Eid joy turns into never-ending grief
1 hour(s) ago
Rakib Hasan, a member of the Bangladesh Air Force, spoke to his father Zakir Hossain over the phone on Monday morning.
1 hour(s) ago
Family Card brings hope to families in slums
9 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Hasen Banu is over 80. In the Korail slum, where her three sons and a daughter also live, she now spends a month at each child’s home.
9 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Firewood market heats up as LPG costs stay high
7 March 2026, 02:56 AM
Narvin Begum, a day labourer supporting a four-member family, uses LPG for quick morning cooking and firewood for other meals.
7 March 2026, 02:56 AM
Anxiety grips migrants as Gulf flights stay halted
4 March 2026, 02:16 AM
With one day left before his visa expired, Mohammad Julhas, 28, could not afford another cancellation.
4 March 2026, 02:16 AM
Flights scrapped, visa clock ticking
3 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Mohammad Obaidullah thought he was finally heading back to work in Dammam after two failed attempts. The 38-year-old, from Cumilla’s Muradnagar, had boarded a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on February 28.
3 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Migrant workers in limbo as flights to Middle East uncertain
2 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Doha remained suspended, with airport officials reporting around 90 cancellations from Dhaka and Chattogram since Saturday.
2 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Chaos at Dhaka airport as flights to Middle East halted
1 March 2026, 02:37 AM
Flights from Bangladesh to several Middle Eastern destinations have remained suspended since yesterday afternoon as some countries in the region temporarily closed their airspace due to US and Israel’s strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation.
1 March 2026, 02:37 AM
Flights disrupted as Middle East war grounds passengers at Dhaka airport
28 February 2026, 22:22 PM
Passengers told to leave contacts and await updates from airlines
28 February 2026, 22:22 PM
Not an inch of his body spared
It was when they unclothed Nahid Hossain’s dead body for post mortem examination that the morgue staff realised how horrifyingly he had been beaten to death by the sparring Dhaka College students and the New Market shopkeepers.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM
More woes for low-income people
The rising prices of essentials ahead of Ramadan has dealt a fresh blow to the people with limited income.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Mosque water the only alternative
It takes Anwar Hossain, a 60-year-old cook at a mess in the capital’s Farmgate, about an hour to make a trip to the nearest deep tube-well, get 10 litres of water, and return home.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Subsidised essentials: OMS can’t keep up with queues
Nasima Begum, in the advanced stages of pregnancy and carrying her two-year-old, was waiting for over two hours at the designated point in the capital’s Kazipara Bus Stand for a TCB truck to arrive with daily essentials.
17 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices: Consumers yet to reap benefits of VAT cut
Even though the government on Monday partially removing VAT on edible oils, consumers have yet to get any relief as traders have not reduced prices as of yesterday.
15 March 2022, 18:00 PM
How are the poor coping with price hike of essentials?
No matter how hard Md Shaon, a day labourer, and his wife, a domestic help, work, their attempts fall short against the skyrocketing price to make ends meet for their family of five.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Soybean oil price: Slipping out of reach
A crisis of edible oil, particularly soybean oil, has hit the domestic markets amid retailers and wholesalers stocking up and refiners slowing down delivery, as prices of essential commodities keep climbing in the international market.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Even jail stay not free; some prisoners forced to pay for ‘better services’
Arrested for marijuana possession, rickshaw puller Abdul Kuddus landed in Dhaka Central Jail in October 2020.
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Mirpur-10 roundabout turns into garbage-van stand
Amidst the chaos that is Dhaka, Mirpur-10 stands almost as a perfect representation of the city’s frenzy, albeit with a bizarre aesthetic of its own.
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM
3 years of Churihatta blaze: Back in trade stained with blood
On this day three years ago, 71 people lost their lives in a devastating explosion originating from chemicals illegally stored in Wahed Mansion in Old Dhaka.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Now there’s only silence
It’s a curious term. When you hear of a “band party”, you know it’s different from a musical band, although a band party accomplishes the same function: to provide entertainment through music.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Killing of 3 Mirpur boys: 7 years on, no answer
On February 22, 2015, three adolescent boys were shot dead in the capital’s Mirpur area during a violent political movement, on suspicion that they were arsonists linked to the opposition party.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Want to lease a grave? Get ready to pay lakhs!
Believe it or not, if someone wants to lease a grave -- even if it’s just around 28 square feet of land -- for 25 years in an area of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they’ll have to pay a hefty Tk 20 lakh!
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
We all live in a FLOATING HOME!
Right under Babubazar bridge in the capital, beside the Mitford morgue, there is a hub of floating boarding houses that many in the city have no clue of.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
2 die as cop ploughs bus thru crowd
A police officer not authorised to drive took the steering of a bus and ploughed through a crowd, killing two men and injuring at least three others in the capital’s Gulistan yesterday afternoon.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Student on way to see ailing mother dies on road
He was supposed to take his ailing mother, who was on her way to Dhaka from their village, to a hospital for treatment. Now, he is going back to their village from Dhaka but as a corpse.
4 December 2021, 18:00 PM
A father in disbelief
Abdur Rahman Bhandari was struggling to accept that his son would never come back.
30 November 2021, 18:00 PM
How many must die before we get justice?
“Nayeem wanted to ensure justice for all by becoming a judge,” said a weeping Shah Alam, father of the Notre Dame College student who died under a DSCC compactor vehicle on Wednesday.
25 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Constables can’t seem to catch a break
Six months ago, 52-year-old constable Md Iqbal started working in the traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Muggers desecrate graveyards by using them as base
It was around 5 o’clock in the morning.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM