Survival odds grim for victims of gas fires
7 March 2026, 03:06 AM
Doctors say inhalation injury, higher burn percentages reduce survival chances
7 March 2026, 03:06 AM
e-Health Card: What is it and how will it benefit you?
4 March 2026, 21:48 PM
All medical records will be stored permanently on the card
4 March 2026, 21:48 PM
Contraceptive shortage turns alarming
28 February 2026, 01:52 AM
An acute shortage of contraceptives has hit the country as more than one-third of the 487 upazilas have run out of all types of government-supplied contraceptives, raising fears of a spike in unwanted or unplanned pregnancies.
28 February 2026, 01:52 AM
Surge in mosquitos: Health ministry to test insecticide effectiveness
25 February 2026, 02:59 AM
Amid a surge in mosquitoes over the past month, the health ministry has initiated a move to check whether the insecticide used to kill mosquitoes is effective.
25 February 2026, 02:59 AM
Amid mosquito surge, health ministry to test insecticide effectiveness
24 February 2026, 21:33 PM
Heath minister and state minister to inspect Dhaka city corporation storage facilities
24 February 2026, 21:33 PM
No new vehicle registration without scrapping old one
17 February 2026, 00:00 AM
No one will be allowed to register a new or used motor vehicle without scrapping a vehicle that has exceeded its economic life, according to a new government guideline.
17 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Inefficiency, poor planning waste 80% of health budget
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh’s healthcare system has become capable of meeting the majority of domestic demand, but chronic mismanagement and poor planning are draining nearly four-fifths of the sector’s public spending, according to AM Shamim, general secretary of the Bangladesh Private Hospital, Clinic and Diagnostic Owners Association.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
New guideline to regulate posting, transfer of doctors
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The government has, for the first time, formulated a posting and transfer guideline for government doctors to make human resource management in the health sector more effective, transparent and people-orientated.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
First underground metro: Work finally starts in Dec
Civil works of the country’s first underground metro rail will start in December this year, after a two-year delay.
17 October 2022, 02:00 AM
Will Dhaka finally be free of faulty buses?
The section 25 of Road Transport Act-2018 clearly states that operation of unfit and rundown vehicles is a punishable offence and one may face up to six-month jail or Tk 25,000 fine or both.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Dhaka-Joydebpur rail expansion: 3yr project now to take 15; cost rises fourfold
The Dhaka-Tongi-Joydebpur railway expansion project is a glaring example of how poor planning, bad decisions and lack of coordination among different government agencies result in huge waste of public money.
14 October 2022, 02:00 AM
Nagar Paribahan: 100 buses on 2 more routes from tomorrow
When the first batch of buses, launched in December last year to introduce a new system in the capital’s bus service, are struggling to provide expected services, two more routes are going to be brought under the system from tomorrow.
11 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Third shitalakkhya bridge: 3-year project finally done in 12 years
Nine years behind schedule and costing 61 percent more, the Third Shitalakkhya Bridge is finally going to be opened to the public tomorrow.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Bhanga-Benapole highway: Smoother link not so soon
Despite the opening of the Padma Bridge and the Madhumati Bridge, the country will not be able to reap the maximum benefit of the enhanced connectivity as the 129km road from Faridpur’s Bhanga to Jashore’s Benapole is still not ready for increased vehicular movement.
8 October 2022, 02:00 AM
Modhumoti, 3rd Shitalakhhya bridges to improve internal road link and beyond
Two more major roadway bridges will be opened to traffic on Monday (October 10, 2022), giving a big boost to the internal communication and beyond.
6 October 2022, 11:56 AM
MRT-2 physical work: Funding setback may delay the start
The Mass Rapid Transit Line-2 project, another metro rail line to be laid out from Gabtoli to Chittagong Road on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, faces a setback with the authorities now seeking to change the way it would be financed and implemented.
6 October 2022, 02:30 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet 4-lane highway: Physical work set to begin after 7 years
Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.
29 September 2022, 02:20 AM
Rail can rev up trade with India
Bangladesh is going to start exporting goods to India by train for the first time in what is billed by many as a major boost to cross-border trade.
28 September 2022, 02:20 AM
All expenses paid: MP, aide going abroad to inspect road equipment
Bizarrely, a lawmaker with her personal assistant and Roads and Highways Department chief engineer and an additional chief engineer are going to the US and Canada to inspect equipment like pothole repair machines before they are shipped to Bangladesh.
25 September 2022, 18:00 PM
BRT construction work resumes
Construction work of Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 Project resumed yesterday, after a girder segment fell on a car on August 15 killing five people that prompted the authorities to suspend work.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM
First rest areas for truckers almost ready
If a driver of a truck feels tired during his long journey on highways, there are no facilities for them to rest.
11 September 2022, 03:00 AM
BR again seeks locomotives from India
With 67 percent of the locomotives of Bangladesh Railway (BR) past their economic life, the state-run agency has turned to India for the second time in less than four years to mitigate its engine crisis.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Bus crash kills 8, exposes irregularities
The two buses that collided head-on in Rangpur early yesterday, leaving at least eight dead and over 50 injured, should not have been on the roads at all as neither had route permits.
6 September 2022, 02:20 AM
Ensuring safety at BRT Line-3: Planning Commission questions implementing agency’s role
The implementing authority of the BRT Line-3 has so far spent Tk 5.57 crore for ensuring safety at the project site, but it has failed to do so. The deaths of five people last month are a testament to the failure.
4 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Khulna-Mongla rail line: Not opening this year
When Bangladesh Railway in December 2010 took up the project for constructing Khulna-Mongla new rail line without any feasibility study, its deadline was December 2013.
30 August 2022, 03:00 AM
Project to buy carriages: After 6 years, it now needs a fresh start
Another railway project involving a Chinese contractor has plunged into deep uncertainty after a government committee directed the authorities not to take the hard loan arranged by the company.
29 August 2022, 02:30 AM
BRT set to miss new deadline
With the project authorities of BRT Line-3 having already failed to achieve their revised target, a recent tragedy has left them in further difficulties in meeting the proposed deadline of December 2022.
27 August 2022, 02:00 AM
2 Railway projects: Consultants come 4 months before deadlines end
Bangladesh Railway yesterday signed two separate contracts with consultants for two expansion projects, just four months before the project deadlines end.
26 August 2022, 03:00 AM