In 2016, when Tumpa (not real name) was five years old, her friend’s father, 42-year-old Md Saiful Islam lured her away. He tied her up, taped up her eyes and mouth, stuffed corks up her nostrils, put out cigarettes on her skin, and mutilated her in various parts, including her genitals.

Thirty-six people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Rafique Sikder, a filmmaker, admitted his 55-year-old ailing mother Rawshan Ara to the capital’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for kidney treatment on July 1, 2018.

The government has decided to provide quarantine allowance to doctors, nurses and other public hospital staffers for treating Covid-19 patients from July 1.

None of the government frontline workers infected with coronavirus received the compensation they were promised seven months ago. And families of only 42 of the 133 frontline workers who died with Covid-19 have been compensated as of November 4.

It is fitting that one of Aly Zaker’s most iconic stage roles was that of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo.

With 1,100 new buses and trucks in its fleet and strict monitoring enforced, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) made profit in the last fiscal year, after losses for three consecutive years, officials say.

Aly Zaker, our most iconic theatre personality, has left us for eternity. He singlehandedly brought theatre out from an obscure corner of our cultural world to its very centre.

After the government announced 21 stimulus packages involving more than Tk 1,21,000 crore to tackle the pandemic fallout, 39.23 percent of the total amount or Tk 47,615 crore was disbursed till October 31, according to a report of the finance ministry.

Hefajat chief Junaid Babunagari yesterday threatened to pull down and destroy all the sculptures no matter which party puts those up.

A Kuwait court on Thursday denied bail of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam Papul in a case involving human trafficking and money laundering, and set January 28 next year for the full hearing of the case, reported Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas.

Questions emerged over just how much protection is offered by one of the leading vaccine candidates as Germany, once a beacon of hope in Europe’s coronavirus nightmare, logged its one millionth case yesterday.

Salauddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, lost his life during the Holey Artisan siege on July 1, 2016. Police officials suspected he had suffered bullet injuries during the operation to free the hostages.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the administration cadre officers to build a nice society taking proper measures against different social malaises like rape, terrorism, militancy, and corruption, without considering the identities and political affiliations of the criminals.

The government has decided in principle to hand over the drainage system of Dhaka city from Wasa to the two city corporations to solve the city’s longstanding waterlogging problem.

The total number of deaths for coronavirus surpassed 6,500 mark in the country as 37 more died of the virus in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Abu Taher, a 57-year-old man suffering from spinal pain, hip fracture, diabetes, and kidney problems, braved traffic in front of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for three days on a wheelchair to be tested for Covid-19.

Argentines lined up in the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to say goodbye to soccer great Diego Maradona, whose casket lay in state at the Casa Rosada presidential palace draped in an Argentine flag and his famous no. 10 shirt.

The temperature drop over the last few days means that the season of cold and flu is around the corner.

Although hospitals across the country struggled during the first wave of Covid-19 transmission due to a lack of central oxygen supply, the authorities said they were still relying on cylinder-based oxygen supply.