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July uprising victims: Families await closure as CID exhumes bodies

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.
7 December 2025, 18:36 PM
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Onion price jumps to Tk 160 a kg

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.
5 December 2025, 18:30 PM
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NOVEMBER 25 BLAZE / A week on, Korail still struggling to recover

In a narrow lane of the Korail slum, Shafiqul Islam and Fatema Begum begin preparing tea before dawn.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘Auto-rickshaw driver shot dead in drug feud’

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.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Korail slum: Piecing back life after fire

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.
27 November 2025, 18:26 PM
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Of recurring fires and lost homes

Yesterday, around midnight, a 50-year-old day labourer stood near the fire-ravaged Korail slum, a single suitcase balanced on his head.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘How many times can we start over?’ Ashes, debt, and fragile hope in Korail

Families who have already rebuilt their worlds twice now sift through the debris a third time
26 November 2025, 13:32 PM
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Amid fire, comes an unnamed hero

As a devastating fire swept through the capital’s Korail slum last night, 45-year-old Bokul Begum was trapped alone in her small room.
25 November 2025, 20:26 PM
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How things unfolded inside Uttara Adhunik Hospital after the jet crash

Between 2:30pm and 4:30pm, a charred body of a child and more than 100 injured victims were rushed to Uttara Adhunik Hospital
21 July 2025, 12:34 PM
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‘A loud bang and then screams’: witnesses recall horror as jet hits Uttara school

At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into the Milestone College campus in Uttara
21 July 2025, 09:53 AM
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‘Tunda Babu’ behind bars, but fear still haunts

Gripped by fear, many residents of Haddipatti in Dhaka’s Darus Salam area have fled their homes, even after the arrest of a notorious gang leader, Babu Khan -- locally known as “Tunda Babu”.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM
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Cops gathering info on polls candidates

Based on the findings, law enforcers will assess security needs in each constituency and identify candidates who may pose risks.
12 July 2025, 19:05 PM
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Rice, veggies, fish get pricier

Prices of daily essentials such as rice, vegetables, and fish have gone up in the capital, causing concern among consumers, especially those with limited income.
5 July 2025, 06:47 AM
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The forgotten boys of Mirpur

For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.
4 July 2025, 21:06 PM
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Rice, chicken, fish prices rise post-Eid

Prices of different rice varieties have increased by Tk 3-Tk 5 per kg in the capital over the last two weeks even though the country is in the middle of the harvesting season.
20 June 2025, 18:05 PM
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Tk 1.08Cr heist: Police yet to ID suspects, hint at inside job

Police have yet to identify or arrest any of the suspects involved in Saturday’s daring robbery in Dhaka’s Uttara, where criminals disguised as Rab personnel snatched Tk 1.08 crore from a Nagad representative.
16 June 2025, 18:13 PM
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Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits

Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.
10 June 2025, 21:00 PM
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An Eid evening at Pongu Hospital: overflowing emergency, lingering waits

The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country
8 June 2025, 05:58 AM
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Eid rush eases at Gabtoli Bus Terminal after two days of chaos

Transport workers say declining number of travellers, coordinated traffic management behind improvement
6 June 2025, 14:05 PM
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Eid rush begins

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers left Dhaka by road, rail, and river yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha at home, enjoying mostly hassle-free journeys ahead of the 10-day Eid vacation.
4 June 2025, 18:54 PM
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Spice prices drop ahead of Eid

Prices of most spices have dropped in Dhaka’s kitchen markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, giving some relief to consumers, but rising vegetable prices are putting extra pressure on fixed middle-income people.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
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Cattle sales yet to pick up pace

With only two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Dhaka are yet to pick up full momentum.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
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City chokes as protests wreak havoc

Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.
22 May 2025, 18:09 PM
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TCB resumes sale amid price hike, low turnout

Under this mobile "Truck Sale" initiative, TCB is selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidised rates. The prices are set at Tk 135 per litre for cooking oil, Tk 85 per kg for sugar, and Tk 80 per kg for lentils
22 May 2025, 16:15 PM
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Over 48,400 arrested in one month

Police have arrested over 48,400 people across the country over the last one month, according to data from the Police Headquarters.
19 May 2025, 18:25 PM
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Five-year-old girl strangled to death in city

On Monday afternoon, five-year-old Roza Moni got hungry while playing in front of her house in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara. She went to her mother and asked for lunch, but the meal was not ready yet.
13 May 2025, 18:04 PM
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Shraban murder case: Three witnesses named without their consent

Three individuals named as witnesses in the case filed over the killing of Mahfuz Alam Shraban during last year’s mass uprising said they were unaware of being listed as witnesses.
28 April 2025, 18:04 PM
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Family faces double blow

After the killing of her husband, the sole breadwinner of the family, in last year’s uprising, the woman pinned her hopes on the eldest daughter. The girl’s death, reportedly by suicide following the trauma of being gang-raped, shattered the mother’s new dreams.  
27 April 2025, 18:00 PM

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