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Will seniors protect us?

23 August 2026
On February 7, 2025, a group of men allegedly took over Md Shamim’s rickshaw garage in Kallyanpur, forcing out all 16 rickshaws kept there.
23 August 2026
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Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women

14 August 2026
It was around 5:00pm on July 22. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her face every few seconds.
14 August 2026
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A walk thru the memories of July

7 August 2026
Hundreds of people gathered outside the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum from morning as the former Gono Bhaban opened to the public for the first time yesterday.
7 August 2026
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Wait for TCB essentials ends in tragedy

29 July 2026
Forty-five-year-old Nasima Begum, a cleaner, had just sat down for lunch at home during her break when word spread through the neighbourhood that a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck had arrived. She left her food on the plate and went out.
29 July 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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