Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a growing health risk and matter of concern for Bangladesh, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam went inside some newly built drains yesterday to inspect the construction work.

There’s no city bus service for 1.7 million residents of Khulna for the last four years.

Students of different departments from the academic session of 2016-17 at Dhaka University, who are done with the final exams, are unable to apply for jobs due to delay in publishing results.

The block lettered sign on the ochre yellow building reads “Nazirabazar Matri Sadan”. Right beside it, a large banner reads -- “24-hour normal delivery service for expecting mothers”.

Sixty-two-year-old Anwar Hossain, a resident of Old Dhaka’s Hazaribagh, had tested positive for Covid-19 four days back. He was  receiving treatment at home.

The anti-sexual harassment cell at Jahangirnagar University remains almost non-functional even after a decade of inception.

Even when it’s afternoon, one can barely see anything inside. Many beds are worn-down, while others don’t have any covers.

A European Parliament member has asked the European Union to impose sanctions against the Rapid Action Battalion, saying it has been involved in numerous extrajudicial killings and disappearances.

A new species of wild dogs has been spotted at Satchhari National Park in Habiganj’s Chunarughat. The species is listed as endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, according to IUCN Bangladesh official Simanta Dipu. 

A section of the Harijan community has received modern residential flats from Barishal City Corporation (BCC).

On one hand, it’s good news that the government has taken up a river excavation project at Hari and Teka rivers to recede water from the waterlogged Bhabadah region.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi by February 23.

Non-agricultural use of land especially for the development purpose has recently seen a sharp increase in Sylhet division. By filling croplands, houses, roads, buildings and business establishments are being built in an unplanned manner.

The government on Friday asked all schools and colleges to resume online or virtual classes, as it announced the closure of schools and all educational institutions again from January 21 till February 6, due to a surge in Covid-19 transmission.

The word “haat” brings with it images of some rural setting. Banks of a river, a banyan tree, rows of traders selling their haul under it, that’s what a haat is, right?

Rab has detained nine members of a Mohammadpur-based gang “Lou Thela” on Wednesday, over their alleged involvement in mugging, extortion, drug peddling and more.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday said the proposed Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner Appointment Act, 2022 will fail to fulfil constitutional commitment and people’s expectation.

For the first time, Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate direct flights on the Dhaka-Sharjah-Dhaka route from January 25.

BNP yesterday demanded a proper investigation, alleging that Awami League, not them, spent public money to hire lobbyists abroad.