Gaza death toll rises to 40,476
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 40,476 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its 11th month...
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Authorities must resume all dengue containment activities
A RELAXED anti-mosquito drive in the peak monsoon season in August has resulted in an increase in dengue death and infection. Both death and infection rates have doubled in August compared with that in June and July. At least 20 people died of dengue, as the Directorate General of Health Services says, and 4,041 were admitted to hospital in 21 days...
Hasina sued over RMG worker鈥檚 death
A murder case was filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 24 others for killing a garment worker during the mass uprising in the city鈥檚 Adabor area on August 5.
2 students among 4 beaten to death
Four people, including two students, were beaten to death in two separate incidents in Jatrabari and Wari areas in the capital on Wednesday...
Humayun Azad鈥檚 death anniversary today
Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of poet, essayist and linguist Humayun Azad whose bold literary expressions and uncompromising position on progressivism made him a household name...
Death toll rises to 377 as one more bullet injured dies
The death toll from the student protests rose to 377 as a bullet injured youth died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital in Dhaka...
Disappearance perpetrators must be brought to justice
THE new government that would be installed this evening should establish legal liability for victims of extrajudicial killing, custodial death, torture and enforced disappearances done during the authoritarian Awami League regime for a meaningful political transformation in the days to come. Rights organisations say that security forces have been...
Suraiya Begum鈥檚 21st death anniversary today
Today is the twenty-first anniversary of the death of Suraiya Begum, an associate professor of the Department of Information Science and Library Management of the...
National Mass-Inquiry Commission to investigate quota movement deaths, arrests of students
A national mass inquiry commission was formed on Monday to investigate the crimes of killing, shooting, torture and mass arrests of students and people linked to the student protests for quota reform in July 16鈥�21...
Man shot dead in Noakhali
A 35-year-old man was shot to death on Monday allegedly by a group of miscreants at Sonaimuri in Noakhali...
Najah Zayaan鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 16th death anniversary of Najah Zayaan, daughter of TV talk-show presenter Zillur Rahman...
Ershad鈥檚 death anniv today
The 5th death anniversary of former president and founder chairman of Jatiya Party Hussain Muhammad Ershad will be observed on Sunday...
Deplorable absence of efforts to ensure workplace safety
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
Shibtosh Roy鈥檚 23rd death anniv today
The 23rd death anniversary of internationally-reputed arsenic researcher Shibtosh Roy will be observed on Tuesday.
The true catastrophe of our times
I HAVE been writing about climate change for so many years now but, in truth, it was always something I read about and took in globally. It was happening out there, often in horrific ways, but not what I felt I was living through myself...
Poet Abul Hussain鈥檚 10th death anniv today
Today is the 10th death anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi poet Abul Hussain.
Shafiur Rahman鈥檚 13th death anniv today
Today is the 13th anniversary of the death of classical music connoisseur and founding general secretary of the 鈥楽huddha Sangeet Prasar Goshthi鈥�, Shafiur Rahman...
Kamal Lohani鈥檚 death anniv today
The fourth death anniversary of Ekushey Padak winning renowned journalist Kamal Lohani will be observed on Thursday.
First anniv of death of Serajul Alam Khan observed
The first anniversary of death of Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organisers of the country鈥檚 War of Independence, was observed on Sunday...
7th death anniv of former CJ Latifur Rahman today
Today is the seventh death anniversary of former chief justice and former caretaker government chief adviser Latifur Rahman...
ASK condemns woman鈥檚 death in police custody in Jashore
Ain O Salish Kendra, a rights organisation, in a statement on Monday condemned the incident of a woman who died allegedly in police custody at Abhaynagar police station in Jashore on Sunday...
Schoolboy beaten to death in Ctg
A 15-year-old schoolboy who was beaten allegedly by his neighbours at Boalkhali聽 upazila in Chattogram died at CMCH on Sunday evening...
Ishwardi EPZ female worker stabbed to death, husband arrested
A female worker of Ishwardi Export Processing Zone was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband on Sunday morning in front of the EPZ...
Woman dies in police custody in Jashore
A woman died allegedly in police custody at Abhaynagar police station in Jashore on Sunday.....
Rajshahi lawmaker lodges GD over 鈥榙eath threat鈥�
Omar Faruk Chowdhury, lawmaker of Rajshahi-1 constituency comprising Godagari and Tanore, lodged a general diary on Thursday night over an alleged death threat...
ICC case filed for journalists鈥� death in Gaza
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Monday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court over Palestinian journalists killed or injured in Gaza...
Samsul Alam 3rd death anniv today
Today is the third death anniversary of Dr Samsul Alam, also known as S Alam, a medical expert in the early days of Bangladesh鈥檚 independence...
Journalist Mallik鈥檚 death anniv today
The 18th death anniversary of Eastern News Agency founding editor Golam Rasul Mallik will be observed today.
Majibur-Rabeya couple 4th death anniv today
The 4th death anniversary of Md Majibur Rahman Patwary and Rabeya Begum, parents of Md Anowar Habib Kazal, senior assistant director...
Two get death penalty for killing salesman
The Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal on Wednesday sentenced two youths to death for killing a mobile phone salesman in 2021...