Front Page
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Underground Metro: First one by 2026
Construction of the country's first underground railway may...
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Dhaka into last four
The penultimate phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) closed...
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Back to cold-war era?
President Vladimir Putin yesterday said Russia was suspending its...
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Bus easier, cheaper
Once built two decades from now, the five metro rail lines costing...
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Quiet, cheerful talk over tea
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tea party at the Gono Bhaban...
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DNCC Mayoral Race: Shafin's polls hope dashed
The Election Commission yesterday rejected the nomination papers of...
Back Page
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Age-old craft under threat
The art of making traditional musical instruments is slowly fading...
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Tortured for a good deed
A madrasa teacher and an imam of a mosque have been beaten up...
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Cameroon opposition party cancels protests
The main opposition Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon called off...
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Sixth-grader 'raped' in Subarnachar
A class-VI student was allegedly raped by two men in Subarnachar...
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Fake ACC men on the prowl
Rab arrested two suspected fraudsters who swindled about 500...
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Reform local govt system
A commission needs to be formed to review and reform the local...
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French priest jailed for sexual abuse
A French priest was Friday sentenced to five years, two without...
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Asia Bibi's lawyer seeking European passport
The Pakistani lawyer who secured the acquittal of a Christian woman...
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Cattle trader killed by BSF
The Border Security Force has shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader...
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Racist Photo: US governor faces calls to resign
Ralph Northam, the Democratic governor of the US state of Virginia,...
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AL leader hacked to death
A group of unidentified criminals hacked an Awami League leader to...
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Thai forest rangers train to tackle wildlife crime
Camo-clad rangers ambush a camp in a lush Thai national park,...
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Turkey captures IS suspects on Syria border: ministry
Troops captured four Islamic State (IS) suspects in a Turkish town...
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Ershad to fly home from S'pore tomorrow
Jatiya Party chief and Leader of the Opposition in parliament HM...
Business
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ACI to bring 'smart' tractors
ACI Motors, a unit of ACI, is set to introduce hi-tech tractors...
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Garment workers demonstrate for dues
A group of workers of a jacket exporter have been staging...
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Regulating convergence of telecom technologies
The telecom sector in general has seen several new technologies...
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US oil giants report strong profits
US oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported strong annual...
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US job growth surges in January despite government shutdown
US job creation had another blockbuster month in January, blowing...
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Japan's labour shortage hits 45-year high
There were 161 jobs for every 100 jobseekers on average last year...
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Eye on e-waste
The electronic waste management industry could be a billion dollar...
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RMG exports soar 36pc
Garment export to non-traditional markets grew by 36.21 percent...
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Data scarcity biggest challenge to SDGs
Data scarcity has emerged as one of the major challenges in...
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A third of UK firms mulling post-Brexit overseas moves
Almost a third of British companies are considering moving or...
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Boeing goes bionic to roll out more Dreamliners
Boeing Co is counting on a new kind of worker to help it reach a...
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Budget a trailer: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the final budget of...
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Japan's labour shortage hits 45-year high
There were 161 jobs for every 100 jobseekers on average last year...
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Bangladesh ahead of all
Bangladesh equalled China and India to log in the highest per...
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DITF now a local marketplace
Wahidul Islam, a private service holder, yesterday came to the...
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Washington, Beijing all smiles on trade but doubts persist
The United States and China radiated positivity after this week&...
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New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon.com in India
India's revised e-commerce rules caused widespread disruption...
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Honda lifts profit forecasts
Japan's Honda Motor said Friday it was revising up forecasts...
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Goldman Sachs says 1MDB scandal could hit pay for top executives
The board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Friday it is...
Sports
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A contentious appointment
Former captain Khaled Mashud was appointed team operations manager...
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Dhoni boost for India
Former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has regained full fitness and...
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Jibon breathes life into Abahani
Nabib Newaz Jibon scored the first hattrick of his Bangladesh...
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SHORT CORNER
Qatar celebrated its biggest football achievement after stunning...
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Rangpur riding high
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's Rangpur Riders look to have hit top...
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Imrul included, Liton promoted
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed...
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Young Tigers complete whitewash
Bangladesh Under-19s completed a clean sweep against England Under...
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Sri Lanka face uphill task
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne was rushed to hospital after a...
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Playoff line-up
The penultimate stage of the sixth edition of the Bangladesh...
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Taskin out of NZ tour?
Taskin Ahmed's injury misery has continued as the right-arm...
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Spurs strike late to leapfrog City
Son Heung-min struck late to fire Tottenham into second place in...
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West Indies reduce England
Alzarri Joseph put aside deep personal grief to make two important...
Editorial
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A despicable injustice
Arecent report by Prothom Alo describing how a raped woman in...
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DNCC's plan to renovate playgrounds commendable
The Dhaka North City Corporation's plan to refurbish 26 parks...
Opinion
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CPI 2018: Zero tolerance to criticism is not the answer
First launched in 1995, by the Berlin-based organisation...
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Politics of posters
Level playing field” was the most popular phrase before the 11th...
