When the season’s first nor’wester hit on the afternoon of April 4, the thought of a potential power blackout made Mokarram Hossain worried as he was attending to his brother Muhibullah Bahar at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

“Sir, please help me. I do not want to die here. If I die here, my body will remain in a mortuary fridge as an unknown body.”

Pahela Baishakh is just three days away. But for the second year in a row, the day is set to be less of an occasion for joy and more like just another day spent at home.

A man was found dead in a pond in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

A doctor died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in Chattogram city on Friday night, aged 65.

AKM Rafique Ahmed, director general of the Depart-ment of Environment (DoE), died yesterday with Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Central

A boy was electrocuted while scavenging garbage in the DC Road area of the port city yesterday.

Application process for Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s (Buet) admission test for 2020-21 honours academic session will begin

USAID will soon launch a multi-year project with allocation of up to $17 million to promote clean energy, said the US embassy yesterday, a day after US President’s Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to Dhaka.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday warned that the government will take stern action against those who will try to create anarchy, chaos and damage

Calling upon BNP to stand by people instead of doing politics over the Covid-19 pandemic, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader

A youth was killed in a landslide yesterday while razing a part of the Halda river bank in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram.

A whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

In the villages of Mymensingh’s Muktagachha upazila, a rather unusual profession has bloomed in the last few years: making wigs. What started out as some women trying to create an extra source of income, spread across the community, bringing many into the work.

Jahangirnagar University (JU) is serene and eye-catching as it is. Surrounded by mother nature, its greenery, open fields, and water bodies are bound to leave one feeling rejuvenated.

“Very often I visit this museum to go back in time, looking at evidence of the Liberation War and reminiscing the days of freedom fighters,” said Bidhan Golder, a freedom fighter and native of Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila. “I had a good relationship with Madhab Chandra’s family. When I come here, I can feel his soul.”

In late 2019, while visiting Bandarban with friends, I saw a medium sized brown bird perched on a distant tree. It looked like a bird of prey. After looking through my binoculars for a few seconds, I saw a crest of upright feathers on its head. Instantly I knew it was a Baza, or “Baaj Pakhi” of my childhood.

Dr Galib Ahsan Khan, a retired professor of philo-sophy at Dhaka University died of Covid-19 early yesterday at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University while undergoing treatment. His brother Prof Mahbub Ahsan Khan confirmed the news.

Kazi Sirajul Islam, a renowned social worker of Cumilla Sadar South, breathed his last on Wednesday.

Pathao, a ride-sharing service provider, has submitted a letter to the Cabinet Division, urging the government to allow resumption of motorcycle ride-sharing services.