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Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

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Tobacco use costs society Tk 87,544cr

Tobacco consumption and production cost the country Tk 87,544 crore last year, more than double the tax collected from tobacco companies in fiscal 2023–24, according to a recent study.
9 December 2025, 18:36 PM
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Child deaths higher among the poor, little care for mothers

Nationwide survey shows how inequality is deepening health disparities among households
6 December 2025, 18:38 PM
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Healthcare workers’ demo disrupts vaccination, medical services

Health services and vaccination programmes are facing disruption as several sections of medical professionals continue their demonstrations to press home their separate demands.
2 December 2025, 18:12 PM
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Country sees sharp rise in HIV cases

In Bangladesh, the first HIV case was detected in 1989. The total number of HIV-positive cases stood at 14,313 till this year. Of them, 2,666 died.
1 December 2025, 18:11 PM
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Only 44% make it to class 10 after primary

Although 84% of children in Bangladesh complete primary school, less than half go on to finish secondary education, a govt survey reveals
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
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Govt shelves several key health reform measures

Drops 15 of 33 shortlisted reform proposals
14 November 2025, 19:01 PM
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Unhealthy lifestyle, stress fuelling diabetes surge

According to the IDF, about 1.38 crore people in Bangladesh have diabetes.
13 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Prescription for power

With about three dozen doctors set to contest the upcoming national election, doctors appear to constitute one of the largest groups of professionals vying for seats in the parliament.
12 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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4 'criminals' killed in 'shootout' with cops

With four people killed in a “shootout” with law enforcers in Meherpur yesterday, the number of victims of such extrajudicial killing reached 51 in the first two and half months of this year, amid growing concerns of rights organisations.
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Police asked to report on assets of the fugitives

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has asked all police commissioners and superintendents of police to
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Breaking the barriers

Amit Chakma was only three when the construction of Kaptai dam ended in 1962. The dam, meant to generate hydroelectric power,
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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War Crimes Fugitives: Police to report every 15 days

Police will submit reports every 15 days to the International Crimes Tribunal about the war crimes fugitives with reasons behind their
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Daughter's fight for a hero's due

As February 28 nears every year, Dorothi sets out to do something she has been doing for almost a decade.
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Fugitive on paper, jailed in reality

He is in jail and he is a fugitive -- all at the same time. Strange, right? But the man we are talking about is no illusionist. He is Kamol Khan, a prisoner as per the Dhaka Central Jail records and a fugitive in case documents.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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A warning for reckless drivers

A Manikganj court yesterday sentenced a bus driver to life imprisonment in a case filed over the road accident that killed noted filmmaker Tareque Masud, media personality Ashfaque Munier Mishuk and three others in 2011.
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Long wait for end of trials

Faruk Hossain landed in jail 12 years ago as an accused in a murder case. Aged only 13 at the time of his arrest, he was produced
7 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Meet the first female election commissioner

The country yesterday got its first female election commissioner in Begum Kabita Khanam, a former district and sessions judge.
6 February 2017, 21:41 PM
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Rays of hope for Meherpur family

When Tofazzel Hossain wrote to Meherpur deputy commissioner a couple of weeks ago asking the civil servant to either bear the
5 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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1971 War Crimes: BNP leader Osman faces investigation

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has launched an investigation against top BNP leader and former education minister Muhammad Osman Farruk into his alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cop failure behind indictment of dead

Fugitive war crimes accused Wazuddin of Mymensingh's Phulbaria died of “old age complications” on May 7 last year and the district police boss was informed about it in August to dispatch the news to the International Crimes Tribunal.
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cops 'discouraged war crimes witness from testifying'

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has written to the home ministry to take departmental action against two Satkhira police officials allegedly for trying to keep a witness from testifying in a war crimes case.
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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One 'shootout' death a day in November

One person was killed a day in “shootouts” involving law enforcement agencies on an average last month, according to Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).
9 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Fugitive war criminal sentenced to death

It was the Hindus of Shariatpur who were targeted by Sulaiman Mollah and Edris Ali Sardar during the Liberation War in 1971.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Moneyman he was

He reorganised the anti-liberation elements to relaunch Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, only six years after the country's independence, which he had vehemently opposed.
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Prosecution moves to get FF Miron recognised

The Chief Prosecutor Office of the International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday wrote to the Liberation War affairs
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

A freedom fighter living on handouts

Miron Sheikh took part in the Liberation War and played a vital role by spying on Razakars and feeding the freedom fighters with information.
10 August 2016, 20:40 PM
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ICT prosecution writes again to shift office

A portion of the false ceiling of the old High Court building (west block), where the prosecution office is situated, collapsed
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Proof found against JP MP Hannan, son

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found evidence of wartime crimes allegedly committed by Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan, his son and six others, investigators said.
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

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