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‘I was locked up and raped for days’

28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A 31-year-old Bangladeshi woman, who returned to the country from Saudi Arabia recently, made allegations of being repeatedly raped and physically abused in the Gulf country after being lured there with the promise of a domestic worker job.
28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Geneva Camp: Drug trade thrives despite crackdowns

25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A few yards away from the rear gate of Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur, several men were selling heroin, cannabis and yaba in broad daylight. Holding polybags full of narcotics, they called out to potential buyers as pedestrians walked past.
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Chokehold on the poor tightens

21 April 2026, 00:00 AM
For millions, the cost of living has been rising for three years. A record fuel price hike made everything worse overnight...
21 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Footpaths reoccupied despite citywide DMP crackdown

18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Just 10 days after a massive drive by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to reclaim encroached footpaths and roads, many areas across the capital have again been occupied by hawkers.
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Consumers weighed down by runaway LPG prices

9 April 2026, 00:26 AM
LPG users are not getting cylinders at the government-set rate anywhere in the capital despite a record 29 percent hike by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
9 April 2026, 00:26 AM
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Aminul Murder: 14 years on, family waits for justice

5 April 2026, 03:46 AM
Fourteen years after the brutal killing of Aminul Islam, a labour leader from Ashulia, his family continues its quest for justice, calling for a full and impartial probe to bring all those responsible to book.
5 April 2026, 03:46 AM
Keraniganj lighter factory fire

'First it was my wife, now my daughter. What do I live for now?'

4 April 2026, 23:30 PM
Security guard father mourns loss of only daughter in Keraniganj factory fire
4 April 2026, 23:30 PM
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Bangabazar fire: Victims yet to be compensated three years on

4 April 2026, 05:13 AM
Even after three years since the devastating fire at Dhaka’s Bangabazar on April 4, 2023 that gutted thousands of shops just days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, victim traders have yet to receive any compensation.
4 April 2026, 05:13 AM
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Their days pass without work

The continuous spread of Covid-19 and the consequent shutdown have made jobs rare and life harder for many daily wage earners of the capital.
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Oxygen for Breathing Difficulties: Patients handed ghostly bills

Jannatul Ferdous was admitted to Max Hospital in Chattogram with breathing problems early last month.
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Survival shrouded in mystery

Around 12 hours after a launch capsized in the Buriganga river on Monday, authorities started to rescue the vessel when a man swam out alive, raising more questions than could be answered.
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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32 perished in Buriganga: Steering to disaster

A novice was allegedly at the helm moving the Moyur-2 astern when the vessel slammed into a smaller launch, causing it to sink and drown at least 32 people in the Buriganga at the capital's Shyambazar yesterday.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Fallout From Covid-19: Loan sharks feast on slum dwellers

Three and a half years ago, life suddenly took a turn for Babu Hossain when a fire gutted his mobile phone repair shop at Bou Bazar in the capital’s Karail slum.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Sheikh Hasina Nat'l Burn Institute to treat Covid-19 patients

The government has decided to use Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital’s Chankharpul for treatment of coronavirus patients.
25 June 2020, 10:27 AM
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Infection control ignored

In the absence of people dedicated to prevent and control infections at hospitals, healthcare-associated infections are rising across the country, affecting the general populace and healthcare professionals alike.
23 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Living with the dead to save the living

His workplace and home are 150 yards apart, a distance that takes no more than five minutes to cover.
20 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Living in DMC mortuary for 3 months to keep his family safe

His workplace and home are 150 yards apart, a distance that takes no more than five minutes to cover.
20 June 2020, 12:17 PM
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DMCH struggles to meet rising ICU demand

Dhaka Medical College Hospital is struggling with inadequate ICU facility as a large number of critical Covid-19 patients are thronging the country’s largest public hospital.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Rohingya refugees found at sea

Tricked into deathtrap

On April 14, a wooden vessel crammed with Rohingyas reached the Teknaf jetty. Those Rohingyas, all of whom were residents of different refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, tried to go to Malaysia in search of livelihood.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Rent burden force many out of Dhaka

Almas Bepari, a canteen staff of Bangladesh Bank was living in the capital’s Chittagong road for the past decade, until the pandemic forced his family to shift to Cumilla earlier this month.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Crisis of Oxygen Cylinders: Demand sky high, prices too

Faruk Mia came to Dhaka on Saturday, all the way from Narsingdi, to buy an oxygen cylinder for his 65-year-old ailing father as it could not be managed in his district.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Poverty taking toll on slum children

With no work for two months now, domestic help Bibi Rupban has been struggling to feed her five children three meals a day. Her husband, a rickshaw-puller, can hardly scrounge up enough for the family to live on.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Mugging goes unabated on Dhaka streets amid shutdown

Incidents of mugging are happening on the apparently empty city streets, especially after dark, during the shutdown when law enforcers are focusing on containing the spread of Covid-19.
24 May 2020, 14:40 PM
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Worth the risk?

People busy with Eid shopping at markets and shops in the capital are too reluctant to maintain physical distancing and health guidelines. Such an act is not only putting them at the risk of contracting coronavirus, but also spreading it to others.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Tenants in capital struggle to pay rent

For the last three months, Belal Hossain (30) failed to pay his house or shop rent as the salon owner’s livelihood has been seriously hampered since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the country in March.
20 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Nitor struggles with bike crash victims

Abul Hashem was going to his betel leaf field in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila as a pillion passenger of his son’s motorcycle on May 10.
19 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Lax Surveillance Amid Covid-19 Crisis: Narcos active again

With law enforcement agencies now busy tackling the coronavirus situation, drug dealers have seemingly taken advantage of the consequent reduction in monitoring and become active again in different spots of the capital.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Garbage Management Workers: Many still left unprotected

A large number of garbage management workers in the capital have been working without any protective gear, putting themselves at grave risk of contracting coronavirus and other diseases.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM

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