Local contractors illegally sold a huge amount of soil dug up from Rajshahi University land, defying order of the authorities. However, the RU administration has not taken any effective steps against it.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of the ongoing “lockdown” imposed by the government

The newly-launched DNCC Covid-19 hospital in Dhaka has been struggling with the rising number of patients due to shortage of skilled manpower and other facilities.

Another person burnt in the chemical storage fire in Dhaka’s Armanitola on Friday, died yesterday morning.

The pending requests with the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) on running trial of vaccines might see some positive outcome as the ethical committee is expected to hold a meeting in a day or two over the issue.

The 70-bed Bidyanondo Field Hospital was inaugurated at Sagarika in the Halishahar area of the port city on April 15. The hospital is equipped with all facilities to treat Covid-19, said the hospital’s coordinator, Jamal Uddin.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has extended opening hours for markets, shops and shopping malls in the capital till 9:00pm.

At the beginning, there were only the three of us in the Covid-19 testing team, but sir always said we could do the highest number of tests. Despite underlying health condition, he forcefully stayed in the lab from early morning all the way up to 12pm.

Nilufar Yeasmin was 25 when Rana Plaza collapsed. She was an operator at Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of the building.

For the last seven years, on April 24, Nurjahan Begum visits Bazar Bus Stand area in Savar early in the morning. There, with a photo of her daughter,

Although eight years have passed since Rana Plaza tragedy, nothing really changed for the victims in terms of providing them with compensation and ensuring justice, said speakers at an online discussion.

After Fahim left, I was almost lifeless in grief and pain. I used to take sleeping pills and sleep as long as I could. I thought about it a lot -- how can life go on without Fahim?

Yamin Bakht, a former news editor of The Daily Star, passed away at United Hospital yesterday morning. He was 62.

A new convening committee of the Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB), a platform of Dhaka-based journalists working for foreign media, was announced yesterday.

“This is the biggest triumph of my life,” said Ziaul Hassan, who was over the moon after successfully taking his ailing mother to the hospital on his

Allegedly chased by a mobile court team amid the government-imposed restrictions on movement, an expatriate-turned transport worker was

Both society and families feel “discomfort” in taking responsibility of a girl child as soon as she is born, eminent rights activist Sultana Kamal has said.

About 78 percent of women-headed households have been facing economic hardship in the pandemic, due to job losses, increased household responsibilities, and interrupted support services at work for child care, found a recent study.

A businessman killed himself in port city on April 7, and his widow held a press conference in the capital yesterday, alleging involvement of the son of Awami League lawmaker and parliament whip Shamsul Haque Chowdhury.

Just a day after announcement of relaxation in restrictions, a “normal Dhaka life” has almost resumed with the increasing public and vehicular movement on the streets.