Govt trims project cost after WB withdraws fund
The government on Tuesday trimmed the cost of a project by Tk 462.26 crore after the World Bank withdrew US$50 million fund citing failure in maintaining loan conditions.
Free Bangladeshi migrant Rayhan Kabir: HRW
The Malaysian authorities’ arrest of a Bangladeshi migrant worker who was featured in an Al Jazeera documentary was clear retaliation..
PM orders all out assistance to flood-hit people
With an apprehension of prolonged flood across the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the government officials to remain prepared for extending..
16 makeshift cattle markets begin today in Dhaka
Sacrificial animal sales begin at 16 makeshift cattle markets in the capital today amid serious health concerns due to coronavirus situation.
Zafrullah urges PM to hold fair polls, visit Khaleda on Eid day
Gonoshasthaya Kendra trustee Zafrullah Chowdhury on Monday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold the next general election..
Four, including Rohingya boy, killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight
Four people, including a teenage Rohingya refugee, were killed in a gunfight between two groups of suspected drug peddlers at Nayabarar area of Hoykong union of Teknaf early Tuesday.
Spread of dengue feared as many patients go unreported
Many dengue patients in Dhaka and across the country are going unreported as the government collect patients’ information from only 41 hospitals ..
Stay ready to tackle situation if flood lingers, says PM
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her party leaders and activists to remain prepared..
Shahed on 38-day remand
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday remanded Regent Group chairman Shahed Karim alias Mohammad Shahed for 38 days..
Dhaka University student picked up by ‘DB police’
A Dhaka University master’s student remained missing after a group of people identifying themselves as Detective Branch members picked him..
