The boys are back home!

Three teenage boys, who lost their way home and mistakenly crossed over into India through Naogaon border on Monday, were rescued following a call made to 999 after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained them.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Where putrid stench greets patients

Imagine a dumpster sitting right opposite the main gate of a hospital, spreading a ghastly stench. Those who dump waste here don’t even bother to make sure their trash is placed at the bin, which means there’s at least a few feet of waste around the dumpster. Even though the bin has remained at such a sensitive spot for years, no steps have been taken to remove it.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

‘He made law easier for people’

Mizanur Rahman Khan, joint editor of Prothom Alo, left his footprint through his immense patience and tireless work in upholding justice and rights in the country throughout his career.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Covid restrictions to foil BNP rallies?

BNP has expressed doubt over whether the government has imposed fresh restrictions, including on public gatherings, to stop their rallies and meetings.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Not prepared enough’

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader yesterday said the government is not well prepared to deal with the highly-contagious omicron variant of Covid-19.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Recognition through constitution

The government should provide constitutional recognition to the indigenous people and take special measures for their economic, social and cultural development, urged the Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples and Minority Affairs at a discussion yesterday.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Railway goes for additional revenue stream

Bangladesh Railway yesterday signed a contract with a local private company to construct a shopping mall and a hotel/guest house in Chattogram, with the aim to increase its income.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day observed

The nation yesterday observed the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Nothing but mockery’

BNP yesterday alleged that the ongoing dialogue at Bangabhaban is nothing but a mockery before  formation of the Election Commission (EC).
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

A hectic day for commuters

While it’s usual for the capital’s streets to see increased traffic on weekday mornings, yesterday’s gridlock was still something out of the ordinary.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

5 lakh yaba pills seized, Rohingya held

Rab-15 arrested a Rohingya for smuggling around five lakh yaba pills into the country in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday night.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Omicron surge: Britain puts pvt health firms on high alert

Britain yesterday put the biggest private health companies on high alert to deliver crucial treatments should Omicron overwhelm National Health Service hospitals in England.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Man gets life for raping child

A Dinajpur court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment and fined Tk 20,000 for abducting and attempting to kill a five-year-old girl after rape in Parbatipur Upazila of Dinajpur in 2016.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Form EC thru law, not search committee

Jatiya Party (Manju) yesterday said the new election commission should be formed through the enactment of a law in line with the constitution and not through search committee.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Six killed in 2 road crashes in Kushtia

Six people have been killed in two road accidents in Kushtia over the last two days.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Threatened by smugglers, customs DC files GD

Deputy Commissioner of Benapole Customs House Md Abdul Qaiyum has filed a GD with Benapole Port Police Station, seeking protection.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Chaos at vaccine centres

While authorities have taken an initiative to inoculate students of Chattogram, health guidelines are barely being followed during the vaccination campaign. Students and their guardians crowded the inoculation centres yesterday, with no social distancing in sight.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Another launch fire scare

On Saturday midnight, passengers of  Surovi -9 launch  on the Dhaka-Barishal route panicked as smoke started emanating from its engine room.
9 January 2022, 18:00 PM

A new hope for learning

At a time when even reputed college and universities don’t always have libraries, a family of advocates set up a three-storey library at a remote area in Barlekha upazila, some 86 kilometres away from Moulvibazar district town.
9 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Save us from waterlogging

“Remove water, save people” was the slogan that around a thousand residents of a waterlogged Bhabadah were heard chanting while besieging the deputy commissioner’s office in Jashore yesterday.
9 January 2022, 18:00 PM