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Front Page

Readymade Garment Sector: 2 workers 'framed' in unrest fallout

Ataur Rahman and Sabuj are workers of Saybolt Tex Ltd, a garment...
8 years as secy but no work

Around eight years ago, Md Ebadot Ali was promoted to acting...
Taliban kill 126 Afghan soldiers

The Taliban yesterday killed more than 100 members of the Afghan...
Perform duty with honesty

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the new cabinet to...

Surprise on cards in the JS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may bring in major changes in the key...
Dhaka leg starts with a flourish

One would have thought that following the Sylhet leg of the sixth...
11 Govt Hospitals: ACC finds 40pc doctors absent

In a surprise visit to 11 government hospitals and health complexes...

Back Page

9-year-old raped by uncle

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 45-year-old uncle...
Israeli jets hit Iranian targets

Israel struck in Syria early yesterday as part of its increasingly...
Car bomb linked to New IRA rattles Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland police yesterday questioned four men over a car...
May refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to break the...
Death toll from fuel explosion in Mexico rises to 85

The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 85...

Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers

An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday...
3 owners of pvt hospital held

Police yesterday arrested three owners of a private hospital over...
Israel to open new int'l airport near Red Sea

Israel was set to inaugurate a new international airport yesterday...
Land Ownership: Men possess 6 times that of women

The proportion of men in terms of land ownership is six times...

‘Shootout' with Cops: Top-listed yaba dealer shot dead

A “top yaba trader” was killed in a “gunfight” hours after his...
'Abuse' in Bangladesh Factory: Spice Girls probe charity T-shirts

British pop band the Spice Girls said they will fund an...
Bottled water of 5 brands unsafe

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) yesterday...
Back home, traumatised

Halima Akhter was so traumatised and physically weak that she was...

Business

Mobile phone assembly picks up momentum

Local handset plants churned out 23 lakh units in 2018, with the...
IMEI database opens today

The telecom regulator will launch the first database of...
Wilmar, Adani sign deal with govt to invest $350m

Singapore-based Wilmar and India's Adani Group will invest ...
IMF lowers growth forecast for Saudi Arabia, region

The International Monetary Fund on Monday lowered its 2019 economic...
European power firms aim to harness electric car batteries

Ever wanted to run your electric car for free? If you're open...
China's property investment slows

Growth in property investment in China cooled to the second slowest...
Eco-friendly customs: shaping the future of green economy

Trade, if accompanied by suitable policies for the environment and...
Qatar to buy $500m of Lebanese govt bonds

Wealthy Qatar said on Monday it will purchase $500 million of...

Plastic goods makers display strength

Plastics goods manufacturers are expecting a brighter future thanks...
Tk 1,893cr projects await nod

Eight projects are likely to be placed in today's Ecnec...
Export source tax cut effective from Jan 1: NBR

Banks will have to deduct 0.25 percent source tax on exports of...
Big Korean firms to invest in Bangladesh: Kamal

The Korea International Cooperation Agency’s (Koica) president has...
China's coal output hits highest in over three years

China's December coal output climbed 2.1 percent from the year...
WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to curb rumors

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting...
From Mao to Trump: China's economic roller-coaster since 1949

After remarkable growth and change for decades, most economists...

Finance stocks thrive on low prices

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained 475 points, or 8.80...
SC defers Accord hearing to Feb 18

The Supreme Court has deferred a hearing on the Accord, the...
Mashrur Arefin new MD of City Bank

City Bank has appointed Mashrur Arefin as its new managing director...
Novoair gets safety rating from int’l agency

Novoair received three stars from Airline Ratings for its safety...
UK households gloomy for 2019

British households' hopes for their finances over the year...
Staff fraud may cost China's DJI drone maker $150m

Chinese drone maker DJI has placed 45 employees under investigation...
Global FDI skids 19pc on Trump tax reform: UN

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 19 percent last year to...

Sports

Evans, ten Doeschate shine

It was a perfect outing for Rajshahi Kings with both bat and ball...
Progoti wants fresh match

After refusing to play in their Second Division League fixture on...
Shai is class: Sobers

Shai Hope, the Windies batsman, has come in for effusive praise...
SA desperate to draw level

After a morale-boosting five-wicket win in Port Elizabeth, Pakistan...
Moses wants £2.86m 'assurance fee'

Chelsea winger, Victor Moses has made a sensational demand of £2...

'Didn't think I deserved this'

The recently concluded Sylhet leg of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier...
Muntasir ton denies Sunflower

Mymensingh Lab High School boys put up a great show with the bat to...
Funding concerns put SA Games prep on hold

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) will most probably delay...
SHORT CORNER

Barcelona's French international forward Ousmane Dembele will...

Taylor's cause for concern

Ahead of the ODI series against India, veteran New Zealand batsman...
Serena sends Halep packing

A fired-up Serena Williams slugged past world number one Simona...
Messi inspires Barca

Ousmane Dembele gave Barcelona a glimpse into the future but...
Warner to undergo surgery

Banned former Australian vice-captain David Warner is expected to...

Editorial

A serious threat to public health

The government's ban on import and sale of meat and bone meal ...

State-owned banks must be freed of influence

State-owned banks have assessed that influential defaulters are to...

Opinion

The poverty we choose to ignore

All the focus of late has been on Bangladesh's upcoming...
Dysfunctional superpowers on both sides of the Atlantic

The greatest spectacle in the life of the US president—the annual...

The crumbling pillars of the fourth estate

The year 2018 was not a good one for journalists, to put it mildly....

What to do with a Bachelor of Arts?

How are you going to live on a literature degree?” my closest...

Letters

Dhaka's unbearable air pollution

For Dhaka city dwellers such as myself, the worsening quality of...

City

Shops in the middle of the road?

Chittagong Development Authority's (CDA) decision to rent out...
3 top-graded eateries fined Tk 3.45 lakh

A day after introducing a grading system for eateries, Directorate...
France, Germany to sign new treaty today

On January 22 in 1963, French President Charles de Gaulle and...
Free textbooks on sale!

Free textbooks for primary and high school students, provided by...
Six Rohingyas detained in Sylhet

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) detained a family of six Rohingyas...
Three held with 18,225 yaba tablets in Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday night arrested three people...
Security guard found dead inside ATM booth

A security guard's dead body was found inside an ATM booth in...

Bird-poaching rampant in wetlands

Indiscriminate hunting, trapping and selling of local and migratory...
'Gang-rape and murder becoming national disease'

Eminent personalities at a discussion yesterday urged the...
Bribery Case: SC grants bail to Nazmul Huda

The Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to former BNP minister...
Ensure sustainable dev of char residents

National Char Alliance (NCA) yesterday urged the government to form...
Ex-MP Abdul Baten passes away

Khandakar Abdul Baten, a former lawmaker, died in Dhaka early...
Shamim Mahipara's janaza tomorrow

The namaz-e-janaza of Shamim Mahipara Kamal will take place after...

No canal grabber will be spared

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday...
9th Wage Board for Journos: Cabinet committee reconstituted

The cabinet committee formed to review the Ninth Wage Board Award -...
UNHCR appoints new chief in Dhaka

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN refugee...
Digital Security Act: Khulna journo gets anticipatory bail

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Rashidul...
Hearing on charge framing Feb 4

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed February 4 for hearing on charge...
Ershad 'in good health': GM Quader

Jatiya Party (JP) acting chairman GM Quader yesterday claimed that...

Country

32 schools run with few students

Although Mayda Government Primary School under Amragachhia union in...
Case filed for arson attack on Khasis

Ethnic Khasi people filed a case with Barlekha Police Station in...
2 bodies identified

Two bodies of the victims of the trawler capsize in the Meghna...

Natural gas from tubewell, govt inquiry demanded

Natural gas is coming out from a tube-well set up at a village in...
Fish larvae, venison seized

Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered eight kg venison, one deer head...
11 fishermen fined

A mobile court in Dashmina upazila yesterday fined Tk 5,000 each to...

'Colourful corn to resist cancer'

Eminent scientist Dr Abed Chaudhury has developed a colourful corn...
14 held in Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 14 women, men and...