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Conserve haor to combat climate change impacts
Each year, the second day of February is commemorated worldwide as...
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The geopolitics of National Register of Citizens in Assam
India is witnessing the chaotic process of the National Register of...
Letters
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Myanmar must implement Annan Commission recommendations
The Kofi Annan Commission, led by the late former UN Secretary...
City
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ACC Intervention: 2,478 tea workers get allocation dues
A total of 2,478 tea-plantation workers in Rajnagar of Moulvibazar...
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First Day of SSC Exam: Wrong question papers given to hundreds of examinees
Question papers based on 2018's syllabus were provided to...
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Agri minister pledges increased subsidy
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque yesterday promised to...
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Road Accidents: Two college students among seven lose lives
Seven people, including two college students, were killed and...
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Power lines to go underground in Sylhet
Overhead electricity lines at some key roads of Sylhet city are...
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Man fatally crushed under train
A trader was fatally crushed under the wheels of a train while...
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Another young life cut short
For the last 12 days, a resolute Nusrat fought hard for survival at...
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Khulna Medical College: Acute teacher shortage hampers education
An acute shortage of teachers has been hampering academic and...
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This parliament doesn't have moral legitimacy
BNP yesterday alleged that the 11th parliament lacks legitimacy, as...
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Flooded with 'requests', but none will be entertained
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed yesterday said no request...
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'Robber' shot dead by homeowner
An alleged robber died and one of his associates was injured in an...
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A vile act of cruelty
As a threat to a neighbour centring a land dispute, two persons...
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Accelerating growth real challenge for new govt: EU
Appreciating Bangladesh's impressive economic performance over...
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A joyous day for children
With the first Shishu Prohor (special hours dedicated to children)...
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DBBL awards scholarships to 3,986 students
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) yesterday at a programme awarded...
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Nasim urges BNP to join parliament
Awami League (AL) presidium member Mohammed Nasim yesterday urged...
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7 months on, no budget for BCC
Seven months into the current 2018-19 fiscal, Barishal City...
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80th birthday of Hasan Azizul Huq celebrated at RU
Prominent fiction writer Hasan Azizul Huq's 80th birthday was...
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KU math discipline's founding anniversary observed
The 20th founding anniversary of mathematics discipline at Khulna...
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Only realising fines not the solution: food minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday stressed on raising...
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Fire in N'ganj engine oil warehouse
A fire broke out at a warehouse in Nandalalpur area under Fatullah...
Country
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People in two upazilas suffer as bridge construction stalled
Around 50,000 people of 20 villages in Sadar and Jaldhaka upazilas...
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100 hurt in Habiganj villagers' clash
Over 100 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at...
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Boy found dead in Netrakona
A 14-year-old boy was found dead along the Konsha river in...
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Farmers upset as carrot prices fall
As farmer Hossain Ali of Bhatibari village in Lalmonirhat Sadar...
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Journo beaten, cop closed
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Detective Branch (DB) of police...
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Month-long book fair begins in Pabna
A month long book fair began in the town on Friday.
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Two held over question leak
Police detained two people from Jashore Sadar upazila on Friday for...
World
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Venezuela tensions mount
An active Venezuelan general called on the armed forces to rebel...
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Heavy rainfall to worsen situation
Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state...
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32 wounded in Gaza clashes
Thirty-two Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli troops in...
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Sharif to be shifted to hospital
The Punjab government in Pakistan yesterday consented to a medical...
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'Strangled democracy in Bengal'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on...
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Farewell Facebook
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday she would close...
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Boko Haram killed 'at least 60' in NE Nigeria: Amnesty
Boko Haram killed at least 60 civilians in an attack on the remote...
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo freed by ICC
The International Criminal Court finally freed former Ivory Coast...
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US, China in battle of ideology
In a move that could harden Washington's posture toward...
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6.1 quake rocks Indonesia
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island...
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2,700 indigenous languages dying
There's Ojibwe in Canada, Ami in Australia and Ayapanec in...
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Egypt unveils Pharaonic tomb
Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a Pharaonic tomb containing 50...
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India appoints new CBI chief
Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla...
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BJP faces ire of allies
The Bharatiya Janta Party may increasingly find it difficult to...
Arts & Entertainment
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NIAZ CHOWDHURY TULI
Cover artist Niaz Chowdhury Tuli has been designing books for the...
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Sculpture exhibition concludes at CU
A six-day sculpture exhibition titled, International Celebration of...
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'Debi' coming to Bioscope
The smash hit, Debi, will be available on the online streaming...
Health
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Cancer: myths and realities
The 4th of February is the World Cancer Day. The theme of this year...
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Parents unaware of kids' suicidal thoughts
Parents are frequently unaware of their adolescents' suicidal...
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25% of antibiotic prescriptions could be inappropriate
At least a quarter of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions filled in...
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Empagliflozin reduces the risk of diabetic patients cardiovascular death by 38%
A scientific seminar on ‘Novel glucose lowering medication —...
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The health of refugees and migrants
Around 68.5 million people worldwide are currently displaced, with...