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Front Page

New plan for saving 4 rivers

The government has intensified drives in Dhaka and elsewhere to...
Jailing of Jaha Alam: ACC now blames Salek

The Anti-Corruption Commission now blames businessman Abu Salek,...
Dispose of drug cases in 6 months

The High Court yesterday directed the lower courts concerned to...

Cops want land, a fleet of choppers

Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a host of...
Settle police cases fast

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for...
Sighs, cries as crash kills 10-year-old

Clutching her father's fingers, 10-year-old Faija was crossing...

Back Page

Jolie demands Myanmar's 'commitment' to end violence

Angelina Jolie yesterday said that Myanmar must "show genuine...
Poland reports case of 'mad cow disease'

An atypical case of BSE -- commonly dubbed "mad cow disease...
Cameroon apologises for 'anti-Semitic' comments

The Cameroon government has expressed "sincere regret" to...
Tackling Rohingya Crisis: Canada calls for 'transition plan'

Canada wants a transition plan for the Rohingyas as the...
Man killed in 'gunfight between gangs'

A man was killed allegedly in a “gunfight” between two rival...

Slow Internet Speed: Blame game is all they can offer

Bangladesh lags far behind a number of countries in terms of...
Greek PM visits Turkey for talks to ease tensions

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits Turkey, where he will...
US offers Niger ops centre to fight Boko Haram

The United States turned over a communications and operations...
Cyber Safety in Bangladesh: 32pc children bullied online

Around 32 percent children in Bangladesh, aged between 10 and 17,...

Time running out on Qatar labour reform

Qatar is running out of time to stamp out widespread serious labour...
Yemen foes in new talks on troubled prisoner swap deal

Yemen's Saudi-backed government began a new round of UN...
Dhaka City Polls: CEC wants it just like the nat'l election

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said he wanted...
CBI can't arrest Kolkata top cop

Indian Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the CBI can't arrest...

Business

Foreign aid budget to be slashed

The government is likely to revise down the foreign aid allocation...
Minister seeks fair prices for apparel

Bangladesh demanded fair prices for garment items from the US...
Britain's financial heartland unbowed as Brexit risks deepen

Britain's financial services industry has emerged largely...
World Bank leading the charge on development finance

The World Bank, whose new president is due to be appointed by mid...
Merkel says more security needed on Chinese firms

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for safeguards to...
BP annual profit soars to $9.4b on surging oil prices

BP almost trebled its annual net profit to $9.4 billion (8.2...

Overseas investors back to stock markets

Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange bounced back in...
DITF 2019: New consumer electronics a big draw

Multinational and local electronics companies have launched new...
UN says EU could win big in US-China trade war

Neither protagonist in the US-China trade war stands to benefit...
RBI may change stance, inch towards rate cut

The Reserve Bank of India is likely to change its monetary policy...
Indian services growth slows in January as new business slips to four-month low

Growth in India's dominant services sector weakened for a...

BB moves to amend bankruptcy act

The central bank will hold a meeting today to amend the Bankruptcy...
FBCCI's election on April 27

The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of...
Shohoj summoned to court over illegal foreign employment

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the respondents to...
Robishop offers upto 50pc discount on phones

Online platform robishop yesterday launched a campaign offering up...
Apple agrees to pay back-taxes to French authorities

US technology giant Apple said it had reached a deal with France to...

Sports

Seifert blitzkrieg helps Kiwis beat India in opening T20

Opener Tim Seifert's 43-ball 84 helped New Zealand thump India...
A case of bifocal selection

The inclusions of pacers Shafiul Islam and Ebadat Hossain in...
TALK ON

It's a big game and big players step up in big games and it...
Klopp blames injuries for slip

Jurgen Klopp pinpointed a mounting injury list as the explanation...
BFF presents 'token' proposal

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday placed a three...
ACC investigating BFF finances

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent a letter to the...

‘Will be doing our best in ODIs’

Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes reiterated that his team would like...
Big guns set to blaze

A cracker of a match seems to be on the cards with defending...
JU crowned first champs

Jahangirnagar University (JU) were crowned champions in the maiden...
Tearful Neymar wishes for 'new metatarsal'

Neymar celebrated his 27th birthday with a glittering party in...
SHORT CORNER

I have decided on my future, says Hazard

Cameron slams Holder ban

Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron on Tuesday criticised...
Flight of the eliminated

Eight members of the 15-man Bangladesh ODI squad whose franchises...
Chandimal sacked

Sri Lanka's skipper Dinesh Chandimal has been sacked and...
Dorados keeper's bizarre homage to boss

Dorados star Gaspar Servio has bizarrely had a tattoo of World Cup...
'Sarfraz to lead at WC'

Sarfraz Ahmed will continue as Pakistan captain at the World Cup in...

Editorial

PM's call to police

The Prime Minister's call to the police while addressing the...

Don't reward the defaulters

Over the first nine months of 2018, banks waived interests worth Tk...

Opinion

Checking capital flight before it is too late

In a recently published report by the Washington-based research...
The grand delusion of modern money

AS the world goes through messy divorces in Brexit and the US-China...

Climate change, a global security threat

In the last week of January, the United Nations Security Council in...

Building a society where girls feel safe

In the film Taken (released in 2008), Kim, an American 17-year-old...

