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July uprising victims: Families await closure as CID exhumes bodies

For the past year and a half, 60-year-old Rasheda Begum visited the Rayerbazar graveyard every Thursday. As she stood near the rows of unnamed graves, she prayed for the souls of the 114 unidentified victims of the July uprising.
7 December 2025, 18:36 PM
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Onion price jumps to Tk 160 a kg

Within three days, onion prices jumped by Tk 40 in the capital’s kitchen markets. As of yesterday, onions are being sold at Tk 140-160 per kg, up from Tk 110-120 previously.
5 December 2025, 18:30 PM
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NOVEMBER 25 BLAZE / A week on, Korail still struggling to recover

In a narrow lane of the Korail slum, Shafiqul Islam and Fatema Begum begin preparing tea before dawn.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘Auto-rickshaw driver shot dead in drug feud’

The 26-year-old CNG-run autorickshaw driver who was shot dead in the capital’s Jurain area on Monday night was targeted by top drug dealers over previous enmity, police said.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Korail slum: Piecing back life after fire

As the afternoon sun beat down on the charred remains of Korail yesterday, one of Dhaka’s largest and most crowded slums, Shukur Ali sat quietly with his wife, children and grandson amid the dust and twisted iron sheets that once sheltered their home.
27 November 2025, 18:26 PM
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Of recurring fires and lost homes

Yesterday, around midnight, a 50-year-old day labourer stood near the fire-ravaged Korail slum, a single suitcase balanced on his head.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘How many times can we start over?’ Ashes, debt, and fragile hope in Korail

Families who have already rebuilt their worlds twice now sift through the debris a third time
26 November 2025, 13:32 PM
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Amid fire, comes an unnamed hero

As a devastating fire swept through the capital’s Korail slum last night, 45-year-old Bokul Begum was trapped alone in her small room.
25 November 2025, 20:26 PM
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Ahead it's all dark

The sole bread earner of an eleven-member family, Gias Uddin, a boiler mechanic at Multi-Fabs Dyeing Ltd in Gazipur, has been put in
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Unclaimed bodies rotting at DMC

Thirty-three unclaimed bodies have been decomposing at Dhaka Medical College mortuary, releasing an unbearable stench as the only graveyard in Jurain designated for burying such bodies is inundated with rain water.
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Tourist cop held after beating wife on street

A tourist police constable beat his wife in broad daylight on the streets in the capital's Green Road on Saturday. As the woman screamed for help, the constable told onlookers that she was mad.
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Patients suffer due to shortage of doctors, nurses during Eid holidays

It was around 11:00am on Eid-day. Mohammad Saiful Islam was frantically looking for a doctor at the child medicine ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as the time for medication of his two-year-old son had been over some two hours back.
28 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Extortion in disguise

The extortion is going on in the capital in the name of Eid tips.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Meat, fish prices go up ahead of Eid

Prices of meat and big fish have gone up in city kitchen markets with the Eid-ul-Fitr round the corner.
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Before going broke...

While police suspect the death of a woman and her three children in Turag was triggered by financial hardship, locals say the family used to live an affluent life once and went broke after losing Tk 50 lakh in an MLM business.
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

N'Ganj Arms Haul: It all started with a chance discovery

Over three months ago, Hridoy, an alleged drug addict, found a travel bag while fishing in a canal near Sector-5 of Purbachal Residential Area in Narayanganj. Much to his astonishment, he discovered eight submachine guns (SMGs) in the bag.
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Nimtoli memories haunting still

Today is June 3. It might be just another day for most of the people, but for the residents of Old Dhaka's Nimtoli, the day is a reminder of the horror of a devastating fire on this night in 2010 that claimed 124 lives, mostly women and children, and injured more than 200.
2 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Patients suffer across country

Patients across the country suffered a lot yesterday as doctors refrained from work at private healthcare facilities protesting vandalism
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Banani OC tough on rape victims

Harassment of citizens seeking justice by the officer-in-charge of the city's Banani Police Station is nothing new. Instead of serving the
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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63 jails have no doctors

On the midnight of April 26, Jahir Uddin complained of severe chest pain at Dhaka Central Jail. The jail authorities decided to take him to DMCH since the hospital inside the jail does not have facilities to tackle any emergency situation.
14 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Abandoned at morgue

Relatives abandoned the body of a garment worker, who committed suicide, at the Dhaka Medical College morgue yesterday saying they could not afford her burial cost.
6 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Relatives abandon orphan girl’s body

The body of a garment worker, who allegedly committed suicide early today, is left abandoned in Dhaka Medical College morgue as her relatives are unwilling to take responsibility of the burial, citing financial constraint.
6 May 2017, 15:25 PM
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Infectious Disease Hospital: Treats or infects?

Used syringes, bandages, plastic bottles and leftovers litter the pitch-black water of an open stinky drain surrounding a building. If you have a closer look, you may also discover human faeces floating at a place or two.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Informal Sector: Workers lack legal, social protection

Thirty-year-old Belal Uddin was clueless about the lurking danger. With an iron rod, he was removing bricks at a construction site in Munshiganj's Gazaria area on January 13.
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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Well-equipped, short-staffed

Ferdousi Begum was brought to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) in Dhaka after doctors at a local clinic at Jalkuri in Narayanganj tried everything they could think of to alleviate her chest pain but failed.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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They were expert bomb makers

The militants at Atia Mahal were expert bomb makers and the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) found in the Sylhet den were all homemade, investigators have said.
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM

'It felt like I was reborn'

It was nothing less than a new lease of life for Ujjwal Chakraborty and for his wife Kanta Bhattacharya, who had been trapped inside Atia Mahal in Sylhet city.
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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4-day Raid in Sylhet: Locals face hard times

People living in the surrounding areas of the militant den at “Atia Mahal” in Sylhet city were passing hard days after authorities cut off power and gas connections there to facilitate the raid on the hideout.
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM

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