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19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
Rubaiya Murshed’s ‘Nobody’s Children’: UPL publishes book on struggles of street children
2 July 2022, 13:13 PM
Books & Literature
Dengue cases shot up in June
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Disease
So far so good
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
Latifur Rahman’s 2nd death anniv today
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Obituary
ACC looking into procurement anomalies at BR
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Dhaka Airport: Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
70 died in political clashes this year
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
City
101st birthday of DU
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Campus
‘Enough with mere formalities’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
‘Free food for poor’ initiative closes at DU after 100 days
An initiative by Dhaka University students to feed the poor every day on campus is set to end today, after a 100-day run.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Nearly 1m cubic feet hill razed in Satkania
Large-scale hill razing is underway to fill up land to construct a building for a proposed college in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Compensate victim families: HC
The High Court yesterday directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Livestock dept comes to farmers’ rescue
When the daily activities came to a halt during the shutdown across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus, some initiatives from the Department of Livestock (DLS) saved farmers from financial distress.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Untrained contact tracers add to risk
When offices reopened at the end of May, novel coronavirus was still spreading in Rajshahi city and Ariful Amin was unwilling to join work to save his family from getting infected through him.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
1,500 journalists to receive Tk 10,000 grant: info minister
The government is giving Tk 10,000 as grant to 1,500 journalists each at the primary stage during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud told parliament yesterday.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan new president of Bangla Academy
Former Bangla Academy Director General Prof Shamshuzzaman Khan yesterday returned to his old workplace, but at a new capacity.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Ten die with symptoms of Covid-19 in 4 dists
At least ten people died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms in four districts between Sunday and yesterday morning.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Writ petition seeks HC directive for action against 3 hospitals
A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking necessary action against three private hospitals for refusing to provide treatment to a patient and for charging extra from another patient.
29 June 2020, 11:08 AM
Elderly people should avoid this year’s Eid cattle markets: DSCC mayor
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh asks elderly people not to go to cattle markets this year to avoid getting infected with coronavirus.
29 June 2020, 10:54 AM
Charges pressed against Papia, husband in arms case
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today pressed charges against JuboMohila League's expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman in an arms case.
29 June 2020, 09:53 AM
Australian High Commission, WFP provide protective gear for health workers
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Australian High Commission jointly handed over personal protective equipment to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.
29 June 2020, 09:43 AM
United Hospital fire: HC orders to compensate victim families
The High Court today directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.
29 June 2020, 09:07 AM
Grameenphone files writ petition with HC challenging BTRC restrictions
Grameenphone has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of BTRC’s decision that imposed two new restrictions on the country’s leading mobile operator.
29 June 2020, 08:28 AM
Fishing at Sundarbans banned from July 1
The forest department has decided to ban the netting of fishes from all rivers and canals in the Sundarbans for the next two months, starting July 1.
29 June 2020, 08:03 AM
Govt gives nod to two foreign flight operators
The government has given permission to two more foreign air operators -- Turkish Airlines and Air Arabia -- to operate regular flights to and from Dhaka from July 1.
29 June 2020, 07:12 AM
Senior defence secretary dies of Covid-19
Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, senior secretary of the defence ministry, dies of Covid-19 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.
29 June 2020, 05:20 AM
Liberation War minister’s wife dies of Covid-19
Layla Arjumand Banu, wife of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, has died of coronavirus at the age of 71.
29 June 2020, 05:06 AM
Launch capsize in Buriganga: 32 bodies recovered so far
Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people after a launch capsized in Buriganga river at Dhaka's Shyambazar.
29 June 2020, 04:38 AM
Phone theft racket active in city: CID
They mostly worked in small groups -- around three to four persons in each one.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM