Man stabbed to death in Hazaribagh

48 MIN(s) ago Bangladesh

Spain vs Argentina final draws record 63 million US viewers, signals football's mainstream moment

55 MIN(s) ago FIFA World Cup 2026

The strong viewership capped what analysts said was a solid run for the tournament's broadcasters, with Fox and Comcast paying roughly $485 million and $600 million, respectively, for rights packages that included the World Cup, according to media reports.

'Unprecedented': OpenAI says its AI models hacked another company autonomously

20 MIN(s) ago Tech & Startup

July 22, 2024: ‘Sheikh Hasina does not flee’

10 hour(s) ago Bangladesh

Addressing rumours that she had fled the country, then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina told nearly 450 business leaders gathered at her office on July 22, 2024, “Sheikh Hasina does not flee”.

17 senior cops may be sent into forced retirement

10 hour(s) ago Bangladesh

Seventeen senior police officials are likely to be sent into forced retirement over alleged allegiance to the Awami League, family ties to the party, roles in manipulating the 2014 and 2018 elections, repression of the opposition, and corruption.

Flightpaths strewn with tall buildings

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Bangladesh ties with North Korea in latest passport index

1 hour(s) ago Bangladesh

EC to propose tougher rules for local polls

10 hour(s) ago Bangladesh

308 in 104 matches: How the goals were scored

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Govt announces hajj packages for 2027, cuts airfare by Tk 24,830

8 MIN(s) ago Governance

Mamdani says NYC can't arrest Netanyahu on ICC warrant

53 MIN(s) ago World

Rethinking Bangladesh's health sector reform after SWAp

Rumana Huque

Views

Why secularism is losing ground in South Asia

Khairul Hassan Jahin

In Focus

The decolonial vocabulary of postcolonial theory inadvertently empowers Hindu nationalism by legitimising reactionary, religious cultural traditionalism.

The new world of geoeconomics: From comparative advantage to coercive advantage

M.G. Quibria

Geopolitical Insights

Beyond the tourist hotspots / What makes a city loveable?

Karim Waheed

Travel

What Dhaka, Istanbul, Delhi, Bangkok, Yogyakarta, Berlin and Alexandria reveal about the way cities make travellers feel

Spotlight

Unregulated dev threatens rare mangrove forest

10 hour(s) ago Bangladesh

A rare mangrove forest in Barguna’s Taltali upazila is facing growing pressure from unregulated tourism and attempts at unplanned development, raising concerns over the future of the fragile coastal ecosystem.

Vinyl Madness: Bringing analogue music back to digital Dhaka

10 hour(s) ago My Dhaka

Some hidden sanctuaries in Dhaka never leave you the same. They make you feel as though you belong, where even strangers feel like home -- all connected through the shared wavelength of music.