The government has announced to relax the ongoing nationwide curfew in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Narayanganj from 8am to 5pm for Friday and Saturday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday night. The local administrations will set the timing in other districts. The minister said special prayers will be held in the mosques on Friday, and in temples, churches and pagodas ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the violence-hit state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban at Rampura in the capital on Friday morning. She entered the BTV Bhaban around 9:13am on Friday and inspected all the sections damaged heavily in Thursday’s mayhem by the BNP-Jamaat clique taking advantage of the quota-reform movement. The Prime Minister was seen disappointed and unhappy after witnessing the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought justice from countrymen for widespread destruction of the government establishments during recent nationwide mayhem as she paid visit to vandalised Mirpur-10 Metro Rail Station. “The people of the country have to expose them (culprits involved in nationwide mayhem) to justice. I am seeking justice from the masses. I have no word to describe ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (July 25) alleged that leaders and workers of the opposition political parties including the BNP were being arrested constantly over the last couple of days. Strongly protesting and condemning the arrest, he issued a statement on Thursday. In his statement, Mirza Fakhrul has demanded to bring those before justice who were ...

India’s healthcare sector requires more allocation of funds for better research and to provide better facilities to a vast number of people, said experts on Monday, a day ahead of the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23. Currently, India’s public healthcare spending remains low with just 1.6 to 1.8 ...

In a world where slowing down, compared to others, in both professional and personal life is seen as a sign of failure, “self-care” is a term we are conscious of but fail to incorporate into our lives. From waking up to hitting the bed at night, we are constantly running, trying to finish the to-do list we’ve created, meet deadlines, ...

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) chairman and former lawmaker Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho has been arrested. Partho was arrested from his Gulshan residence in the capital at about 1AM on Thursday, said Detective Branch (DB) Chief Md Harun-Or-Rashid. He added, Andaleeve Rahman was arrested on charge of inciting violence during the Quota Reform Movement. He was produced before a court at ...

Bangladesh Bank has lent around Tk 25,521 crore to commercial banks and financial institutions to meet cash demands on Wednesday. Shariah-based banks have borrowed around Tk 1500 crore, while other banks and financial institutions have borrowed the rest. The central bank shared the information in a press release on Thursday. Banks faced tremendous cash withdrawal pressure on Wednesday when they ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday morning visited the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur 10. She inspected different parts of the station which was totally devastated in the recent mayhem centering the student movement for reformation of quota in public service. Senior officials of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) briefed the PM regarding the destruction and the ...

Ekushey Padak and Bangla Academy Award-winning linguist, educationist and essayist Prof Dr Mahbubul Haque passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) early Thursday. He breathed his last around 1:45am while undergoing treatment at the hospital in Dhaka. He had been suffering from heart and kidney diseases for a long time, said Prokash Das Gupta, assistant professor of Bangla Department at ...