The shroud of pandemic gloom is finally lifting after a solid year and a half. But for ordinary citizens, that is bringing no solace with the prices of everyday essentials spiralling -- beyond their means.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought continued support from Russia for building another nuclear power plant in Bangladesh’s southern region.

Around eight years ago, the government established passport and visa wings at different Bangladesh missions to provide better services to expatriates and visitors.

It is not often that an individual comes along with so many accomplishments and accolades -- that even a small sample size has more impact than what many achieve in their entire lives -- all the while being uncannily humble, open and beloved by fans and fellow artistes alike.

US Ambassador to India Kenneth Keating in a telegram sent today informed the US state department that Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh claimed that the East Pakistan insurgency was not dependent upon India.

Although Dhaka University authorities recently spoke of their desire to get rid of “Gono” rooms at dormitories, first-year students had no other choice than to cram into such rooms again as the residential halls fully reopened on Sunday after a Covid-induced closure of a year and a half. 

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months a government order on allotment of 700 acres of protected forest in Cox’s Bazar for building a civil service academy.

Debt loads in low-income countries surged 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 amid the pandemic, prompting World Bank President David Malpass to call Monday for a "comprehensive plan" to deal with the issue.

AKM Salim Osman, president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), has again been elected to the top post of the association unopposed.

The stock market fell today riding on the profit-booking tendency of the investors.

Onion prices will continue to remain high for the next one month until the local variety is harvested, Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said today.

Shipping of garment products through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has slowed down again as the Explosive Detection Systems (EDSs) at the airport remained mostly out of order for almost three weeks.

She wanted to be a teacher one day and was studying hard to reach that goal. But that dream, she feels, has just slipped away.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government might set up another nuclear power plant in the southern region to meet the increasing demand for electricity.

Bad news comes in threes, it is often said.

The five-day-long Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins today through the Mahashashthi puja amid much festivity and religious fervour.

Dr AM Harun-ar-Rashid, eminent physicist and “Bose Professor” of physics at Dhaka University, died at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 88, said a press release.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has given undue advantage to a particular company while purchasing four double-cabin pickups and related accessories worth about Tk 2.4 crore for a development project, said a government report.

The American consulate general in Karachi in a telegram sent to the US state department today informed that Pakistan President Yahya Khan accepted the US proposal for mutual withdrawal of troops and armour by both the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan to some distance from their respective borders.

Eminent cinematographer Samir Kushari, who was involved in hundreds of memorable television projects since BTV’s golden era, passed away yesterday at a hospital in the capital due to post-Covid complications.