Md Abbas

Thousands of consumers across the nation are facing immense difficulties in getting their cards for prepaid electricity and gas meters recharged amid the ongoing internet outage and the curfew.

The air at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue was never this thick with grief before yesterday.

“One day, you’ll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember.” -- Farhan Faiyaaz’s Facebook profile bio.

Students make hall provosts sign notices banning politics in the halls

Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.

Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.

The prices of almost all vegetables have crossed the Tk 100-mark, piling pressure on the poor and the low-income segment already battling with a cost of living crisis for the past two years.

Heavy rain flooded streets and homes across the capital yesterday morning and exposed Dhaka’s poor drainage system yet again.

Hazaribagh was once surrounded by tanneries for which untreated waste was dumped into the Buriganga river, polluting the environment.

From Shahbagh to Farmgate, with Banglamotor in between, major intersections of Dhaka were paralysed for several hours as protests against quota in government jobs swept through the capital yesterday.

Ruma Akhter, an employee of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader at the capital’s Karwan Bazar asked Tk 104 for a kilogram of onions.

Secretaries at a meeting yesterday said some government officials facing allegations of corruption were getting promoted and posted to key positions at different ministries, divisions, and departments.

When the city corporation excavators reached the Miranzilla Harijan Colony in Bangshal yesterday, tears streamed down the face of Chinothi Rani Devi.

Budget fails to address their woes

While Bangladesh wants to send the remaining aspirant migrant workers to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur has said it will not extend the deadline for the entry of foreign workers.

At a time when heatwaves and rise in temperatures have become a headache for the country, different government agencies felled over seven lakh trees across the country last year in the name of development work, according to a new study.

After more than seven years of discussion, the government is set to finally undertake two projects involving Tk 8,483 crore for the Rohingya and host communities.

Tuly Akhter*, a resident of Khulna, reached the UAE spending Tk 1.50 lakh by using all her savings.

Homemaker Nurunnahar Begum could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader asked for Tk 100 for a kilogram of green papaya at the capital’s Kachukhet kitchen market.

The rising number of illegal rickshaws remains one of the major reasons for the capital’s traffic getting worse.