‘A piece of my heart is gone’
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
For Abdul Hannan Mollah and his family, this Eid was marked not by celebration, but by an overwhelming sense of loss.
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Unsold animals, falling prices mark final hours of qurbani in Dhaka
30 May 2026, 19:12 PM
Gabtoli traders say sales were moderate but far below expectations
30 May 2026, 19:12 PM
Cattle oversupply leaves traders with heavy losses
29 May 2026, 00:00 AM
It was around 1:00pm yesterday. By then, most sacrificial animals across Dhaka had already been sacrificed, but Habibur Rahman was still sitting at the Kachukhet cattle market with his two remaining bulls, hoping to reduce his mounting losses.
29 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Traders count losses as cattle prices tumble
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
“Trader brothers, do not panic or become frustrated. Please remain patient; customers will come after evening,” an announcer was heard saying repeatedly over loudspeakers around 4:00pm yesterday at Kamalapur cattle market.
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Ad-Din Hospital: Six newborns die in 2 hours
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Six newborns died at Ad-Din Medical College in the capital’s Moghbazar yesterday morning, with health officials suspecting a technical failure in the hospital’s post-operative room may have caused the tragedy.
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Cattle sales pick up despite rain
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
With just two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, trading of sacrificial animals gained pace at cattle markets across Dhaka yesterday as buyers rushed to complete their purchases.
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Kalshi fire: An Eid amid ashes and loss
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Sitting under the Kalshi flyover with her grandchildren beside her, 55-year-old Anowara Begum stared at the charred remains of the slum she had called home for nearly two decades -- until Monday, when a massive fire swept through the Kalshi slum in Dhaka’s Pallabi area.
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
'We ran for our lives; we couldn't save anything'
26 May 2026, 22:12 PM
Thousands left homeless after fire devours Kalshi slum days before Eid
26 May 2026, 22:12 PM
Oxygen supply stretched to limit
Supply of medical oxygen to public hospitals is under strain as the demand for the life-sustaining gas has doubled over the last few weeks, posing new challenges in the battle against the second wave of the coronavirus infections.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Rayerbazar Graveyard: Line of corpses only gets longer
The Rayerbazar graveyard – the lone Covid-19-dedicated graveyard in the capital – has been seeing an alarming influx of bodies as over 100 of them were buried in just two weeks of this month.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Fourth Day of Lockdown: Daily wage earners come out to streets
Before the first phase of restrictions following the surge of Covid-19 cases, Md Bablu (23) used to drive buses in the port city. He came to the
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Hefajat Mayhem: Security beefed up in Dhaka, other dists
In the face of recent violence by Hefajat-e-Islam, the police have beefed up security in different districts, including Dhaka.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Empty ICU bed hardest to find
In the capital yesterday, finding an empty ICU bed was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘He made a fortune through extortion’
Once a driver by profession, Aminul Islam Hannan of the capital’s Dakshinkhan area, who was recently arrested on charge of shooting a man dead in broad daylight, made a fortune in the last one decade through widespread extortion, said locals.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Virus Curbs on Shops: Shop owners take to streets
Shop owners and employees of New Market, Bashundhara City Shopping Mall and Sadarghat areas in Dhaka took to the streets to protest the government’s decision to keep all shops and malls closed during the seven-day restriction to contain Covid-19 surge.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
The poor brace for bleaker days
One thing from the lockdown last year still etched raw in the collective memory of the city is hordes of hungry people coming out onto the streets.
3 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Ensuring the safety of helpseekers top priority’
The National Emergency Service-999 has been providing service to around 23,000 to 25,000 emergency help seekers daily.
3 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘They have to wear prison uniforms’
Every accused, convicted after trial and sent to jail, has to wear black/white striped shirt and pajamas as a uniform in prisons.
21 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic pushed them below the line
A 40-year-old woman was sitting in a shared kitchen in Korail Bosti, where a pan of catfish stewed away on the stove. But it wasn’t hers -- it was her neighbour’s lunch.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Fire at ICU of DMCH: It had no emergency evacuation system
The intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital has no “emergency evacuation system”.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Where vehicles die
With all four tyres deflated and almost half of each wheel sunk into the ground, one could hardly tell that it is a Toyota Corona Exiv. The car has no windows, not even the front or back windscreens.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
3 patients die after ICU fire
Bulbul Ahmed Kajol heard an explosion near ICU bed-12 at the Covid-19 unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s (DMCH) new building around 8:10am yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Essential Commodities: Prices spike a month ahead of Ramadan
The soaring prices of daily essentials, including chicken, edible oil, onion and vegetables, have added to the woes of the people living on a fixed income.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Plan to vaccinate 15k convicts in jail in first phase
The Department of Prisons has finalised a plan to vaccinate for Covid-19 inmates in 68 jails in the country.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Man Killed in Feb 19 ‘Gunfight’: A trucker, not a drug dealer
A man, who was killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab-10 in Dhaka’s Keraniganj on Friday, was the driver of a truck that ran over and killed a Rab member in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka on February 14.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Teens hawk drugs in Karwan Bazar
Around 7:00pm on February 14, a group of five or six young girls aged between 14 and 18 were seen roaming around in front of Tejgaon level crossing.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Conflicting versions of Wari murder crop up
Family members of a man whose body was found by police by chance on Thursday said the woman with whom he had an affair had killed him because he wanted to break up.
12 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Tusher-Wife Meet in Jail: Prison officials aided the crime
A probe has found that Hallmark General Manager Tushar Ahmed spent around two hours with a woman at a prison officer’s room in Kashimpur Central Jail-1.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM