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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

Tk 200 crore for upkeep of Hindu temples

For the first time in the country's history, a block allocation of Tk 200 crore has been proposed for the maintenance of temples and holy places of the Hindu community.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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Time yet to heal Rana Plaza victims' families

The 24th has become part of Shahida Begum's life. It is the date she goes to the Rana Plaza site every month, be it in the
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Draft Broadcast Act: Bangladesh broadcasters risk jail, fine if they violate rules

A draft of the Broadcast Act-2016 has been prepared with a provision of jail term and fine for violating the rules or regulations of the act and orders or directives of the proposed broadcast commission.
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Prosecutor withdrawn from cases

The chief prosecutor's office has withdrawn a prosecutor “in the public interest” from all the cases he was dealing with at the International Crimes Tribunal.
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Great effort, yet some concern

Begging is not what Shahidul Islam wanted to do for a living. In fact, he always considered this particular way of making a living disgraceful, and wanted to earn his livelihood through decent means.
6 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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30 lakh martyrs a settled history

It is an "undisputed" and "settled" fact that 30 lakh people laid down their lives during the Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971, says
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Step up effort to catch fugitives

With more than half of the war crimes accused remaining fugitives in the cases filed since August 2014, Home Minister Asaduzzaman
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Bangladesh’s war trial: List of fugitives gets longer

Despite several directives by the International Crimes Tribunal and initiatives of the government to arrest war crimes accused, police have failed to capture more than half of them, frustrating justice seekers. Two war crimes tribunals had issued arrest warrants against 102 war crimes accused in 18 cases since August last year, but the law enforcers could arrest only 45, according to The Daily Star reports.
13 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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A living proof of Pak army's atrocities

She is a living witness of innumerable atrocities by the Pakistan army against unarmed, innocent Bangalee civilians during the nine-month Liberation War.
4 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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Arrogance, their middle name

They both came from political families and eventually rose to the top echelon in their parties. They adopted anti-liberation stance and
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
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Bangladesh tribunal irked by failure to arrest

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday expressed discontent at the law enforcers' failure to arrest four fugitive accused in a war crimes case.
22 September 2015, 18:00 PM

China seeks to rebuild Silk Road trade links

China is increasingly engaging other countries for its 'One Belt, One Road' initiative to rebuild the historic Silk Road trade links with
19 September 2015, 18:00 PM
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'Govt plan not welcome'

Prosecutors and investigators of the war crimes tribunals and campaigners disagree with the government plan to merge the international crimes tribunals.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM
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Law stumbles on mob in Bangladesh

Mob killings continue unabated in the country, as the offenders seldom face trial in a society that seems to be plagued by a culture of
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Rural schools still lag far behind

The picture remains the same.
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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Victims' struggle on to rebuild life

April 24 -- a day that the survivors of Rana Plaza collapse find too difficult to forget as the day turned their world upside down.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
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Victim families yet to forgive, forget the pains two years after Rana Plaza tragedy

Anjuara Begum made her way through a crowd with small steps towards the piles of the debris-strewn disaster site in Savar. She
24 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Amendment to law waits for months

The process to try Jamaat-e-Islami for its alleged crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971 remains halted for months as
24 March 2015, 17:06 PM

Common people in a tight corner

Shahnaz Begum is numb from the shock of her husband's death just three days ago. Yet the thought of the future of her two minor children sends shudders down her spine, unsettling her.
5 March 2015, 22:01 PM
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JAIL until death

He was actively involved in an act of genocide and crimes against humanity which left 36 people dead in Pirojpur in 1971. He was 39 and a Muslim League leader then.
24 February 2015, 22:56 PM

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