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Eggs, fish, meat get costlier; veggie prices stay steady

5 September 2026
Prices of eggs, fish, and meat have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets, including Shewrapara, Kazipara, Ibrahimpur, Farmgate, and Karwan Bazar. Prices of most vegetables, on the other hand, remain unchanged.
5 September 2026
People collecting Wasa water

Waiting for power cuts to get water

5 September 2026
While frequent load-shedding has become a concern for Dhaka residents, people in several neighbourhoods, including East Senpara, East Kazipara, Ibrahimpur and East Rajabazar, say power outages have become an unexpected opportunity to collect water.
5 September 2026
Ronjila Parvin - 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura

Woman dies after muggers snatch her bag from rickshaw

30 August 2026
A 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura, who was in the capital for eye treatment, died after falling from a moving rickshaw when two muggers snatched her bag yesterday.
30 August 2026
Government Drug Rehabilitation Centres for Women, Adolescents

Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents

26 August 2026
Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment.
26 August 2026
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Will seniors protect us?

23 August 2026
On February 7, 2025, a group of men allegedly took over Md Shamim’s rickshaw garage in Kallyanpur, forcing out all 16 rickshaws kept there.
23 August 2026
dandy addiction among women in Dhaka

Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women

14 August 2026
It was around 5:00pm on July 22. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her face every few seconds.
14 August 2026
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A walk thru the memories of July

7 August 2026
Hundreds of people gathered outside the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum from morning as the former Gono Bhaban opened to the public for the first time yesterday.
7 August 2026
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Wait for TCB essentials ends in tragedy

29 July 2026
Forty-five-year-old Nasima Begum, a cleaner, had just sat down for lunch at home during her break when word spread through the neighbourhood that a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck had arrived. She left her food on the plate and went out.
29 July 2026
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Patients with bullet, pellet wounds: Dhaka hospitals stretched to the limit

Some of them are teens, some in early 20s  and many are middle-aged men. The one thing common between all of them is that they have been shot either by shotgun pellets or bullets, as police and BGB opened fire at protesters and alleged infiltrators during the recent unrest centring the quota protests.
23 July 2024
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Veggie prices skyrocket amid curfew

Prices of vegetables including potatoes, onions, and green chillies have increased significantly in Dhaka markets due to a supply shortage amid the countrywide curfew.
21 July 2024

‘How many bullets does it take to kill a person, sir?’

Moynal Hossain, a sub-inspector at Razarbagh Police Lines, and his wife were frantically running from one room to another at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, looking for their son Imam Hossain Tayeem, 17, yesterday.
20 July 2024

DMCH morgue never been thicker with grief

The air at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue was never this thick with grief before yesterday.
20 July 2024
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A brutal day at DMCH

The Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday relapsed into a zone of fears and uncertainties, with hundreds of people arriving with patients wounded in violent clashes that rocked the capital and beyond.
19 July 2024
Vegetable price surge in Dhaka's kitchen markets

The poor priced out of fresh veggies

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.
14 July 2024
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Onion price jumps up to Tk 120 a kg

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.
5 July 2024
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In police, ‘benefits are for seniors’

Thirteen years ago, Md Halim (name changed) was promoted to police inspector.
5 July 2024
Bangladesh Rice Import

Rice prices up by Tk 2-3 a kg

Prices of almost all varieties of rice have gone up in the capital’s kitchen markets over the last one week.
28 June 2024
People earning extra cash in Dhaka during Eid-ul-Azha

The ones who stayed for some extra cash

Workers who came to the capital or stayed back to earn some extra cash during the Eid-ul-Azha thronged Gabtoli and nearby areas for buses
18 June 2024
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Cattle prices still high

Though the price of sacrificial animals has dropped slightly due to a lack of customers, it remains high compared to the same time last year.
15 June 2024
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Cattle prices still high

With only a day left before Eid-ul-Azha, the number of buyers was still low, despite a large supply of bulls
15 June 2024
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Cattle sales yet to gain momentum

Despite Eid-ul-Azha being just two days away, the cattle markets of Dhaka city have not yet gained momentum due to a lack of customers. Till yesterday evening, a good number of sacrificial animals, especially bulls, were present at all 16 cattle markets in Dhaka, but customer turnout was notably low until 5:00pm.
14 June 2024
Cattle sales yet to gain momentum

Cattle sales yet to gain momentum

Till this evening, a number of sacrificial animals, especially bulls, were present at all 16 cattle markets in Dhaka, but customer turnout was notably low until 5:00pm
14 June 2024
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Small bulls in short supply

A significant number of middle and large-sized bulls have been brought to various cattle markets in Dhaka, but the supply of small bulls remains low despite high demand.
13 June 2024
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High supply, higher price

Despite a large number of sacrificial animals being on sale at all 16 cattle markets in Dhaka, the prices are still quite high.
12 June 2024
Cop shot dead by colleague in Baridhara diplomatic zone

Cop kills cop: Detectives have no clue about motive

Close-circuit television camera footage revealed details of an on-duty police constable killing another cop near the Palestinian embassy in the capital’s Baridhara Saturday night.
9 June 2024
India allows onion export to Bangladesh

Onion price jumps by Tk 10 in a week

The price of the kitchen staple went up by Tk 20 per kg since last month
7 June 2024
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Lines that lead to nowhere

Last Friday, Nargis queued in front of the TCB shop in East Shewrapara around 6:00am, hoping to secure a serial that would allow her to purchase subsidised products on Sunday. After waiting for five hours, she was finally handed serial number 126 around 11:00am.
30 May 2024
Pressure on buses multiply as metro services face disruption

Pressure on buses multiply as metro services face disruption

Buses from Shahbagh, Gulistan and Motijheel areas were travelling in full capacity
25 May 2024

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