Ramadan begins
The Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country on Saturday as the new crescent ..
Next budget likely on June 11
The government is scheduled to announce the new fiscal budget in parliament on June 11, although the process of its preparation has been..
Destitute women, children throng street corners for relief as shutdown continues
The streets of Dhaka are far from wearing the look expected of a city under lockdown when a highly contagious virus continues to ravage most its densely populated areas.
Global virus deaths top 180,000, WHO warns ‘long way to go’
The World Health Organisation has warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight...
Dhaka needs no Indian army to fight COVID-19: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said that Bangladesh did not require services of the Indian Army team for containing COVID-19 pandemic.
More people defy shutdown order
More vehicles and people were seen out in the streets in the capital as elsewhere across the country on Wednesday in violation of the nationwide ..
Moslehuddin handed over to Dhaka: NDTV
India’s NDTV has reported that Indian intelligence agencies have handed over Risaldar Moslehuddin, fugitive condemned to death for the murder..
Former cabinet secy Sadaat dies
Former cabinet secretary and former chairman of the Public Service Commission Sadaat Husein died at United Hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday night. He was 73.
Kitchen market relocation faces hurdles
Authorities concerned in Dhaka are taking various strategies including relocation of retail kitchen markets to thin crowds there as the crowded marketplaces ..
Mask Controversy No government probe initiated yet
The government seems indifferent to run an investigation into the supply of fake N95 masks to government hospitals by a Bangladeshi company..
