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RAB arrests horse-riding protester
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:48pm on April 04, 2021
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a Hefazat-e-Islam activist who participated in a procession in Narsingdi riding on a horse during the countrywide strike on March...
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Many missing as launch capsizes in Sitalakhya
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:25pm on April 04, 2021
The body of a passenger was recovered while scores remained missing as a launch capsized in the River Sitalakhya in Narayanganj as a cargo vessel...
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Traders on demo for allowing shops to run during restrictions
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:56pm on April 04, 2021
Traders and shop owners staged demonstrations at New Market and Bashundhara City Shopping Complex areas in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon in demand of permissions to...
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Daily cases surge past 7,000 in Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:08pm on April 04, 2021
The daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a fresh record, crossing the 7,000-mark for the first time, in the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am...
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Mozammel Hoque joins as Southern University VC
Staff Correspondent. Chattogram | Updated at 05:02pm on April 04, 2021
Mohammad Mozammel Hoque, former first vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, joined Southern University as vice-chancellor, said a press release on Sunday...
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People rush home as govt declares shutdown for COVID-19
Shahin Akhter and Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 04:08pm on April 04, 2021
Thousands of people thronged bus, train, ferry and launch terminals in the capital for the second consecutive day on Sunday as government slapped a fresh...
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Case filed against PK Halder, 4 others in Ctg
Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 03:12pm on April 04, 2021
A case was filed against former NBR Global Bank managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder and four other people on Sunday for not paying money to an entrepreneur after buying shares of his...
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Ekushey Book Fair to continue maintaining health guidelines
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 02:59pm on April 04, 2021
Amar Ekushey Book Fair will continue maintaining COVID-19 health safety guidelines during the government imposed restrictions on public movement. The cultural affairs ministry issued a...
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Bangladesh restricts public movement, businesses from Monday
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:36pm on April 04, 2021
The government on Sunday slapped fresh restrictions on public movement and business operations, suspending all modes of public transports across the country for a week...
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AL lawmaker Aslamul dies
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:24pm on April 04, 2021
Ruling Awami League lawmaker M Aslamul Haque died at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 60. Confirming the death, Aslamul’s relative Emran Hossain...