Rape on moving train, 1 held
A woman has filed a rape case alleging that she was sexually assaulted inside the canteen of the Kurigram Express while travelling from Dhaka to...
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Notice seeks battery- rickshaw rules
A legal notice has been served on the government seeking a nationwide ban on pedal-driven rickshaws, formulation of a policy for battery-run rickshaws and stricter...
BNP’s big day turns chaotic
The BNP’s 48th founding anniversary celebrations were marred by clashes between rival factions in three districts on Tuesday, leaving at least 38 people injured and...
Tulip graft case hearing deferred to Jan 11
The hearing on charge framing in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana, and former...
Luxury cars smuggled in as spare parts
A syndicate has allegedly been importing high-value luxury cars from Japan by dismantling them and declaring the vehicles as used spare parts to bypass customs...
Measles, dengue keep hospitals under strain
Public hospitals in Barishal and Dhaka are struggling to cope with a growing number of measles and dengue patients, with several facilities operating well beyond...
‘Gas, power crisis to ease next month’
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that the ongoing gas and electricity crisis will return to normal next month. He said gas...
The slow goodbye to handwritten letters
There was a time when communication meant waiting. A letter could take days or even weeks to arrive. People waited for the postman, listened for...
DSCC targets 100,000kg waste collection thru exchange prog
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Bidyanondo Foundation have launched a programme to collect 100,000kg of waste across the capital over the next year...
Three held over Tk38 lakh mugging in Dhanmondi
Police have arrested three members of a mugging gang and recovered a firearm after they allegedly snatched Tk 38 lakh from a person in Dhaka’s...
Climate change worsens floods, erosion, salinity and drought
Climate change is intensifying challenges such as floods, river erosion, waterlogging, salinity and drought across Bangladesh, Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee has said....
Govt to work swiftly on journalists’ new wage board: Zahed
Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said the government will move quickly to begin work on a new Wage...