Front Page
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New plan for saving 4 rivers
The government has intensified drives in Dhaka and elsewhere to...
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Jailing of Jaha Alam: ACC now blames Salek
The Anti-Corruption Commission now blames businessman Abu Salek,...
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Dispose of drug cases in 6 months
The High Court yesterday directed the lower courts concerned to...
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Cops want land, a fleet of choppers
Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a host of...
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Settle police cases fast
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for...
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Sighs, cries as crash kills 10-year-old
Clutching her father's fingers, 10-year-old Faija was crossing...
Back Page
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Jolie demands Myanmar's 'commitment' to end violence
Angelina Jolie yesterday said that Myanmar must "show genuine...
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Poland reports case of 'mad cow disease'
An atypical case of BSE -- commonly dubbed "mad cow disease...
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Cameroon apologises for 'anti-Semitic' comments
The Cameroon government has expressed "sincere regret" to...
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Tackling Rohingya Crisis: Canada calls for 'transition plan'
Canada wants a transition plan for the Rohingyas as the...
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Man killed in 'gunfight between gangs'
A man was killed allegedly in a “gunfight” between two rival...
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Slow Internet Speed: Blame game is all they can offer
Bangladesh lags far behind a number of countries in terms of...
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Greek PM visits Turkey for talks to ease tensions
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits Turkey, where he will...
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US offers Niger ops centre to fight Boko Haram
The United States turned over a communications and operations...
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Cyber Safety in Bangladesh: 32pc children bullied online
Around 32 percent children in Bangladesh, aged between 10 and 17,...
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Time running out on Qatar labour reform
Qatar is running out of time to stamp out widespread serious labour...
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Yemen foes in new talks on troubled prisoner swap deal
Yemen's Saudi-backed government began a new round of UN...
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Dhaka City Polls: CEC wants it just like the nat'l election
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said he wanted...
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CBI can't arrest Kolkata top cop
Indian Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the CBI can't arrest...
Business
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Foreign aid budget to be slashed
The government is likely to revise down the foreign aid allocation...
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Minister seeks fair prices for apparel
Bangladesh demanded fair prices for garment items from the US...
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Britain's financial heartland unbowed as Brexit risks deepen
Britain's financial services industry has emerged largely...
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World Bank leading the charge on development finance
The World Bank, whose new president is due to be appointed by mid...
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Merkel says more security needed on Chinese firms
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for safeguards to...
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BP annual profit soars to $9.4b on surging oil prices
BP almost trebled its annual net profit to $9.4 billion (8.2...
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Overseas investors back to stock markets
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange bounced back in...
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DITF 2019: New consumer electronics a big draw
Multinational and local electronics companies have launched new...
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UN says EU could win big in US-China trade war
Neither protagonist in the US-China trade war stands to benefit...
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RBI may change stance, inch towards rate cut
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to change its monetary policy...
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Indian services growth slows in January as new business slips to four-month low
Growth in India's dominant services sector weakened for a...
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BB moves to amend bankruptcy act
The central bank will hold a meeting today to amend the Bankruptcy...
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FBCCI's election on April 27
The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of...
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Shohoj summoned to court over illegal foreign employment
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the respondents to...
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Robishop offers upto 50pc discount on phones
Online platform robishop yesterday launched a campaign offering up...
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Apple agrees to pay back-taxes to French authorities
US technology giant Apple said it had reached a deal with France to...
Sports
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Seifert blitzkrieg helps Kiwis beat India in opening T20
Opener Tim Seifert's 43-ball 84 helped New Zealand thump India...
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A case of bifocal selection
The inclusions of pacers Shafiul Islam and Ebadat Hossain in...
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TALK ON
It's a big game and big players step up in big games and it...
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Klopp blames injuries for slip
Jurgen Klopp pinpointed a mounting injury list as the explanation...
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BFF presents 'token' proposal
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday placed a three...
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ACC investigating BFF finances
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent a letter to the...
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‘Will be doing our best in ODIs’
Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes reiterated that his team would like...
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Big guns set to blaze
A cracker of a match seems to be on the cards with defending...
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JU crowned first champs
Jahangirnagar University (JU) were crowned champions in the maiden...
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Tearful Neymar wishes for 'new metatarsal'
Neymar celebrated his 27th birthday with a glittering party in...
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SHORT CORNER
I have decided on my future, says Hazard
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Cameron slams Holder ban
Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron on Tuesday criticised...
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Flight of the eliminated
Eight members of the 15-man Bangladesh ODI squad whose franchises...
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Chandimal sacked
Sri Lanka's skipper Dinesh Chandimal has been sacked and...
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Dorados keeper's bizarre homage to boss
Dorados star Gaspar Servio has bizarrely had a tattoo of World Cup...
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'Sarfraz to lead at WC'
Sarfraz Ahmed will continue as Pakistan captain at the World Cup in...
Editorial
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PM's call to police
The Prime Minister's call to the police while addressing the...
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Don't reward the defaulters
Over the first nine months of 2018, banks waived interests worth Tk...
Opinion
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Checking capital flight before it is too late
In a recently published report by the Washington-based research...
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The grand delusion of modern money
AS the world goes through messy divorces in Brexit and the US-China...
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Climate change, a global security threat
In the last week of January, the United Nations Security Council in...
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Building a society where girls feel safe
In the film Taken (released in 2008), Kim, an American 17-year-old...
Letters
City
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Serve people with honesty, sincerity: President to police
President Abdul Hamid urges the police to serve people with honesty...
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Ducsu Polls: Centres to be inside dorms
Ignoring the demand from most student bodies, Dhaka University (DU)...
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5 get life term for raping 2 sisters
A court in Narayanganj yesterday handed down life imprisonment to...
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Authorities launch eviction drive on Khulna canals
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and district administration yesterday...
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JU authorities using CCTV to identify 'molester'
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities are using closed-circuit...
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Square Pharma's conference on Feb 9
Some 450 representatives from the government, pharmaceutical...
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Eviction on Karnaphuli: 30 structures knocked down on second day
Chattogram district administration demolished at least 30...
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8th Bangla Olympiad on Feb 23
International Hope School Bangladesh will organise the 8th Bangla...
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2 journos jailed for entering exam centre without permission
A mobile court yesterday sentenced two journalists to one-month...
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Customs official, wife sent to jail
A Chattogram court yesterday sent a customs official and his wife...
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4 killed in road crashes
At least four people were killed and 15 others injured in road...
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30 structures knocked down on second day
Chattogram district administration demolished at least 30...
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Abducted girl rescued, 1 held in Gournadi
Seven days into her abduction, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was...
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EU to provide 205m euros for quality education
European Union will provide 205 million euros to Bangladesh for...
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Jatiya Party won't indulge in destructive politics
Jatiya Party co-chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM...
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Mother returns to baby at CMCH
Mother of a newborn baby girl -- who was left in Chattogram Medical...
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Man held with 5,300 yaba pills
A man was arrested with 5,300 yaba pills in his possession in...
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Submit probe report on ‘Prof’ Abu Sayeed by March 7
A Dhaka court yesterday asked the officer-in-charge of Sher-e...
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Stop dumping of industrial waste in waterbodies
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said that dumping of waste...
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Selfie with accused!
A sub-inspector of Chattogram district police has come under fire...
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Suhrawardy bustling with booklovers
The Suhrawardy Udyan part of the month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha...
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Repatriation is a slow and difficult process
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of...
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Millionaires in mayoral race
The upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-poll...
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BCL infighting in Ctg college leaves 4 injured
Two feuding factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at...
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Quader faces the music at parliament
Opposition lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday in parliament...
Country
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Serve people with honesty, sincerity: President to police
President Abdul Hamid urges the police to serve people with honesty...
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Bamboo artisans in hardship
Families of many bamboo craftsmen in Lalmonirhat are passing days...
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Victim's four friends on 2-day remand
A Sirajganj court yesterday placed four friends of missing college...
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Rural roads face threat
Many rural roads under different upazilas of the district have been...
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'Drug dealer' held after 'gunfight' with cops
An alleged drug peddler was arrested with bullet injuries following...
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Man to walk gallows for killing wife
A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his...
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Vermicompost replaces chemical fertiliser
Vermicompost fertiliser is gaining popularity in all the nine...
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Abducted trader rescued
A fish trader was rescued yesterday, an hour after his abduction...
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Scientists lay importance on safe seed
Scientists at a programme said healthy seed is the prime demand to...
World
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Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped
It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around...
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US Senate rebukes Trump
The Republican-led US Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on...
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Tehran blasts EU criticism of Iranian missile tests
Iran dismissed European Union criticism of its missile programme,...
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Centre trying to destroy process: SC
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday came down heavily on the federal...
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We are not a 'political tool'
Women who lived under the harsh rule of the Taliban urged senior...
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in WB
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in the...
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'Still time' to find solution
There is still time to find a solution to Britain's exit from...
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Russia aims two new missile systems by 2021
Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch...
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'Lord' Modi just like the British: Rahul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the...
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N Korea protecting nuke missiles: UN monitors
North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile...
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BITS OF HISTORY
1979: Mehdi Bazargan, an opposition leader during the reign of the...
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'Where is democracy?'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the...
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Women's brains appear 'years younger' than men's: study
Women tend to outlive men and stay mentally sharp longer, and a new...
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Opposition plans common blueprint to unseat Modi
An alliance of regional parties in India is working on a combined...
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Sri Lanka ready for landmark hanging
Sri Lanka is ready to execute five drug convicts and end its 42...
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FB bans 4 Myanmar ethnic rebel groups
Facebook has blacklisted four more of Myanmar's ethnic rebel...
Arts & Entertainment
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Reesham Shahab Tirtho
This year, in the Ekushey Boi Mela, Tirtho has designed covers of...
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Kamal Ahmed releases 16th solo album
In the month of the International Mother Language Day, award...
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“I am eternally grateful to my readers” - Imdadul Haq Milan
A novelist, dramatist, columnist and television personality,...
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'Hobbs & Shaw' trailer out
Even without the presence of Vin Diesel, the latest trailer of the...
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Sushama Sarker on her new short film
Sushama Sarker recently wrapped up the short film, Women of No...
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Sabbir Nasir makes a comeback
90's musician Sabbir Nasir has returned with a new song titled...
Shift
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Top five sports bikes in Bangladesh
Globally, sports bikes are some of the fastest machines you can buy...
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BREAKFAST CAR CLUB
Taking this shot involved standing on and denting a Toyota Allion’s...