Prices of daily essentials such as rice, vegetables, and fish have gone up in the capital, causing concern among consumers, especially those with limited income.
For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.
Prices of different rice varieties have increased by Tk 3-Tk 5 per kg in the capital over the last two weeks even though the country is in the middle of the harvesting season.
Police have yet to identify or arrest any of the suspects involved in Saturday’s daring robbery in Dhaka’s Uttara, where criminals disguised as Rab personnel snatched Tk 1.08 crore from a Nagad representative.
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.
The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country
Transport workers say declining number of travellers, coordinated traffic management behind improvement
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.
Friday’s attack on two computer traders in the capital’s Elephant Road took place as they refused to pay extortion money to the gang of top criminal Sanjidul Haque Emon, says the case statement.
There is no sign of rice prices going down despite the government’s efforts to stabilise the staple market, including expansion of Open Market Sale (OMS) programme and the move to accelerate imports.
Inadequate gas supply has been forcing Farzana Akter and Rabiul Islam to eat at restaurants every morning for two weeks.
The prices of almost all varieties of rice have been increasing over the past three weeks, despite the withdrawal of import duties and the inflow of rice imports.
The National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) is struggling to manage an overwhelming number of patients, far exceeding its 1,000-bed capacity, leaving many to receive treatment on the floor or in overcrowded corridors.
Sub-Inspector Anup Biswas was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being hit in the head by a chunk of brick during the quota reforms protests in the capital’s Rampura on July 18.
On a bed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a teenage girl lies motionless, her back marked by deep stab wounds, inflicted by a stalker whose relentless harassment escalated into a night of terror.
Rakib Hossain, a barber from Narayanganj, has been fighting two battles since the July mass uprising -- one for his health and another for his family’s survival.
Every evening, a group of 25 to 30 children, aged between 8 and 14, gather by a pond in Barguna’s LGED Bhaban.
Prices of onion have dipped by up to Tk 40 per kg in the capital’s retail markets as the supply has surged sharply over the last two weeks.
