BB to release Tk 25,000cr new notes before Eid

The Bangladesh Bank will circulate around Tk 25,000 crore worth of new notes in the economy ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
15 September 2015, 13:22 PM

HC asks BNP leader Mosharraf to surrender in 50 days

The High Court directs former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain to surrender before a lower court in 50 days in connection with Barapukuria coal mine case.
14 September 2015, 08:45 AM

Libya boat capsize: 27 Bangladeshis may return on Sep 17

A total of 27 Bangladeshis, who survived after two boats capsized off Libyan coast on August 24, may return home on September 17.
13 September 2015, 15:02 PM

Campaign against organ trading on in Joypurhat

The police have started an awareness campaign including door to door visit and distribution of leaflets in Kalai upazila under Joypurhat district, urging people not to fall into the trap of traders of human organs, especially kidneys.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Most hospitals harm environ by treating medical waste as regular garbage

Most of the hospitals are harming environment by draining medical wastage with other garbage without any process, which causes public
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM

2 deer rescued, 140kg venison seized in Barguna

Coastguard members rescue two deer and seized 140 kilogrammes venison in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district.
23 August 2015, 05:13 AM

Rotary will establish hospital for rural poor

Dhaka Cosmopolitan Rotary Club will construct a hospital for rural poor.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Chittagong Medical College won't become university

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said Chittagong Medical College (CMC) would not be transformed into a medical university, but rather the government would establish a separate one.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Tangail mayor, two aides charge-sheeted in arms case

Charges have been pressed against Tangail municipality Mayor Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti and two of his close aides in an arms case.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Boy beaten to death on theft charge in Barguna

After the brutal murder of two teenagers in Sylhet and Khulna, now a 10-year-old madrasa boy has been beaten to death for 'stealing fish' at Amkhola village in Taltali upazila of Barguna district.
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM

TERRIBLE TOILETS

Hospital is the byword for cleanliness and hygiene, or at least that is what you would think. Go to the toilets at the emergency block of
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Apollo Hospital opens Hip Centre

Apollo Hip Centre, first ever in Bangladesh, was inaugurated in OPD level-1 of the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka on Saturday.
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Surrender before lower court, SC tells Tangail MP

The Supreme Court has stayed a portion of a High Court verdict and ordered Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his brother Shahidur Rahman Khan to surrender in Faruk Ahmed murder case.
21 July 2015, 10:10 AM

In Search of Teknaf's Elephants

The Teknaf Peninsula is ruggedly beautiful. With the rise of the rocky range that divides the land strip between the Naf River and the Bay of Bengal it's impossible not to feel elated, to know that Teknaf is quite the destination.
9 July 2015, 06:00 AM

Arms peddler arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged arms peddler with two foreign made pistols, seven bullets and four magazines at a mango orchard in Nalduburi area under Shibganj upazila of the district on Sunday evening. The arrestee is Mohammad
6 July 2015, 18:00 PM

SC asks SQ Chy's lawyer to end argument tomorrow

The Supreme Court asks counsel for war criminal Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to complete argument in an hour tomorrow on the appeal against his death sentence.
6 July 2015, 08:42 AM

Unrest at icddr,b

Employees of icddr,b observed a two hours' work abstention from 10:00am on its Dhaka premises yesterday demanding, among others, salaries consistent with that
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Chevron Bangladesh gives X-ray machine to Bibiyana clinic

Chevron Bangladesh handed over an x-ray machine to one of its three Smiling Sun clinics in Northeastern Bangladesh.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Double blow for CMCH patients

Patients of Chittagong Medical College Hospital have been suffering for two days due to a power outage at the hospital. The hospital's
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Shrimp fry seized in Patuakhali,12 held

Police arrested 12 people and seized a truck loaded with five lakh shrimp fry worth about Tk 15 lakh from the toll plaza of Patuakhali Bridge on
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM