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Front Page

Mega alliance in the making

The Awami League looks all set to lead the largest electoral...
BNP may offer '60 seats to allies'

The BNP may offer 60 parliamentary seats to its partners in the...
Rohingya return starts tomorrow

Bangladesh and Myanmar are set to begin the long-awaited...
Tigers take control after Taijul's fifer

A day that seemed to be going Zimbabwe's way ended with smiles...

Hasina to deliver 'tough message'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, will...
Halt plan for repatriation

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged...
Performing Election Duties: EC warns ROs of stern action for failure

The Election Commission yesterday warned returning officers of...

Back Page

'Neo JMB' out to regroup under a new chief

Militant outfit “Neo JMB” has been trying to regroup under the...
Muhith to quit politics

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has announced that he will retire from...
Vatican orders US bishops to delay sex abuse reforms

The Vatican has told the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to delay...
Man killed in 'gunfight' with police

A prime suspect in a Union Parishad chairman murder case was killed...

'Tell your boss deed is done'

A member of a Saudi assassination squad phoned a superior shortly...
Boy killed in exchange of fire in Bandarban

An indigenous boy was killed on Monday night during an exchange of...
Driver found guilty of murdering six in Australia car rampage

A driver who deliberately mowed down shoppers in the heart of...

Sri Lanka top court restores parliament

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court yesterday overruled President...
Release of Shahidul demanded

Rights defenders and photographers yesterday demanded immediate...
Deadly US wildfire kills 42

Search teams were set to sift through the charred wreckage of...

Business

Bank of Japan's balance sheet now larger than country's GDP

Japan's central bank has become the first among G7 nations to...
BB has been made weaker, its director says

The central bank's role as the custodian of the production and...
Revenue from stock market rises slightly

The government's earnings from stock market operations edged...
CSR begets greater return on investment

The CSR Centre has launched its annual “Report on CSR in Bangladesh...
Tata in active talks to buy majority stake in Jet Airways

Indian conglomerate Tata Sons is in active talks to acquire a...
German investors gloomy in November

German investor confidence remained gloomy in November, a closely...

Flipkart CEO quits amid misconduct probe

Leading Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart Group CEO and Co-founder...
Bangladesh should have 4cr taxpayers

Bangladesh now has around one crore taxpayers and the number should...
Stock broker faces BSEC heat for market manipulation

Commerce Bank Securities and Investment, a stock broker, looks set...
UCB gets new MD

United Commercial Bank has recently saw its additional managing...
Opec warns of 2019 oil glut

Opec warned on Tuesday that an oil supply glut could emerge in 2019...
Tax returns shoot up 33pc

Tax return submissions shot up 33 percent year-on-year to 18 lakh...

Rules to clip GP wings

Grameenphone's indomitable crusade for more market share is...
Trade deficit widens at a slower rate

Trade deficit widened slightly in the first quarter of the fiscal...
Local fintech raises $1.62m US investment

A local fintech company, which provides loans to small businesses...
Gas to overtake coal as second largest energy source by 2030: IEA

Natural gas is expected to overtake coal as the world's second...
China October loan data disappoints

China's credit growth slowed sharply in October, despite...

Sports

Tigers discover a few Test stripes

In October 2017, when Bangladesh were conceding huge totals in...
MOMENTs

Test cricket must seem like an unfair arena for Bangladesh's...
Djokovic crushes big-serving Isner

Novak Djokovic sent out a warning to his rivals at the ATP Finals...
Bangladesh women hold Nepal

The Bangladesh women's football team salvaged some pride from...
Short Corner

Serena Williams has been named as GQ magazine's "Woman of...

More records in the offing?

Never really comfortable in the spotlight, Taijul Islam has been...
Tigresses continue poor run of form

Salma Khatun's side continued their poor batting show in the...
Sunamganj win twice

Sunamganj beat Narayanganj by 17-9 goals in the opening match of...
'I don't want to be a copy'

Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe sat down for a candid...
GIROUD TO VOICE GREEN GOBLIN

Olivier Giroud has been cast to voice the Green Goblin in the...

Taylor turns it on

After starting the day badly, Zimbabwe staged a strong recovery on...
Tamim sidelined again?

What could have been a good day for Bangladesh cricket fans turned...
Faldo Series underway

The Bangladesh chapter of the Faldo Series Golf Championship got...
Lokuhettige suspended for corruption

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige has been charged...

Editorial

Why must our workers in Qatar suffer?

We are appalled by the news of around 300 Bangladeshi migrant...

A good example of bad planning

After a delay of six years from original project completion date,...

Opinion

The RPO and the president's role

Surprising as it may seem to many, President Abdul Hamid has legal...
The Afghan quagmire and India's challenge

India's “non-official” participation in a multilateral...

Making the Rule Book for implementing the Paris Agreement

In December 2015 in Paris, at the 21st annual Conference of Parties...

Do the bells toll for Rohingyas?

Mid-November has arrived and insecurity and uncertainty have...

Letters

Ruling party has to do more

BNP and its allies have decided to participate in the forthcoming...

City

Over 300 steamer passengers rescued in Kirtankhola

Over 300 passengers of Dhaka-bound PS Turn, a paddle steamer...
Restaurant busted for serving migratory birds in Sylhet

Environmentalists with the help of District Administration, Rapid...
Tormented there, neglected here

When 15-year-old Shima Begum, who worked as a house help in Jordan...
Ensure country's interest at global climate conference

Environmental analysts yesterday slammed many developed countries...
Four held with stolen motorbike

Police arrested four persons and recovered a stolen motorbike from...
Continue pressure on Myanmar for safe Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh has reiterated its call for sustained international...

200 BNP men secure anticipatory bail from High Court

Around 200 BNP men of different districts secured anticipatory bail...
Unilever, DFID to support 5 local enterprises

Unilever, in partnership with UK's Department for...
Women should get 30pc nomination for nat'l polls

Female aspirants from political parties demand at least 30 percent...
Prioritise WASH in manifestos

WASH sector actors yesterday urged all political parties contesting...
HRFB urges parties to protect human rights

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) yesterday demanded that all...
HC order on Khaleda's plea tomorrow

The High Court will pass an order tomorrow on a writ petition filed...

In Memory of Faraaz: Free eye camp in Nilphamari

Distressed Children and Infants International (DCI) and Rights and...
LDA to join election

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) yesterday formally announced of...
A major fracture in Ctg's healthcare

Out of order X-ray machines at most health complexes in Chattogram...
Worker dies from electrocution in Ctg

A worker died from electrocution at a house in Chattogram yesterday...
Man hacked to death in Dhaka

Unidentified criminals hacked a man to death in the capital's...
No legal bar to continue Dr Afzal's trial

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a Dhaka court to...

Country

KP Basu's palatial buildings decaying

The impressive house of famous mathematician Kalipada Basu (well...
Triple murder over land dispute

Three people were killed by their rival group during a clash over a...
Ruling party MP Badal won't contest

Ruling party lawmaker Faizur Rahman Badal did not submit his...
ACC sues civil surgeon, another doc

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases with...

Painted like train to draw students

The walls of the building of a primary school in Madhupur upazila...
Bid to rape 5-yr-old girl

A five-year-old girl, who narrowly escaped a rape attempt allegedly...
15 fishermen return from Indian jail

Fifteen fishermen returned home yesterday after serving two months...
Woman stabbed dead by son

A woman was stabbed dead by her son over family dispute at Tamai...

Once poverty-hit Barodaha now a vegetable village

Once a poverty-stricken village, Barodaha village in Botlagari...
Bhurungamari freed on this day in 1971

On this day in 1971, Bhurungamari upazila, then a thana under...
Fertiliser of Tk 2.5cr becomes rock solid

Nobody wants around 1,100 tonnes of Chinese urea fertiliser worth...
Farmer killed as villagers clash

A man was killed yesterday as villagers clashed using bamboo sticks...

World

War fear looms large on Gaza

The worst escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants in...
iGen a mentally fragile generation

San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees...
Brexit deal possible in 24-48 hrs

Britain and the European Union are on the cusp of a Brexit deal...
Asean warns of 'domino effect' of protectionism

Asian leaders yesterday gathered for a summit amid warnings that...
Canadian PM in talks with Pak over Asia Bibi

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday talks were...

What sparked the latest violence?

The latest round of violence began on Sunday, when Israeli special...
Diplomatic push yields fruit in Yemen crisis

Diplomatic efforts appeared to have eased fighting in Yemen's...
Ignore 'gossip' about Xinjiang, says China

The world should ignore "gossip" about China's...
North Korea hiding nuke-capable bases

North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide...

Suu Kyi stance on Rohingya 'indefensible': Malaysia PM

Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the persecution of Myanmar'...
CNN sues White House over barring of reporter

CNN sued Donald Trump's administration yesterday, alleging the...
US vows to 'squeeze' Iran with sanctions

US National Security Advisor John Bolton yesterday vowed to "...
Taliban peace deal 'when, not if': Ghani

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced confidence Monday on reaching...

Arts & Entertainment

Jaya Ahsan's 'Beauty Circus'

After the huge success of Jaya Ahsan's production, Debi, the...
From Kathak to Odissi

At Shadhona's solo dance festival, Ranga Utsav, a young dancer...
'Detective Pikachu' trailer released

In a trailer released by Warner Bros, Ryan Reynolds is heard...

Unmasking the art of mask

The history and usage of masks -- for both ceremonial and practical...
'Bioscope Prime' Arrives With Premium Content

The on-the-go entertainment platform, Bioscope, has come up with a...
Marvel Comics Legend Stan Lee passes away

Stan Lee, the charismatic Marvel Comics leader who helped usher in...

Art as a path of happiness in a violent world

From a young age, Morshed Mishu was an avid fan of comic books, so...
'Oh My Sweet Land' staged at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

“I used to cringe thinking about Syria. Now I cringe because of...
Jeffrey Archer on The Naveed Mahbub Show

Politician turned best-selling author Jeffrey Archer will be a...

Shift

THE GREEN LIFE

Going green might sound tedious for most automotive enthusiasts....

Audi launches Q2 and Q5 Quattro

Progress Motors Imports Ltd., authorised distributors of Audi...

New Mitsubishi L200 – more rugged, more stylish

Mitsubishi has released the latest L200 Triton truck, featuring...