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19 July 2022 • Bangladesh
‘Corruption, anarchy the new norm’
Staff Correspondent
30 June 2022 • Politics
So far so good
30 June 2022 • Bangladesh
Latifur Rahman’s 2nd death anniv today
Staff Correspondent
30 June 2022 • Obituary
ACC looking into procurement anomalies at BR
Staff Correspondent
30 June 2022 • Crime & Justice
Dhaka Airport: Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr
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30 June 2022 • Crime & Justice
70 died in political clashes this year
Staff Correspondent
30 June 2022 • City
101st birthday of DU
DU Correspondent
30 June 2022 • Campus

Ex-VC’s recruits lock up crucial buildings at RU

Authorities at Rajshahi University (RU) were forced to suspend a financial committee meeting yesterday, after a number of the 137 staffers who were
19 June 2021

Monsoon brings misery for port city residents

Residents of Chattogram city woke up to a bad day yesterday, as incessant rainfall brought back all-too-familiar problems.
19 June 2021

"No Mask No Service" sign

From the classic “chin-mask” to hanging them by the wrists and ears, and putting them on the forehead, masks are sometimes everywhere except
19 June 2021

Woman dies after being hit by bus in Dhaka

A woman was killed and her daughter critically injured after being hit by a passenger bus when they were crossing road in front of a market at Shahjadpur in Dhaka last night.
18 June 2021

Vaccination Resumes in Ctg: Frontliners, CMCH registrants to get priority

It’s good news for vaccine-seekers of Chattogram, as 91,200 doses of Sinopharm vaccine have reached the port city yesterday.
18 June 2021

500 JCD activists sued in Mymensingh

Police yesterday filed two cases against some 500 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) for their alleged attack on law enforcers centring a rally in Mymensingh city’s Kalibari area on Thursday.
18 June 2021

Bangladesh nominated FAO member from Asia region

Bangladesh has been nominated as the member of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) from the Asia region for three years from 2022.
18 June 2021

‘We want more skilled workers from Bangladesh’

Saudi Arabia has urged Bangladesh to send more skilled migrant workers to the Kingdom, as there are “ample job opportunities” for foreign workers in its various sectors.
18 June 2021

6 held with meth, yaba in Uttara

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers with crystal meth, also known as ice, from Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday.
18 June 2021

Luck drying up for dried fish traders

Two months into the second wave of Covid-19 in the country, shutki (dried fish) traders and producers of Rangpur division are yet to recover from the losses they incurred during the first wave of the pandemic.
18 June 2021

Shahida Zahir passes away

Shahida Zahir (Ratna) passed away on Sunday (June 13) at her residence.
18 June 2021

A Force of Nature

My cousin Dr. Luna Vishwanath (née Quader) passed away on June 6th. With her went a big part of my childhood. This is her story.
18 June 2021

Loved ones mourn the death of Shahida Zahir

Shahida Zahir (Ratna) passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2021 at her residence.
18 June 2021

HC berates airline in full text of verdict

The High Court in full text of a verdict released on Wednesday blasted Etihad Airways for harassing two Bangladesh-born women at Abu Dhabi International Airport in June 2011.
17 June 2021

DU sends ‘clarification’ about ‘misleading’ report

Dhaka University authorities yesterday sent a press release to the media clarifying what they termed “fragmented and misleading information” about the university.
17 June 2021

Govt mulling dedicated TV channel for students

The government is considering to launch a dedicated TV channel for students so that they can take part in the digital classes throughout the year, Education Minister Dipu Moni told the parliament yesterday.
17 June 2021

UGC okays Tk 10,000cr budget for public univs

The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday approved a Tk 10,032 crore budget for public universities for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
17 June 2021

‘Khaleda in vulnerable condition’

BNP yesterday urged the government to allow its chairperson Khaleda Zia to receive advanced treatment abroad, shunning “politics of vengeance”, as she is in a vulnerable state with various health complications.
17 June 2021

Banks, stock market are themselves ‘hospitalised’

Coming down heavily on the government for looting money from different banks and inactions against loan defaulters, BNP MP Harunur Rashid yesterday told parliament that that all the banks were admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital due to their sorry state.
17 June 2021

Laxmipur-2 by- polls on June 21

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court decisions over declaring Laxmipur-2 constituency vacant, and to hold a by-election to this constituency on June 21.
17 June 2021