Bangladesh, Pakistan pledge joint efforts against drugs, terrorism
Bangladesh and Pakistan have expressed their commitment to work together to combat drugs and terrorism...
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3 drug peddlers arrested with heroin at Rampal
The joint forces have arrested three alleged drug traders and seized heroin, cash money and other belongings from their possessions at Adaghat village under Rampal in Bagerhat on Friday night...
Rightist, religion-based forces grow after uprising: Badruddin Umar
Jatiya Mukti Council president Badruddin Umar on Friday said that after the victory of students-people uprising ousting the Awami League fascist government past year, the rightist and religion-based political forces grew in the country.
New clashes rock Druze as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin
Armed tribes supported by Syria鈥檚 Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community鈥檚 Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.
25 drug peddlers, addicts held in Sylhet
The police arrested 25 individuals, including two women, on charges of selling and consuming different sorts of drugs in Sylhet on Saturday evening...
3 drug traffickers held with foreign pistol in city
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday night arrested three drug traffickers along with a firearm and ammunition in the capital...
3 of a family lynched in Muradnagar
A woman and her son and daughter were beaten to death in Cumilla鈥檚 Muradnagar upazila on Thursday morning, allegedly for their involvement in drug dealing...
Popular Life wins prize for drug abuse prevention initiatives
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited on Thursday won the first prize for its initiatives against drug abuse, said a press release...
Nabbing drug peddlers not enough, go after drug lords: Jahangir to DNC
Home affairs adviser retried Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday called drug and corruption as the worst afflictions of society and lamented that no measures could rein in their rampant spread...
Sri Lanka seizes $76 million smuggled drugs this year
Sri Lanka鈥檚 anti-narcotics drive has resulted in the seizure of more than three tonnnes (6,600 pounds) of illegal drugs with a street value of $76 million this year, officials said Monday...
Prof Badruzzaman elected as BAS fellow
Bangladesh Academy of Science, the apex organisation of eminent scientists and technologists, elected Professor ABM Badruzzaman, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, as Fellow in its 16th council meeting on May 18...
10 BGB personnel injured in attack by arrestee鈥檚 supporters
At least 10 Border Guard Bangladesh personnel, including its 64 Battalion deputy commander, were injured as supporters of an arrested Yaba peddling suspect attacked a BGB patrol team in the Moulvibazar area under Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district Monday afternoon...
Six journalists hurt in attack on DRU
A case was filed on Thursday over an attack carried out allegedly by a collaborator of the Awami League and his supporters on the premises of Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday night...
2 BGB members hurt in attack by drug peddlers
At least two members of the Border Guard Bangladesh were injured in an attack allegedly by suspected drug dealers at the Nazir Gomani border under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early Sunday...
Syed Badruddin Hossain Theatre Fest ends
The four-day Syed Badruddin Hossain Memorial Theatre Festival 2025 ended on Sunday with the staging of Natya Teertha鈥檚 production Dwip at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...
RAJUK to demolish 3,382 illegally built buildings in Dhaka
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha chairman engineer Md Riazul Islam on Monday said work of identifying illegal parts of 3,382 under construction buildings in Dhaka that deviated from the design has began.
Govt should strictly regulate drug pricing decisions
PRICES of various brands of the same medicine vary. They vary depending on on the manufacturers. And, this suggests the absence of proper oversight on drug pricing. This remains a concern as the Directorate General of Drug Administration has only 117 essential drugs on its platter to set the maximum prices for. An earlier estimate shows that Bangladesh manufactures...
Prices vary for same meds
Prices of the identical generic drugs vary considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer in the country due to a lack of government oversight regarding drug pricing...
Badruddin Umar not to accept Independence Award
Writer and left politician Badruddin Umar in a statement on Thursday announced that he would not accept Independence Day award...
2 arrested for attack on police
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested two youths allegedly engaged in drug dealing for attack on police in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city on Thursday...
How do we address Awami League conundrum?
THE political landscape of Bangladesh has been irrevocably altered by the events of July and August 2024, when the Awami League, led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, responded to student-led protests with brutal repression. Law enforcement, alongside party activists, cracked down on predominantly non-violent demonstrations, culminating...
Zambia invites Bangladesh for drug plant
Zambia has invited Bangladesh to explore the opportunities of establishing a pharmaceutical plant in its land while the southern African nation is keen to Bangladesh made pharmaceutical products...
US announces 15 more drugs for price talks
The aim is to reduce or eliminate the amount paid by beneficiaries of Medicare, a health coverage program available to Americans over the age of 65...
Bangladesh鈥檚 VAT conundrum
The recent decision of the interim government to expand the VAT net and hike VAT rates at the behest of the International Monetary Fund has justifiably attracted harsh criticisms from all quarters. This is the worst decision of the interim government since its inception following the overthrow of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina and is hence bound...
Farmer beaten to death by youths over drug consumption
A 54-year-old farmer was beaten to death, reportedly after attempting to stop a group of youths from consuming marijuana in Puthia village of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday night...
US approves first drug treatment for sleep apnoea
Zepbound, from drugmaker Eli Lilly, is already approved for people who are obese or overweight and have a related health condition, such as type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol or high blood pressure...
True liberation war history not yet written: Badruddin Umar
Eminent writer and researcher Badruddin Umar claimed that true history of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War had not been written and what had been written was the official narrative and 80-90 per cent of those were fabricated.
Jasod leader killed during police drive
A Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-jasod leader was killed during an anti-drug drive by the police on Friday night at Bheramara upazila in Kusthia.
India鈥檚 Adelaide drubbing puts Rohit under scrutiny
India鈥檚 second Test drubbing in Adelaide showed that captain Rohit Sharma was failing to bring the aggression needed to beat Australia on their own turf, leading cricket luminaries said...
Suborna Mustafa, husband not allowed to fly aboard
Awami League鈥檚 former lawmaker for reserved seat for women actress Suborna Mustafa and her husband filmmaker Badrul Anam Saud were barred from flying aboard at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning...