Childhood must not be trapped in screens
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Govt must heed Fitch's warning
15 May 2026, 01:00 AM
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Padma Barrage must have clear rationale
14 May 2026, 18:30 PM
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End extortion in Dhaka’s waste trade
14 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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Stop the rape of our children
13 May 2026, 17:20 PM
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Don’t hand back the keys to ex-owners of failed banks
12 May 2026, 18:47 PM
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Stop objectifying women on Facebook
13 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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End the culture of extortion in slums
12 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lapses in measles deaths reporting are unacceptable
11 May 2026, 17:51 PM
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Stop trafficking of youths into war
10 May 2026, 17:43 PM
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An audacious carjacking
A daring carjacking on the Tejgaon-Bijoy Sarani Flyover, during which one of the victims was shot in the abdomen, indicates that carjacking gangs may be resurfacing in the city.
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
M Nayeb Ali
M Nayeb Ali, a professor of physiology and former principal of different government medical colleges of Bangladesh, died due to old-age complications at a private clinic in
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Rain disrupts city life
Some areas lacking adequate storm drainage in Dhaka goes under water due to day-long drizzling today, causing public suffering as traffic movement gets slow on the submerged roads.
25 June 2015, 12:56 PM
Boy killed in Lalbagh bomb blast
A minor boy is killed and his elder sister injured as a bomb explodes inside their house at Lalbagh, the old part of Dhaka.
25 June 2015, 12:19 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the ninth death anniversary of freedom-fighter Col (retd) Akbar Hossain, former minister and BNP leader, said a press release.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Khaleda Khanom
Today is the fourth death anniversary of Khaleda Khanom, the founder principal of Shahid Lt Selim Shikshalaya and former professor of Bangla department of Abujar Gifferi
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt orders to build toilets in schools for female students
The education ministry has ordered school management committees to build separate toilets for female students at their educational institutions keeping all the toilets always clean to prevent diseases.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Another implicates Taher, Nani in Netrakona-6 killing
An octogenarian woman yesterday corroborated that Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani killed her brother and five others in Netrakona during the Liberation War.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
JU teachers against 63 in Senate
Some Jahangirnagar University teachers yesterday protested possible selection of 63 teachers and officials, whose tenure expired two years ago, for the Senate at its annual meeting on Saturday.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Good news for recruitment agencies!
After a lull of nearly six years, there is talk about resumption of private recruiting agencies supplying expatriate labourers to the Malaysian market.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
EU for national aquaculture platform in Bangladesh
The European Union yesterday called for establishing a national aquaculture platform in the country to further develop the sector as well
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A neglected community
It is disquieting to note that members of the 'Rishi' community living in Shalikha upazila of Magura have been facing social discrimination due to their so called 'low caste' identity.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-Thailand foreign office consultation in Dhaka today
Connectivity, trade, investment and duty-, quota-free market access of Bangladeshi products to Thai market will dominate the first-ever
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Geneva Camp kebabs Dhaka iftar favourite
Though it is not as big as other iftar markets in the capital, the iftar bazar at Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur has gained popularity with customers for its kebabs, and beef and mutton chaaps.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Abducted Manikganj UP chairman rescued in Savar, 4 held
Police rescued a union parishad chairman from a house at Radio Colony in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday a day after he had been
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Compensation for affected population demanded
Environmental activists in Chittagong city yesterday demanded compensation from Bangladesh Railway for the people dependent on the rivers Karnaphuli and Halda due to their
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Lebanon launches hotline for female domestic workers
Lebanon has launched a 24-hour hotline, 1740, for female domestic workers to allow them to report abuse or mistreatment and receive
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Taqi's father gets 1 year jail for bounced cheques
A Narayanganj court yesterday jailed Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain schoolboy Tanwir Muhammed Taqi, for one year in a case filed over dishonoured cheques.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Benajir Ahmed new Endowment Committee chairman of NSF
Benajir Ahmed, immediate past chairman of North South University Trust and founding life member of the North South Foundation (NSF),
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Japan to give $23m for advanced meteorological radar systems
In a bid to improve weather forecasting system in Bangladesh, Japan will provide US $23 million to build next-generation meteorological radar systems in Dhaka and Rangpur.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM