Bangladeshi architect Kashef Chowdhury, director of Bangladeshi architecture firm Urbana, has been announced the winner of the 2021 International Prize for the World’s Best New Building by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for his Friendship Hospital project.
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a growing health risk and matter of concern for Bangladesh, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam went inside some newly built drains yesterday to inspect the construction work.
There’s no city bus service for 1.7 million residents of Khulna for the last four years.
Students of different departments from the academic session of 2016-17 at Dhaka University, who are done with the final exams, are unable to apply for jobs due to delay in publishing results.
The block lettered sign on the ochre yellow building reads “Nazirabazar Matri Sadan”. Right beside it, a large banner reads -- “24-hour normal delivery service for expecting mothers”.
A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi by February 23.
Sixty-two-year-old Anwar Hossain, a resident of Old Dhaka’s Hazaribagh, had tested positive for Covid-19 four days back. He was receiving treatment at home.
The anti-sexual harassment cell at Jahangirnagar University remains almost non-functional even after a decade of inception.
Even when it’s afternoon, one can barely see anything inside. Many beds are worn-down, while others don’t have any covers.
