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Front Page

Won't accept BNP charter until disposal of plea at HC

In line with a High Court directive, the Election Commission will...
Four technocrat ministers resign

All four technocrat ministers in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet...
The ball now in PM's court

Leftist parties in talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last...
Election schedule earlier this time

The Election Commission seems to be in an unusual hurry to announce...

22 top cops promoted

The Superior Selection Board (SSB) approved the promotion of 22 top...
Movement if talks fail

Jatiya Oikyafront has threatened to intensify agitation through a...
Zim roar as Tigers whimper

When Ariful Haque was the last batsman to be dismissed, top-edging...

Back Page

Gas crisis to stay for at least another week

The ongoing gas crisis is likely to linger for at least another...
Turkey won't abide by US sanctions on Iran: Erdogan

President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Turkey would not abide by...
US votes in midterm polls

After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race,...

Where no party has complete grip

Like Khulna division from which it was carved out, Barishal has...
France arrests six over plot to attack Macron

French police yesterday arrested five men and a woman, all from the...
Passengers suffer as cops stop and search buses

In an apparent attempt to prevent city's Suhrawardy Udyan...

China unveils new space station

China yesterday unveiled a replica of its first permanently crewed...
No need to return Tk 615cr to 17 firms, businessmen

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed its earlier verdict that...
JMB leader killed in 'gunfight'

The chief coordinator of banned militant outfit Jama'atul...

Business

Shipping Corporation gets Tk 300cr tax breaks on vessel import

The National Board of Revenue yesterday handed out value-added tax...
Export earnings jump 30pc in October

Export earnings climbed 30.53 percent year-on-year to $3.71 billion...
Runner Automobiles IPO gets nod

The stockmarket regulator yesterday approved an initial public...
DCCI seeks Malaysia's help to be halal certifier

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) wants to work...
Chart out new plan to protect all from impending global disasters: Prof Yunus

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called upon the...
France races to save EU digital tax proposal

France said Tuesday it is prepared to delay an EU-wide tax on high...
Govt eyes $60b exports in 3 years

The government has come up with a host of incentives including low...

Bangladesh should get ready to tackle impacts: analysts

Bangladesh should take preparations to face the impacts of the US...
Shahjalal Islami Bank to issue bond

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed...
Go for free trade deal with EU instead of GSP

Trade economists yesterday suggested the government to sign free...
Australia central bank lifts economic growth forecast

Australia's central bank said the economy was "performing...
US services sector retreats from record growth, trade cited

The broad US services sector cooled slightly in October after a...
Amazon plans to split second headquarters in two cities

Amazon.com Inc is planning to split its second headquarters evenly...

Call drop lower than developed world's

Mobile phone operators yesterday said the industry average for call...
UCB gets green light to issue bond

United Commercial Bank has received permission from the stockmarket...
BKB, Rakub lending at a loss

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank ...
Samsung rolls out campaign targeting wedding

Samsung Electronics Bangladesh has recently launched a campaign...
EU business lobby dismisses China's latest opening pledge

The EU business lobby in China has dismissed President Xi Jinping&...
German industrial orders rise 0.3pc

German industrial companies booked a rise in orders in September,...

Sports

Barca through to last 16 after Inter draw

Barcelona qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League...
'This will revive Zim cricket'

They came to Bangladesh without a win in Test cricket in more than...
Sylhet upholds tradition of losing inagural tests

The Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah hosted its inaugural...
Tigers' frailty exposed

Test cricket is so named because it tests temperament, adaptability...

PERFORMER OF THE DAY: Shipshape Sikander

Off-spinner Sikandar Raza claimed three crucial wickets as Zimbabwe...
Utd face Juve; Real meet Plzen

Paul Pogba will return to the club that shaped him as Manchester...
Women get three-match tournament

Although Bangladesh has national women's teams for football,...

Kings, Sk Jamal into last eight

Bashundhara Kings and Sheikh Jamal completed the quarterfinal line...
Barishal, Khulna fight back

Tier-1 leaders Rajshahi Division suffered a minor blow to their bid...
'No point in playing Tests like this'

The ongoing home series against Zimbabwe, Test cricket's...

Editorial

Why have the evicted Santals not been rehabilitated yet?

It is shocking that even after two years, around 1,200 Santal...

Kurigram's general hospital in a mess!

The Kurigram General Hospital was upgraded to 250 beds in 2010....

Opinion

Will the Iran sanctions work?

Last month, a flotilla of ships carrying more than 20 million...
Thinking School: A catalyst for transformational change in education

It's a common scene to see children in our streets in the...

TREXIT: A departure from truth?

The wars that we wage within and beyond our own borders kill us....

Paralysed State

This is not the first time the Pakistani state has been cowed by a...

Letters

Will the dialogue bear fruit?

The entire nation earnestly hopes that the planned dialogue between...

City

Expired meds worth Tk 2cr seized

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive seized huge amounts of life...
Cancer specialists visit United Hospital

A 30-member team of cancer specialists from the Forum and Nuclear...
PM opens Savar Tannery City, two industrial parks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated Savar Tannery...
Unfounded lists spark concern, confusion

Two unsubstantiated lists of tribal refugees and internally...
ASI arrested with yaba pills in Sitakunda

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police ...
Prof Goutam reappointed CVASU vice chancellor

Prof Goutam Buddha Das was reappointed as vice chancellor of...
Don't defer polls schedule declaration

Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront yesterday demanded...

BNP to observe 'Revolution and Solidarity Day' today

The BNP will observe, what it says, National Revolution and...
Seven Sunnydale students win President Scout Award

Seven students of Sunnydale School have won the prestigious...
Focus now on yaba smugglers: Rab DG

Drug dealers are adopting new techniques, and have also changed the...
Form separate ministry to fight non-infectious diseases: Speakers

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to form a...
DCI launches 'Children Helping Children' in Canada

Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI), an...
1 die, 3 injured in fire incidents in capital

One person died while there others were injured in two separate...
War Crimes: ICT investigation agency finds evidence against 8 Pirojpur men

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal...

Unapproved construction causes adjacent building to subside

A six-storey building subsided in Rajshahi city's Chandipur...
CCC drive smears English signboards

A number of signboards written in English were smeared with black...
No strike, work abstention before election

Amidst strong criticism over their recent strike, road transport...
Probe report deadline on Dec 6

A Dhaka court once again asked detectives to submit the probe...
Dr Zohra's death anniversary today

Today is the 11th death anniversary of Prof Zohra Begum Kazi, the...
HC forms committee to test quality of Wasa water

The High Court yesterday formed a five-member committee to examine...

Country

Rivers in Lalmonirhat drying up

Many fishermen in the district are changing their ancestral...
2016 attack on Santals a shame for nation, says Sultana Kamal

Killing, looting and arson attack on Santals in Gobindaganj upazila...
12 BNP-Jamaat men arrested

At least 12 BNP and Jamaat leaders and activists were arrested in...
Woman strangled by husband

A woman was strangled allegedly by her husband on Saturday over the...
Madrasa boy found dead

Police recovered the decomposed body of a madrasa boy in Hossainpur...

Arum farming on rise in Tangail

Farmers in the district are getting interested in commercial...
Faridpur road in bad shape

The people of 50 villages under three unions of Boalmari upazila...
Physically challenged woman raped

A physically challenged rape victim from Adampur union under...
None arrested yet

Nine days into the incident, none has been arrested yet in a case...
Tk 3cr Yaba pills seized

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 1.15 lakh Yaba tablets worth...

Munna shines through dragon fruit farming

Adharsha Gram, a remote village in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari...
'Give capital punishment to Sanwar's killers'

Villagers and family members of Md Sanwar Hossain, who was killed...
'Drug peddler' dies in 'gunfight' with DB police

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' with...
PUST closed sine die

Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) has been closed...
Woman killed in Habiganj clash

A woman was killed and 25 others were injured in a clash between...

World

BITS OF HISTORY (NOVEMBER 6)

Hebert Hoover becomes US President
Macron pushes for real European army

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called for a "real...
Ex-SS guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany

A former SS guard, aged 94, yesterday went on trial in Germany...
435 Afghans killed or injured in poll: UN

More than 400 Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related...
India's Faizabad will now be called Ayodhya

In yet another name change, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh...

Blue wave or red?

Immigration, health care, jobs. The extraordinary US midterm...
Millions barred from casting ballots

Millions of Americans were barred from casting ballots in yesterday...
13 migrants killed, 80 rescued at sea: Spain

Thirteen sub-Saharan African migrants died and another 80 were...
Most Britons back staying in EU: poll

Britons would vote to remain in the European Union by a 54-46...
Facebook blocks 115 accounts

Facebook said it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85...

Web inventor wants new 'contract' to make net safe

The inventor of the World Wide Web on Monday called for a "...
Congress beats BJP in Karnataka by-polls

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday suffered a...
US, China to hold top-level security talks

US and China will hold top-level security talks on Friday, the...
IS left behind 200 mass graves in Iraq: UN

More than 200 mass graves containing up to 12,000 victims have been...

Arts & Entertainment

Shajal not shy to play challenging roles

Popular actor Shajal has carved a space for himself in the...
Akshay announces 'Mission Mangal'

Akshay Kumar recently announced his next film, Mission Mangal, on...

A tribute to Bhupen Hazarika on his death anniversary

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) and Byatikram MASDO jointly...

Macbethto be staged at Bharat Rang Mahotsav

Department of Theatre and Performance Studies of University of...

Shift

Gypsy Danger

The Maruti Suzuki Gypsy is not a new car, even though you can have...

Dodge Super Charger

FCA has made a special restomod 1968 Dodge Charger, called the...

BMW launches iPerformance PHEV line in Bangladesh

Executive Motors Ltd, authorized importer and dealer of BMW...