OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM Country
Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM Natural disaster
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Accidents & Fires
Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh

Virtual court functions challenged

A supreme court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the high court challenging the chief justice's decision to run virtual functions of the courts across the country.
1 June 2020, 06:48 AM

Drug peddler killed in shootout: Rab

An alleged drug peddler has been killed in a "shootout" with members of Rab in Gazipur’s Kashimpur area.
1 June 2020, 05:32 AM

Bus services resume after more than 2 months

Road transport services, including buses and minibuses, resumed today morning after being suspended more than two months back to slow the transmission of Covid-19 in the country.
1 June 2020, 05:14 AM

DU professor dies of Covid-19

A professor of Dhaka University (DU) has died of Covid-19.
31 May 2020, 19:51 PM

Labour crisis, pest attack worry jute growers

caterpillar worries jute farmers in the district. In addition, shortage of labourers adds to the woe of the growers during the pandemic.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Razed hillock to make room for road

While the administration is busy enforcing various directives of the government to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, destruction of a hillock is going unnoticed in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Control room to monitor whether public transports following safety measures: ministry

Road transport and bridges ministry has ordered opening of a control room to monitor whether transport owners are resuming operations following the health safety guidelines issued by the authorities in this regard.
31 May 2020, 16:16 PM

Major bus operators accept new fare rate, resume services tomorrow

Major bus operators have accepted the new bus fare rate “considering passengers’ side” and already started selling ticket from counters.
31 May 2020, 15:42 PM

1,000 Bangladeshis in prisons, detention camps of Middle East countries return

Nearly one thousand Bangladeshis who were either in prison or detention camps in Middle East countries returned to the country in the last 24hours.
31 May 2020, 15:33 PM

16 noted citizens demand justice for attacks on minorities during pandemic

Sixteen noted citizens today demanded justice for the incidents of attacks on minority communities, violence against woman, land grabbing, harassment of common people, and torture of journalists that happened during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
31 May 2020, 14:58 PM

Social distancing goes ignored as launch services resume in Barishal

Social distancing measures are being largely ignored as passengers start travelling by launch from Barishal river port today.
31 May 2020, 14:52 PM

Bank interest worth Tk 2,000cr to be waived to benefit 1.38cr borrowers: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new stimulus package to waive Tk 2,000 crore bank interest -- for people affected badly by the nationwide shutdown enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
31 May 2020, 14:10 PM

15 more virtual magistrate courts formed to hear bail petitions

The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court forms 15 more virtual courts which will function digitally from tomorrow to deal with the increasing number of bail petitions.
31 May 2020, 13:57 PM

Covid-19: Bogura hospital halts collection as only lab overwhelmed with samples

Mohammad Ali Hospital, a 250-bed hospital in Bogura dedicated to treating coronavirus patients, has halted collecting samples owing to a backlog in testing at the only RT-PCR lab in the district at the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College.
31 May 2020, 13:27 PM

39 Bangladeshis return home from India on Novoair special flight

A total of 39 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in India for around two-and-a-half-months amid flight suspensions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, have returned home on a special flight of Novoair.
31 May 2020, 13:02 PM

Coronavirus pandemic: students in chars should have access to online classes

During my recent venture to the char areas of Bogura, I found students spending the days of the pandemic going without any form of online or offline classes. They do not have to attend school now and most of their parents are unable to teach them as many do not have any formal education.
31 May 2020, 12:24 PM

Renowned TV personality Mustafa Kamal Syed passes away with Covid-19

Renowned television personality Mustafa Kamal Syed passed away at Square Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 75.
31 May 2020, 11:53 AM

Girl murdered along with family got GPA 5 in SSC exams

Sabrina Noora, who was murdered along with her mother and two siblings in Gazipur’s Sreepur on April 24, got GPA 5 in her Secondary School Certificate examination results published today.
31 May 2020, 11:51 AM

Ride-sharing services to remain suspended for now

When all road transport services including buses and minibuses are about to resume operations from tomorrow, people planning on availing ride-sharing services in the capital and other major cities will have to contend with bad news.
31 May 2020, 09:48 AM

Govt temporarily increases bus fare by 60 percent

The government has reset bus fare across the country, increasing it by 60 percent.
31 May 2020, 09:19 AM