PM pays homage to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed wreaths at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in homage to the great leader to mark the National Mourning Day.
15 August 2022, 07:22 AM

UN rights chief’s visit: Bangladesh rejects "politicisation of human rights agenda"

The government of Bangladesh has strongly rejected what it says some visible "politically motivated efforts" of some corners to mislead the people by showcasing the upcoming visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet as an occasion to "put undue pressure" on the government.
13 August 2022, 05:34 AM

Demanding pay hike, tea workers go on work abstention

Workers of 241 tea gardens across the country enforced a work abstention today, demanding increase of their daily wage – Tk 300 from Tk 120.
9 August 2022, 09:31 AM

Devote yourselves for the interest of people: PM to public servants

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 23, 2022) asked the public servants to devote themselves to the welfare of the people who pay taxes for their salaries, comforts and luxuries.
23 July 2022, 08:57 AM

Hindu community celebrating Kumari Puja

Hindu devotees are celebrating Kumari Puja amid religious fervour and festivity across the country today.
13 October 2021, 09:50 AM

Include Bangabandhu's March 7 speech in textbooks: HC tells govt

The High Court directed the government to include Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 speech in the schools, colleges, and university textbooks so they can learn about its significance.
8 September 2021, 10:43 AM

Woman dies, husband alleges negligence of hospital in Ctg

​​​​​​​"Negligence" of the hospital authorities led to the death of a new mother at National Hospital in Chattogram on June 30, alleged the deceased’s husband yesterday.
3 July 2021, 18:31 PM

Whistleblower to be punished

The authorities of Comilla University have decided to take departmental action against a teacher who pointed out an anomaly in the 2019-2020 admission process because they found him guilty of leaking the information to the media.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Scope to clean black money stays

The parliament yesterday passed the next fiscal year’s tax measures that met critics and advocates of the provision to whiten black money in the middle.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

RMCH Covid unit overrun

When Khadiza Khatun took her Covid-infected grandmother to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday night, she never imagined that she was going to experience such a shock.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Urban Poor in Pandemic: Plunging into debt just to get by

People from the low-income groups in urban areas are struggling to have three meals a day, consume quality food and maintain their daily protein intake due to the crisis induced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Vaccine Campaign: Uncertainty goes, for now

Two and a half million shots of the Moderna vaccine for coronavirus will arrive in the country on July 2 or 3, paving the way for resuming the mass inoculation campaign after over two months.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

112 more die, 7,666 get Covid

The number of Covid-19 deaths continued to rise as the health directorate reported 112 deaths in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday -- the second highest daily toll recorded in the country.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Massive vaccine drive next month

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the problems over securing Covid vaccines have been resolved and her government will carry out a massive vaccination campaign across the country once more jabs arrive next month.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

300 Bangladeshis lose home after fire in Greece camp

A fire on Sunday burnt the residential camps of around 300 Bangladeshi migrants in Greece, forcing them to take shelter in others’ camps.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Groom fined Tk 50k for hiring chopper to evade lockdown

A mobile court on Monday fined a person Tk 50,000 for violating the government’s health safety guidelines by carrying a bride in a helicopter in Shariapur.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Militants have no capacity to attack now

Militants are not capable of carrying out any major subversive attack in the country at this moment, Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has said.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the bordering area of Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Lawyers should do 10pc cases for free

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said law profession has now become a business.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Monsoon takes toll on Bangladeshi refugees

The procession to Baduria’s cremation landing with the bodies of refugees from Bangladesh was endless, reported Washington Star.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM