DU celebrates Korean Cultural Day
With the aim of further strengthening the cultural ties between Bangladesh and Korea, Korean Cultural Day was celebrated at Dhaka University on Sunday...
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Indices rally at DSE, CSE
Stocks witnessed a sharp rise at the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, as indices, turnover and most share prices moved higher...
Dhaka Bank MD Mohammad Maroof resigns
Sheikh Mohammad Maroof has stepped down as managing director of Dhaka Bank after serving less than a year in the post...
City strained under weight of its people
DHAKA, a teeming capital, is a living example of what happens when urbanisation can outstrip planning. A sprawling city with more than 20 million, it is about to explode. Its crowded, polluted streets, survival struggles and squalor tell the story of a desperate metropolis. Every morning, millions of Dhaka residents endure agonising commutes, stuck in traffic that snakes...
DB arrests My TV chairman Nasir Uddin in murder case
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch on Sunday arrested Md Nasir Uddin, chairman of the private TV channel My TV, in a murder case related to the July Uprising.
Youth lynched in Dhaka鈥檚 Lalbagh area
In yet another incident of lynch-mob attack, a youth was killed at Lalbagh in the capital on early Sunday...
One more dengue patient dies, 466 hospitalised in 24 hours
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 105 this year...
Rickshaw-puller beaten at Dhanmondi 32 gets bail
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to rickshaw-puller Azizur Rahman, who was beaten by a mob while trying to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka on August 15, in an attempted murder case related to the July uprising...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continues to be 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 50
Under the influence of rains, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 75th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 50 at 9:30am on Sunday morning...
3 construction workers found dead in Dhaka
The police on Saturday recovered the bodies of three construction workers from a water tank at an under-construction building in the capital鈥檚 Bashundhara Residential Area...
BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premieres 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥�
BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premiered its children鈥檚 theatre production titled 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥� at Naat Mandal of Dhaka University on Saturday...
Ctg鈥揇haka pipeline starts fuel supply
The Chattogram-Dhaka pipeline started supplying fuel on Saturday, with power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Faozul Kabir Khan inaugurating the facility on the day...
Market capitalisation falls by Tk 3,396 cr in week
The Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed a sharp decline throughout the week, losing Tk 3,396 crore in market capitalisation as share prices dropped on most trading days...
Man killed in road accident in Dhaka鈥檚 Kadamtali area
A man was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in the capital鈥檚 Kadamtali area on early Saturday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality in 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone with AQI score of 80
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone on Saturday morning...
DNCC writes to govt agencies for protection
The Dhaka North City Corporation has sent letters to the relevant government agencies, urging them to prevent the sale, purchase, or change in land use of areas earmarked in the Detailed Area Plan for parks, playgrounds and waterbodies...
Take country forward by utilising power of youth: seminar
Dhaka University pro-vice-chancellor for administration Professor Sayema Haque Bidisha at a seminar on Thursday said that it was the right time to take the country forward by utilising the power of youth...
Dhaka-Ctg petroleum pipeline opens today
The first-ever petroleum pipeline from the southeastern port city of Chattogram to the capital Dhaka will be operational from tomorrow morning, a ministry official said here today...
DU teachers hold public performance on campus
Dhaka University Shikkhak Samaj, a platform of the university teachers, on Thursday organised a public performance to mark the first anniversary of the July mass uprising...
Sedition charge pressed against Hasina, 285 others
The Criminal Investigation Department of the police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a sedition case filed with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in March this year...
Ctg-Dhaka fuel supply thru pipeline begins Saturday
The country is set to formally launch its first-ever underground pipeline-based fuel transportation facility from Chattogram to Dhaka on Saturday...
Body of woman recovered from her house at Shewrapara in Dhaka
A 30-year-old woman was found dead at her house at Shamim Sarani in Shewrapara area of the capital on early Thursday...
Protesters in Gazipur disrupt train services between Dhaka, north
Train communications with Dhaka and the country鈥檚 northern part were disrupted for around 40 minutes on Thursday morning as a group of diploma engineering students blocked the rail track in Gazipur...
BMD predicts rain in Dhaka, six other divisions in next 24 hours
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain at many places in seven divisions, including Dhaka, in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Thursday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air continues to be 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 83
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 22nd on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 83 at 10:20am on Thursday...
Travel ban issued against independent TV CEO Shamsur Rahman
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Independent Television chief executive officer and its editor M Shamsur Rahman in connection with a graft charge.
Brothers players gather over non payment
The non-payment issue in the domestic league is gripping the country鈥檚 cricket again, as several players from the Brothers Union of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League gathered at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday...
30 people held combing operation in Karwan Bazar areas in 24 hours
Police have arrested 30 people suspecting their suspected involvement in different crimes, including mugging in Karwan Bazar and adjacent areas in the capital in 24 hours till Wednesday morning...
DUCSU ELECTIONS:聽Nomination collection begins聽
The nomination paper collection process for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections began on Tuesday.
Major Sadikul鈥檚 wife gives confessional statement over secret meeting in Dhaka
Sumaiya Tahmid Zafrin, wife of Major Sadikul Haque (currently under military custody), has given confessional statement in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a secret meeting allegedly organised by activists of banned outfit Bangladesh Chhatra League in Dhaka.