Munia’s death: PBI takes 7th date as probe yet to end

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked PBI to submit -- by February 22 -- the probe report in a case filed against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir and seven others over the rape and murder of a college student in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Torturing, Bullying Student: Three BCL members suspended from hall

Three members of Chhatra League’s Bijoy Ekattor hall unit of Dhaka University (DU) were suspended from the hall for six months over torturing and bullying a student at the hall seven days ago.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

BNP a fragile, dependent party Says Quader

General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP as a political party is fragile and dependent on others.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Want to lease a grave? Get ready to pay lakhs!

Believe it or not, if someone wants to lease a grave -- even if it’s just around 28 square feet of land -- for 25 years in an area of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they’ll have to pay a hefty Tk 20 lakh!
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Fighting for the bare minimum

At Jahangirnagar University (JU), there’s no books available in braille, neither is are there reserved seats in the dorms for students with disabilities.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Roses gone, dreams dead

This was supposed to be their time of the year. There’s Pahela Falgun, then there’s Valentine’s Day, both occasions where people buy flowers to give to their loved ones.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

They went on a picnic, never to return

By this year, they would’ve been done with their SSC exams and become proud college students. To celebrate their last few days at school, they went to a picnic with their fellows, promising their parents to return home quickly.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Achilles’ Hills: Rampant hill cutting puts 200 families in Moulvibazar under risk of landslide

Even though everything came to a halt during the pandemic, hill cutting didn’t.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Carrying Phensidyl a punishable offence: SC

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court verdict which in 2003 ruled that carrying and possessing Phensidyl is not a punishable offence.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi Wasa triples water tariff

Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has tripled water tariff from yesterday. Rajshahi Wasa announced it through notices on its website and newspapers last month.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

CEC should apologise

Thirty-seven eminent personalities yesterday called upon CEC KM Nurul Huda to make a public apology if he fails to prove allegation of irregularities against Shujan Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar within a week.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

272 women, girls faced violence in Jan

A total of 272 women and girls faced violence in the first month of this year, said a report prepared by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Right back at it

Occupied footpaths have been a longstanding problem for commuters and pedestrians of Savar Bazar Bus Stand area.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Barishal airport: Barely holding it together

Landing aircrafts at Barishal Airport has become a risky endeavour. This is due to the dilapidated condition of its runway as well as other structures, a high-level investigation team of the civil aviation ministry found.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Still stuck in a Bureaucratic Tangle

The proposal to appoint psychologists for deradicalisation programme remains stuck in a bureaucratic tangle.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Bid to lift sanctions’: Govt spending public money to protect image

BNP yesterday raised questions about the government allegedly spending public money to lift US-imposed sanctions.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Govt requests EC to probe BNP’s lobbyist expenses

The government has requested the Election Commission to probe whether BNP had shown the expenditure of appointing lobbyist firms abroad in their annual financial report.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM

BR’s poor show yet again

In August 2011, the government took up a Tk 1,946 crore project to procure 70 Metre Gauge (MG) locomotives to mitigate the growing crisis of rail engines and expanding the services of Bangladesh Railway.
28 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Sust students thank PM

The protesting students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday for bearing all medical expenses of those who were injured in police attack and became sick in hunger strike.
28 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Embracing menopause with a positive attitude

Menopause a turbulent time for women. Hormone levels drop quickly, which causes period to slow to a stop, and some other symptoms set in. But one must consider that menopause is a natural part of life.
27 January 2022, 18:00 PM