Eid joy turns into never-ending grief
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Rakib Hasan, a member of the Bangladesh Air Force, spoke to his father Zakir Hossain over the phone on Monday morning.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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
Intensive care scanty for kids
Fourteen-month-old Afrin was lying on a bed at the neurosurgery ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. With a worried face, her mother Jesmin Begum kept staring at her. Sitting on an adjacent bed, Afrin's father Rintu Qazi looked hapless.
22 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Don't you worry, little one!
The little one may have been abandoned by her parent(s) soon after she saw the first lights of the world, but it seems she won't grow up parentless.
15 March 2017, 22:01 PM
Strike spikes beef prices in capital
Beef sold at Tk 500 a kilogramme around the capital yesterday with butchers hiking prices by Tk 30 to Tk 70 following their six-day
20 February 2017, 21:08 PM
Lost in the maze of misfortunes
Wanting relief from torture of his stepfather and freedom, the pre-teen boy left his village in Kishoreganj and came to Dhaka six
15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Mother, son in critical state
A woman and her 10-year-old son who survived a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Narsingdi's Darikhali on the
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Toddler survives crash only to pass away hours later
Little Rabbi was in the warmth of his mother's lap when their microbus collided with a bus in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi yesterday morning.
12 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Kept in mortuary by two 'wives'
He died over two and a half years ago but his funeral has not been performed yet. His body is kept at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
They target graves in rural areas
Body snatching and selling of the skeletons have everything of an illicit trade.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
SKELETON trouble
When Islam (full name withheld) signed up for MBBS studies three years ago, he faced an uphill task. For his anatomy course, he badly needed a human skeleton but he could not get one.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Went for better life, came back dead
Divorcing her abusive husband just two and a half years into marriage, Khoko Moni took up a job in Oman as a domestic help with hopes for a new lease of life.
27 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Ansar members' prompt response saves the day
Ansar members kept a fire under control until the fire-fighters came and doused the flames at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Nurse shortage limits critical care
An acute shortage of nurses is plaguing Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn and plastic surgery unit, depriving patients of
10 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Poverty landed two sisters in the factory
Two minor sisters are fighting for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital with burns from Tuesday's fire at a factory in Ashulia.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Family still awaits stolen baby at DMCH
Once again, the family of a three-month-old girl, who was stolen from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on September 22, has
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Not scenes from a dark, twisted film
Four years ago, Wahab and Sumon -- two convicted criminals -- met in jail and became friends.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Feel like a prisoner
Have you ever wanted to find out what life in prison is like?
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Conjoined twins abandoned
Conjoined twins with two heads, four hands and two feet were abandoned at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early
15 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Girl battling trauma, burn complications
Farzana Akter, who had survived a deadly blaze that killed eight of her family members in 2014, has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with various ailments.
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Medical College Hospital: Outsiders often do some tasks meant for docs, nurses
More than 200 outsiders with no qualifications whatsoever provide various services to patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for money, sources said.
24 September 2016, 18:09 PM
Outsider meddles with drug; DMCH patient dies
A patient died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, after a non-professional person allegedly administered a drug into the
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM