Attacks on religious and ethnic minorities at a time when the government that always upholds the spirit of the Liberation War is in power is really unexpected and unfortunate, said leaders of Bangladesh Hindu, Bouddha, Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday, demanding intervention of the prime minister in this regard.

The recent move by Dhaka South City Corporation to “reform” the city’s waste collection has not fared well with citizens, who say they are being charged excessively by the newly-appointed contractors, and the service is substandard.

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said the graduating and graduated countries from LDC categories need extended international support to ensure their forward journey and prevent any possible slide back.

The Election Commission is planning to issue National Identity (NID) cards to Bangladeshi expatriates in at least 40 countries in the next five years.

The indigenous communities in the country’s northern region have to be given government and social assistance for their miserable condition amid the coronavirus pandemic, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Airport Armed Police (AAP) detained five passengers and seized gold ornaments and bars of 2.675 kg and 92 mobile phones at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today.

A team of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized 68 gold bars, weighing around 7.89kg, from an aircraft at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today.

Two workers died after drinking poisonous spirit from the lab of Khulna Government Girls’ College.

Leaders of indigenous communities in Rajshahi yesterday expressed concern over getting justice to Santal families who endured killings of their dear ones and witnessed eviction through arson in Shahebganj Bagda farm in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila four years ago.

An angry mob beat a suspected robber to death in Narayanganj yesterday.

A woman was found murdered at a hotel in Rangpur city yesterday, a day after she boarded there with another person who has reportedly fled the place.

Officials of Wildlife Crime Control unit of forest department and Rapid Action Battalion rescued 710 wild birds of different species from Savar yesterday.

The pandemic’s effects on middle and lower income people’s finances come with a lot of invisible struggles. For example, it has become a severe impediment for underprivileged girls and women’s menstrual health. As their expendable money has come down, they struggled to afford sanitary napkins and other feminine hygiene products.

At Babuganj upazila’s Mirganj river, a three-storey ship was spotted anchored at the dock during a recent visit by this correspondent. What seemed like a passenger vessel at first glance turned out to be a floating medical facility that treats some 90-150 patients a day.

The first time I tried birding at night was several years ago in Rajshahi. My friend Niaz and I had spent a day cruising the Padma searching its chars for birds.

A fire that broke out at a 10-storey building in Dhaka's Konapara area has been brought under control.

More than half of road crash victims are between 21 and 40 years old, the most productive segment of the population, according to Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).

Back in the early 2000’s I used to head out to Eastern Plaza in Dhaka with my pocket full of hard earned savings to buy games to play. Cracked games mostly and the occasional originals for consoles shared by friends. Wow, those were expensive. And when all else failed, it was time to head out to the shady, makeshift, sweat smelling street corner shops with arcade machines. That still cost money. Two taka per game would add up to many, many ‘monies’.

For doctor consultation, telemedicine and appointment of other healthcare services, United Hospital appointment desk is functional round the week, says a press release.

Vistara Airlines, a joint venture of India’s Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, yesterday started operating regular flights between Dhaka and Delhi.