World

No amnesty for 'Dreamers'

President Donald Trump said on Sunday his proposed immigration deal...
Women's unpaid work worth 43 times the annual income of Apple

Unpaid work done by women across the globe amounts to a staggering...
BITS OF HISTORY

1924: Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died of a brain haemorrhage.
China's birth rate falls to lowest ever: report

China's birth rate last year fell to its lowest since the...

Destroy new missile system

The United States yesterday called on Russia to destroy a new...
Tokyo metro offers free food to ease crowding

One of Tokyo's most crowded subway lines is hoping the way to...
Kamala Harris joins US presidential run

US Senator Kamala Harris yesterday announced that she is running...

Philippines holds referendum

Minority Muslims in the Philippines casted votes yesterday in a...
SYRIA WAR: Arab states call for return of refugees

Arab states at an economic summit in Lebanon on Sunday urged world...
Int'l tourists up 6% to 1.4b in 2018: UN

The number of international tourist arrivals rose by 6 percent last...

Arts & Entertainment

JU's Heem Utshab concludes

Winter is an exciting and festive time for the Jahangirnagar...
Asian TV turns 6

Popular private television channel of the country, Asian TV...

Afzal Hossain to publish two books at Ekushey Boi Mela

Afzal Hossain is a name that needs no introduction, as he is one of...
'Fagun Hawai' trailer stirs excitement

Since the announcement was made about 'Fagun Hawai' (In...

Dhaka Gallery opens with a pristine sarode recital

Delvistaa Foundation, Music Alliance World Wide and Shilpangan...

Lifestyle

The 2019 top tech picks

Why of course, only to be forgotten by the 2nd of January. It is...
Love at first flight!

Let's consider my next door neighbour who was certain that the...
Hair salon small talks

When it comes to hair care, you are probably bombarded with a...
Restoring abodes and memories

When architect Kazi Fida was roped in by his partner Md Abdul Awyal...
TAAGA MAN now available in Wari

TAAGA MAN, an exciting new fashion brand for men, launches its shop...
Blessings only?

Wedding invites start pouring in as early as the last week of...
Dancing to life's tunes

When you are down and insomnia takes over, you get a tad hyper, but...
Hello Honey

You never fail to hear about all the adversities related to...

Girly and fun

Gone are the days of boring hairstyles; it's time to try...
He said!

He said, moments are made and they just do not happen. So with the...
Breaking down dry shampoos

Dry shampoo means you use it only on dry hair; applying it on wet...
Bengal Wellbeing & Yasmin Karachiwala's Body Image

On 12 January, Bengal Wellbeing launched its first ever fitness...
Up to 60 percent discount at Le REVE

Le REVE, the country's leading apparel and lifestyle brand,...
Adventures of South East Asian culinary at Panash

For this soothing winter, Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka is bringing...
Children's Day with Farm Fresh

Long gone are the days when afternoons are filled with the laughter...
For the perfect boil

Eggs are amazing in that they have been pre-packaged to keep. For...

Dilemmas of life

‘Soul mates do not exist!' my dear friend bellowed at the top...
Blooming in these bare mountains

A picture says many things;
Vintage celebrations

For this week, we choose to highlight a vintage themed tea party...
Winter skincare regimen

For girls like us, it is very important to follow a set routine,...
When the thought counts

“What do you gift a person who has it all?” – this is an impasse...
BPL 2019 Special Deals at Amari Dhaka

The BPL 2019 fever is rampant among cricket fans and everyone alike...
Which colour are you?

Style is an expression of individuality and colours are linked to...
Tracing trends

Think iconic Marilyn Monroe photoshoots and vintage Pepsi ads....

Law & Our Rights

CHILD REPRESSION AND KILLING: Issues and the ways out

Child repression and killings have, in the last few years,...
New book on legal citation

Daily Star Books has published a new book titled Bangladesh Style...

McDonald's loses a legal battle

PAT McDonagh was an Irish teenager who earned the nickname Supermac...

BARRISTER MOZAMMEL HOSSAIN: Another Bangladeshi-born QC

Queen's Counsel (QC), also known as taking silk, is appointed...