Letters

Who will compensate Jaha Alam?

The incident of the three-year imprisonment of Jaha Alam over a...

City

Serve people with honesty, sincerity: President to police

President Abdul Hamid urges the police to serve people with honesty...
Ducsu Polls: Centres to be inside dorms

Ignoring the demand from most student bodies, Dhaka University (DU)...
5 get life term for raping 2 sisters

A court in Narayanganj yesterday handed down life imprisonment to...
Authorities launch eviction drive on Khulna canals

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and district administration yesterday...
JU authorities using CCTV to identify 'molester'

Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities are using closed-circuit...
Square Pharma's conference on Feb 9

Some 450 representatives from the government, pharmaceutical...
Eviction on Karnaphuli: 30 structures knocked down on second day

Chattogram district administration demolished at least 30...
8th Bangla Olympiad on Feb 23

International Hope School Bangladesh will organise the 8th Bangla...
2 journos jailed for entering exam centre without permission

A mobile court yesterday sentenced two journalists to one-month...

Customs official, wife sent to jail

A Chattogram court yesterday sent a customs official and his wife...
4 killed in road crashes

At least four people were killed and 15 others injured in road...
30 structures knocked down on second day

Chattogram district administration demolished at least 30...
Abducted girl rescued, 1 held in Gournadi

Seven days into her abduction, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was...
EU to provide 205m euros for quality education

European Union will provide 205 million euros to Bangladesh for...
Jatiya Party won't indulge in destructive politics

Jatiya Party co-chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM...
Mother returns to baby at CMCH

Mother of a newborn baby girl -- who was left in Chattogram Medical...
Man held with 5,300 yaba pills

A man was arrested with 5,300 yaba pills in his possession in...

Submit probe report on ‘Prof’ Abu Sayeed by March 7

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the officer-in-charge of Sher-e...
Stop dumping of industrial waste in waterbodies

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said that dumping of waste...
Selfie with accused!

A sub-inspector of Chattogram district police has come under fire...
Suhrawardy bustling with booklovers

The Suhrawardy Udyan part of the month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha...
Repatriation is a slow and difficult process

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of...
Millionaires in mayoral race

The upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-poll...
BCL infighting in Ctg college leaves 4 injured

Two feuding factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at...
Quader faces the music at parliament

Opposition lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday in parliament...

Country

Serve people with honesty, sincerity: President to police

President Abdul Hamid urges the police to serve people with honesty...
Bamboo artisans in hardship

Families of many bamboo craftsmen in Lalmonirhat are passing days...
Victim's four friends on 2-day remand

A Sirajganj court yesterday placed four friends of missing college...

Rural roads face threat

Many rural roads under different upazilas of the district have been...
'Drug dealer' held after 'gunfight' with cops

An alleged drug peddler was arrested with bullet injuries following...
Man to walk gallows for killing wife

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his...

Vermicompost replaces chemical fertiliser

Vermicompost fertiliser is gaining popularity in all the nine...
Abducted trader rescued

A fish trader was rescued yesterday, an hour after his abduction...
Scientists lay importance on safe seed

Scientists at a programme said healthy seed is the prime demand to...

World

Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped

It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around...
US Senate rebukes Trump

The Republican-led US Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on...
Tehran blasts EU criticism of Iranian missile tests

Iran dismissed European Union criticism of its missile programme,...
Centre trying to destroy process: SC

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday came down heavily on the federal...
We are not a 'political tool'

Women who lived under the harsh rule of the Taliban urged senior...
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in WB

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in the...

'Still time' to find solution

There is still time to find a solution to Britain's exit from...
Russia aims two new missile systems by 2021

Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch...
'Lord' Modi just like the British: Rahul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the...
N Korea protecting nuke missiles: UN monitors

North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile...
BITS OF HISTORY

1979: Mehdi Bazargan, an opposition leader during the reign of the...

'Where is democracy?'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the...
Women's brains appear 'years younger' than men's: study

Women tend to outlive men and stay mentally sharp longer, and a new...
Opposition plans common blueprint to unseat Modi

An alliance of regional parties in India is working on a combined...
Sri Lanka ready for landmark hanging

Sri Lanka is ready to execute five drug convicts and end its 42...
FB bans 4 Myanmar ethnic rebel groups

Facebook has blacklisted four more of Myanmar's ethnic rebel...

Arts & Entertainment

Reesham Shahab Tirtho

This year, in the Ekushey Boi Mela, Tirtho has designed covers of...
Kamal Ahmed releases 16th solo album

In the month of the International Mother Language Day, award...

“I am eternally grateful to my readers” - Imdadul Haq Milan

A novelist, dramatist, columnist and television personality,...
'Hobbs & Shaw' trailer out

Even without the presence of Vin Diesel, the latest trailer of the...

Sushama Sarker on her new short film

Sushama Sarker recently wrapped up the short film, Women of No...
Sabbir Nasir makes a comeback

90's musician Sabbir Nasir has returned with a new song titled...

Shift

Top five sports bikes in Bangladesh

Globally, sports bikes are some of the fastest machines you can buy...

BREAKFAST CAR CLUB

Taking this shot involved standing on and denting a Toyota Allion’s...