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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
Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Transport
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
Stray dogs kill four deer in Rajshahi zoo
Stray dogs kill three fawns and their mother in Rajshahi zoo.
3 April 2020, 14:04 PM
Ain O Salish Kendra expresses concerns over patients denied treatment
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses grave concern over patients being denied treatment in many hospitals of the country due to coronavirus fears.
3 April 2020, 13:24 PM
Cops ‘break barricade’ of self-isolated Mro village in Bandarban, arrest 2 over theft
Policemen, reportedly influenced by an alleged land grabber, break the fence a remote Mro community village had put up to isolate the community in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.
3 April 2020, 13:21 PM
Remittance hit a 15-month low in March due to coronavirus fallout
Remittance hits a 15-month low in March due to the economic fallout in the global economy stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
3 April 2020, 12:05 PM
30-year-old woman raped in Jashore
A case was filed with Kotwali Model Police Station yesterday under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act in connection with the rape incident of a 30-year-old mentally disabled woman at Teghoria village under Jashore sadar upazilla.
3 April 2020, 07:37 AM
5.5 tonnes of relief rice seized from AL leader’s house in Naogaon
Government officials recover a whopping five and a half tonnes of rice belong to vulnerable group development (VGD) programme from the house of a local Awami League (AL) leader in Naogaon's Raninagar upazila.
3 April 2020, 07:25 AM
DGHS makes mistake in briefing, apologises
Dr MD Habibur Rahman, director of Management Information System of DGHS, yesterday during a press briefing said that PM had directed to test at least 1000 samples -- two from each upazila -- from people with Covid-19 symptoms by today.
3 April 2020, 05:59 AM
Coronavirus outbreak: PM issues 31-point directive
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the people to visit physicians if they experience any symptom of coronavirus and not to pay heed to any rumour about the virus as she issues a 31-point directive in view of the Covid-19 outbreak.
2 April 2020, 20:09 PM
Coronavirus outbreak: 100 N’ganj families put in self-isolation
Authorities place about 100 families in self-isolation on both sides of a road in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj after a local woman who died earlier tested positive for coronavirus.
2 April 2020, 19:03 PM
Coronavirus lockdown: India allows transit arrangement for stranded foreign nationals
India has decided to allow transit arrangements for foreign nationals who are stranded in the country following the coronavirus outbreak and the ongoing nationwide lockdown.
2 April 2020, 17:15 PM
3.7 lakh people made coronavirus-related queries on hotline numbers: a2i
The Access to Information (a2i) programme under the ICT division has identified 3.70 lakh unique callers who have queried on different hotline numbers about Covid-19 and can use the data to find out how many people are at risk, says Anir Chowdhury, policy advisor of a2i.
2 April 2020, 14:55 PM
Inform local admin or police before distribution of relief: PHQ
The Police Headquarters (PHQ) calls upon all to inform the local administration or police before distributing any kind of relief to ensure physical distancing.
2 April 2020, 14:04 PM
Esrat Karim, Raba Khan named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list
Esrat Karim, founder of AMAL Foundation, is named under Social Entrepreneurs category while Raba Khan, of the jhakanaka project, is named under Media, Marketing and Advertising category in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2020.
2 April 2020, 13:35 PM
A father’s wait to meet his firstborn
The feeling of being a father in indescribable, and it is more so when it’s experienced for the first time. A Bangladeshi migrant in Singapore, whose wife has just given birth, is yet to experience this as for the past two months he has been ill. His physical condition has been worsened by coronavirus infection.
2 April 2020, 13:28 PM
Coronavirus fallout: Brac allocates Tk 15cr for 100,000 low-income families
Brac allocates a budget of Tk 15 crore to help 100,000 low-income families in urban slums, semi-urban and remote areas whose livelihoods have been impacted due to the social distancing measures taken to stem the Covid-19 pandemic.
2 April 2020, 13:13 PM
LGRD ministry forms nat’l committee to prevent dengue
A national steering committee led by the Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Ministry will be formed to eradicate mosquitoes to prevent a dengue outbreak.
2 April 2020, 12:45 PM
Hailstorm damages crops in Brahmanbaria, Habiganj
Hailstorm and heavy rains damage crops in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria and adjacent Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.
2 April 2020, 12:30 PM
70-year-old dies in home quarantine in Lakshmipur
A 70-year-old man dies while in home quarantine in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila.
2 April 2020, 12:14 PM
Rab arrests 3 ‘Ansar Al Islam members’ in Rajshahi
Rapid Action Battalion members arrest three suspected activists of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi city.
2 April 2020, 11:48 AM
ADB provides $1.34 million to avoid skills trainees’ drop out
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $1.3 million financial assistance to avoid trainees from dropping out under the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP).
2 April 2020, 11:40 AM