Shaheen Mollah

Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits

Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.

4d ago

An Eid evening at Pongu Hospital: overflowing emergency, lingering waits

The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country

6d ago

Eid rush eases at Gabtoli Bus Terminal after two days of chaos

Transport workers say declining number of travellers, coordinated traffic management behind improvement

1w ago

Eid rush begins

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers left Dhaka by road, rail, and river yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha at home, enjoying mostly hassle-free journeys ahead of the 10-day Eid vacation.

1w ago

Spice prices drop ahead of Eid

Prices of most spices have dropped in Dhaka’s kitchen markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, giving some relief to consumers, but rising vegetable prices are putting extra pressure on fixed middle-income people.

1w ago

Cattle sales yet to pick up pace

With only two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Dhaka are yet to pick up full momentum.

1w ago

City chokes as protests wreak havoc

Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.

3w ago

TCB resumes sale amid price hike, low turnout

Under this mobile "Truck Sale" initiative, TCB is selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidised rates. The prices are set at Tk 135 per litre for cooking oil, Tk 85 per kg for sugar, and Tk 80 per kg for lentils

3w ago
June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025

Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits

Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.

June 8, 2025
June 8, 2025

An Eid evening at Pongu Hospital: overflowing emergency, lingering waits

The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country

June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025

Eid rush eases at Gabtoli Bus Terminal after two days of chaos

Transport workers say declining number of travellers, coordinated traffic management behind improvement

June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025

Eid rush begins

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers left Dhaka by road, rail, and river yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha at home, enjoying mostly hassle-free journeys ahead of the 10-day Eid vacation.

June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025

Spice prices drop ahead of Eid

Prices of most spices have dropped in Dhaka’s kitchen markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, giving some relief to consumers, but rising vegetable prices are putting extra pressure on fixed middle-income people.

June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025

Cattle sales yet to pick up pace

With only two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Dhaka are yet to pick up full momentum.

May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025

City chokes as protests wreak havoc

Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.

May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025

TCB resumes sale amid price hike, low turnout

Under this mobile "Truck Sale" initiative, TCB is selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidised rates. The prices are set at Tk 135 per litre for cooking oil, Tk 85 per kg for sugar, and Tk 80 per kg for lentils

May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025

Over 48,400 arrested in one month

Police have arrested over 48,400 people across the country over the last one month, according to data from the Police Headquarters.

May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025

Five-year-old girl strangled to death in city

On Monday afternoon, five-year-old Roza Moni got hungry while playing in front of her house in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara. She went to her mother and asked for lunch, but the meal was not ready yet.