Preserve all documents of ‘71 war

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities to collect and preserve all documents related to the country’s Liberation War that are scattered across the world.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

OxyJet: the long road to approval

From the drawing board to the approval stamp, it’s been a long exhilarating process for OxyJet. But it isn’t over yet.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Indira calls upon nations to save Bangabandhu

India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appealed to 23 heads of government around the world to use their influence to save Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In messages sent yesterday and made public today, she said India feared the trial of Bangabandhu “will be used only as a cover to execute him”.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Haiti chooses judge to probe president’s assassination

After weeks of struggling to fill the job, a senior magistrate in Haiti on Monday announced that a judge has been named to lead the probe into the assassination of president Jovenel Moise.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

73-year-old volunteers in traffic control in Kurigram for survival

Sona Ullah, who has spent 45 years of his life peddling rickshaw in different parts of the country, now toils hard controlling traffic at Rajarhat upazila town in Kurigram from morning till evening.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Residents plagued by problems

About one thousand residents of Ashrayan project on Dulalbarir Char, a river island eight kilometres away from Mymensingh city, have been suffering from numerous problems since they were given free houses there by the government last year.
10 August 2021, 18:00 PM

DNCC will continue efforts to bring number of dengue patients to zero: Atiqul

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said they will continue their effort to bring the number of infected dengue patients down to zero.
10 August 2021, 16:01 PM

HC directs to admit 19 twins to Viqarunnisa

The High Court directed the authorities concerned to immediately admit 19 children to class one at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, whose as many twin siblings have already been admitted to the same institution through lottery.
10 August 2021, 15:30 PM

Tele-fiction 'Ghotona Shotto' to face legal action for insensitively portraying persons with disabilities

Organisations working on the rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) will take legal action against those involved in a tele-fiction “Ghotona Shotto”, in which children with special needs were insensitively portrayed.
10 August 2021, 14:26 PM

Highest Covid deaths recorded today, most restrictions to be lifted tomorrow

Most of the restrictions imposed on people's movement and public transport will be lifted from tomorrow even though the country witnessed the highest single-day Covid-19 death toll today.
10 August 2021, 13:29 PM

Punish those involved in vandalising Hindu temples in Khulna: Eminent citizens

Eminent citizens today issued a statement demanding arrest and trial of the culprits responsible for vandalising and ransacking several houses, shops and temples of the Hindu community in Khulna's Rupsha upazila.
10 August 2021, 12:24 PM

Seven dead as wildfires rage across Algeria

Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have killed at least seven people in Algeria, the interior minister said Tuesday, adding the fires had criminal origins.
10 August 2021, 11:57 AM

Shops, malls to reopen tomorrow

All shops, shopping malls and markets will reopen from tomorrow maintaining the health guidelines.
10 August 2021, 11:35 AM

2,321 dengue cases recorded in 10 days of August, more than in July

With 226 new cases in the last 24 hours, the number of dengue hospitalisations reached 2,321 in the first 10 days of August. This is more than the total number of hospitalizations recorded last month.
10 August 2021, 11:31 AM

Record 264 Covid-19 deaths reported in 24 hours for 2nd time

Two hundred and sixty-four people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
10 August 2021, 11:28 AM

Heavy vehicles barred from ferries plying Shimulia-Banglabazar route

Heavy vehicles (passenger and freight) are not being allowed on the Shimulia-Banglabazar ferries until strong current in Padma river subsides.
10 August 2021, 11:10 AM

Model Mariam Akhter Mou on 2-day fresh remand

A Dhaka court today placed model Mariam Akhter Mou on a two-day fresh remand in the third phase in a case filed against her with Mohammadpur Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.
10 August 2021, 10:25 AM

Chris Cairns on life support

Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a heart problem, New Zealand media reported on Tuesday.
10 August 2021, 10:18 AM

Collect documents of Liberation War scattered across the world: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed that all documents of the Liberation War, which are scattered across the world, be collected and filed in the country’s archives.
10 August 2021, 10:16 AM

Idol of Hindu goddess vandalised in Bogura

An idol of Hindu Goddess Kali was vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila early today. Criminals have also thrown the vandalised idol outside the temple, said locals.
10 August 2021, 09:59 AM