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Cases After Casino Drive: End of probe ever elusive

More than a year after a crackdown was launched on casinos, the ACC...
Lynching in Burimari: No proof of demeaning Holy Quran

The man lynched and set on fire in Burimari, Lalmonirhat last...
Gap narrows in key swing states

US president Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden ramped up their...
US daily cases break world record

The United States saw a record number of new coronavirus infections...

That grim caravan just won’t stop

It was 4:00am yesterday when the first light of dawn was still far...
Remittance likely to grow 8 percent

Remittance flow to Bangladesh is likely to grow by 8 percent in...
First-time Florida voters seek change

Young voters in Florida, a battleground state for the US...
18 more die, 1,320 test positive

Eighteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the...

Back Page

PM vows to wipe out poverty

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday vowed to eradicate poverty...
Sean Connery passes away

Legendary actor Sean Connery, best known for playing fictional spy...
Man held for hurting religious sentiments

Police yesterday arrested a young man for hurting religious...

Trouble over trash dump

A garbage dump, created on around five bighas of land of an NGO in...
Freedom fighter killed at village arbitration

A valiant freedom fighter was killed allegedly by his neighbours...
7.0 Magnitude Quake in Turkey: 28 killed as rescue ops on

Rescuers raced against the clock yesterday to save people buried...

9 Amendments Passed

The Gonoparishad adopts 16 articles with nine minor amendments...
Undocumented Workers: Malaysia mulls temp work permits

Malaysia is considering issuing temporary work permits to illegal...
Kashmir shuts down over land law

Indian Kashmir was hit by its biggest general strike yesterday...

Business

Shift to formal channels, cash incentives fuel remittance growth: WB

Diversion of remittances from informal to formal channels due to...
HSBC executes country’s first cross-border blockchain LC transaction

HSBC Bangladesh has executed the first-ever cross-border blockchain...
Bourses should keep an eye out for market manipulation

The country’s bourses should have monitoring in place against stock...
Canada border agent says he received unusual FBI phone call in Huawei CFO US extradition case

A Canadian border official testified on Friday he received an “out...
Amazon tells India regulator its partner Future Retail is misleading public

Amazon.com Inc has complained to India’s market regulator that its...

Joint venture to build Tk 2,000cr cancer hospital

Japanese firm Ship Healthcare Holdings in partnership with...
IFC gives Pran another $25m loan

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided yet another ...
USAID announces plans to get brands on board

The USAID has announced plans of getting some major US apparel and...
Lifted by US, Mexico economy rebounds 12pc in third quarter from coronavirus

Mexico’s economy grew 12.0 per cent during the third quarter,...
China’s factory activity growth slows slightly in October

China’s factory activity expanded at a slightly slower pace in...

Kamal seeks IFC’s support to make Bangla bond vibrant

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has requested the International...
Steel sector in need of policy support

Bangladesh’s steel sector needs business friendly policy support...
Ant Group’s IPO sees record $3tr in retail demand

Retail investors placed bids for a record $3 trillion of shares in...
Days before US election, economic data reveals gradual improvement, gloomy outlook

With the presidential election drawing near, a litany of data...

Sports

Easy to theorise but hard to implement

Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has bold ideas about how he wants to...
Number one Barty back in the groove

World number one Ash Barty feels refreshed after a lengthy break...
‘MU forwards are a threat’

Manchester United’s forwards have forged a strong understanding...

SWEATING FOR A NEW MILESTONE?

Zahir Rayhan of Bangladesh Navy was seen sweating his toned body,...
Skill challenge for domestic cricketers

While Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is making efforts to involve a...

Gayle is ‘Still The Boss’

Chris Gayle achieved another milestone in his illustrious career as...
‘Thanks for your love and friendship ‘

Diego Maradona celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday with a...

Editorial

A brutal lynching in Lalmonirhat

We are speechless by the brutal death of a man at the hands of a...

Migrant workers falling victims to human trafficking

The horrific massacre that took place on May 27 in a town called...

Opinion

The burning man, and our national addiction to violence

Barely a month had passed since one of us wrote about rape,...
The Story Behind the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

The Nobel Prize for Economics this year was shared by two Americans...

BECA, the Indo-Pacific bandwagon and Bangladesh

Lenin once said that “there are decades where nothing happens and...

SDGs, the tyranny of sameness, and a lesson for World Cities Day

Yesterday was World Cities Day (WCD). In 2013, the United Nations...

City

Dreams of a family, burnt down to ashes

Kohinur Begum (57) came to the capital 25 years ago with her...
First nat’l cyber drill brings strange results

The first national level cyber-security drill, organised recently...
Hiking Potato Price: 7 wholesalers fined in Dhaka

A mobile court yesterday fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka’s...
SI assaults, handcuffs inspector in port city

A police Inspector of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) was...
Prof Yusuf Mahbubul joins IUB as dean

Renowned scholar and educationist Prof Yusuf Mahbubul Islam has...

Mohammadpur fire victim dies

One of the seven people who were burnt in a fire caused by an...
War Crimes: Qaisar seeks review of death sentence

Convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar has filed a petition...
Barishal River Port: Damaged pontoon puts passengers at risk

Several potholes that have developed on the pontoon at Barishal...
35th span of Padma Bridge installed

The 35th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge was installed...

N’ganj Mosque Explosion: CID set to press ‘exemplary’ charges

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday said it is going...
Online classes ‘not that effective’

Regional and institution-wise disparity in digital infrastructure...
Five arrested for gang rape of teenager

Police arrested five people in Narayanganj on Friday night in...
Bus burns down after collision with van

A bus of Green Line Paribahan was burnt to ashes after it had...

Country

Mosque, Temple on Same Yard: Authorities stumped over land claim

The piece of land in the front yard, shared by two houses of...

103 poverty-stricken indigenous families struggling to survive

Indigenous people from the Musahar community, who used to live on...

World

Trump v Biden: The bookmakers’ $1b election

The US presidential election is proving a boon for bookmakers, with...
Typhoon Goni: Philippines evacuates nearly 1m

Nearly a million people in the Philippines were evacuated from...

Texas: Biden vies for GOP stronghold

Vincent Siewit just dropped off his vote at a polling place in...

Free speech has limits

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended free speech on...

Health

World Stroke Day to encourage healthy living

October 29 is celebrated as World Stroke Day every year across the...
Is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting dengue virus case numbers?

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in dramatic changes to...

Commonly ignored warning signs of colorectal cancer

The world has been left distraught by the premature demise of ‘King...
Saving newborn lives is not much costly!

The results of a new clinical trial, published on October 23, 2020...

Study links keto diet and fasting with major impact on heart failure

A new study has revealed that eating a ketogenic (“keto”) diet...
Green tea and coffee consumption linked to lower mortality risk in diabetes

Adults with type 2 diabetes who drink green tea and coffee —...