Sangbad acting editor Khandaker Moniruzzaman dies of COVID-19
Sangbad acting editor Khandaker Moniruzzaman died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday. He was 70.
Bangladesh businessman held with huge gold, cash, arms, drugs
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested a businessman named Monir Hossain and seized over Tk one crore and a stash..
4.58 lakh acres of Bangladesh forest disappear
Over 4.58 lakh acres of the country’s forestlands, as mentioned in the cadastral survey, have disappeared over the past 70 years..
Evil nexus of corruption active during pandemic, says ACC chair
Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Saturday said that an ‘evil nexus’ of corrupt people was still active in the country..
Bangladesh PM expects armed forces’ enhanced contribution to nation building
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expected the armed forces to earn enhanced professional expertise to contribute more ..
Dhaka University to celebrate centenary next year amid academic, accommodation problems
The Dhaka University is set to celebrate its 100th founding anniversary in July next year while various academic...
Safe food remains a far cry in Bangladesh
The institutionalisation of safe food eludes Bangladesh as the authorities concerned have failed to transform into actions plans laid out in the law book or repeated as rhetoric.
Bangladesh seeks information about 371 Facebook accounts
The government’s requests to Facebook for users’ information along with blocking content rose by 153 per cent year-on-year in the January-June..
Mental health instt registrar, Mind Aid director sent to jail
A Dhaka court sent the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital registrar Abdullah Al Mamun and Mind Aid Hospital..
Bangladesh loses $703m in taxes a year: report
Bangladesh in a year loses around $703.40 million in taxes, which is about 62 per cent of the country’s public health expenditure..
