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Front Page

DU student freed hours after DB picks her up

About four hours after detaining her from Shamsunnahar Hall area...
Haunted forever

It was around 10:00pm. ...
TIMELINE

Early in the morning, some disgruntled army officers lead the pre...
Things remain almost same

Traffic situation in the capital remained almost the same despite...

BLOODBATH on road 32

It was not dawn yet. A false dawn spread its pale light across the...
August 15, thereafter

We still suffer from the fallout of August 15.
The mindset needs to change first

It was around 11:30am yesterday.
EIU Survey: Dhaka ranked second least liveable city

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the second least liveable city...

Back Page

Social Media: ‘Govt to set up new unit to monitor contents’

A new unit will be set up in the information ministry to analyse...
At 14, he runs for governor

Most 14-year-old American schoolboys might be fixated on baseball,...
'Terror attack' near UK parliament

British police arrest a man on suspicion of terrorism offences...

Editors' Council condoles death of Golam Sarwar

The Editors' Council yesterday expressed profound shock and...
3 univ students denied bail again

Two Dhaka courts yesterday denied bail to three private university...
2 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two alleged drug traders were killed in a “gunfight” with law...

Some quotas should stay

Apparently not content with the suggestion of the government review...
Death for Negligence: HC rule on govt, Max Hospital

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government and...
7 killed as bus hits microbus

At least seven people, including four children, were killed and 10...

Business

Banks can now open clearing accounts in yuan

The central bank yesterday allowed banks to open foreign currency...
Eid spend via Visa rises 7pc

Spending by Visa card users rose 7 percent during 2018's...
Japan's labour crunch is reshaping how companies attract workers

Misaki Harada wants to quit her job as a receptionist at a...
Indian rupee hits record low

The Indian rupee hit a record low of 70 to the dollar on Tuesday as...
China data shows economic momentum flagging

The Chinese economy is displaying further signs of weakness, with...

Exports off to a good start

Exports started fiscal 2018-19 on a bright note, fetching $3.58...
Govt approves four tower licences

The government yesterday approved four applications for tower...
Bepza's part in national export hits record high

Factories in Bepza's eight export processing zones accounted...
UK jobless rate falls to 4pc

Britain's unemployment rate dropped to 4.0 percent in the...
Euro zone growth better than expected

Euro zone growth was better than expected in the second quarter,...

StanChart launches new home loan product

Standard Chartered Bangladesh yesterday launched MortgageOne, a...
US import prices flat; dollar curbing imported inflation

US import prices were unchanged in July as a surge in the cost of...
Maduro announces curbs to cheap gas in Venezuela

President Nicolas Maduro announced that from now on Venezuela'...
German economy bounces back in Q2

Germany has bounced back from an early 2018 slowdown, official data...

Sports

A team trio get maiden nods

After impressive performances for the A team, pacers Khaled Ahmed,...
New-look Real set for Atletico test

Real Madrid will begin a new era when they face Atletico Madrid in...
'Surgery up to Shakib'

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan said...

Not a gloomy Day

Bangladesh coach Jamie Day has expressed his satisfaction at the...
Men hoping to turn the tide

The national men's kabaddi team returned from the last two...
Stokes acquitted

England cricketer Ben Stokes was found not guilty of affray in a...

Rani, Nazrana share lead

WIM Rani Hamid of Titas Club and WFM Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikganj...
SALAH REPORTED FOR USING PHONE WHILE DRIVING

Egyptian star Mohamed Salah could be in trouble with police after...
Another 3-0 defeat

The Bangladesh under-23 football team opened their Asian Games...

Editorial

Child marriage law must be stringent

It has been one year since the controversial Child Marriage...

National Mourning Day

August 15 marks a black chapter in the history of this country—a...

Opinion

Learning from Bangabandhu's Writings

Translating Bangabandhu's unpublished works has allowed me to...

‘People can never trust a government that issues press notes based on falsehoods'

Waking up in the morning, I heard that in the course of the night...

Bangabandhu: The making of a great leader

Since colonial times, the world has witnessed a number of...

Letters

Smoking in public places

Everyone is well aware of the fact that smoking is harmful to one&...

CU needs more transport facilities

Chittagong University hosts as many as 25,000 students but does not...

City

Death threats 'can't stop me from doing people's welfare': PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she never tried to retreat from...
All secondary-level students to get unique ID cards

The government is going to provide numbered ID cards to all...
Bangabandhu gave citizens ownership of the state: Dr Kamal

Eminent jurist and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday...
Prof Nurul Alam made JU pro-VC

Prof Nurul Alam of physics department has been appointed pro-vice...
Woman held with 24 gold bars at Sylhet airport

Customs Intelligence officials arrested a woman with 24 gold bars...
BNP to observe 40th anniversary on Sept 1

BNP will hold a public rally in Dhaka on September 1 to observe the...

Truck kills girl in Satkhira

Two people including a school student were killed and 20 others...
Golam Sarwar's body arrives in Dhaka

The body of eminent journalist and Bangla daily Samakal's...
Case filed over JCD leader Raju murder

A murder case was filed on Monday against 23 Jatiyatabadi Chhatra...
Caught in the act

Officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday held a...
Girl drowns in Ctg pond

A young girl drowned in a pond in Karnaphuli upazila of Chittagong...
Khaleda gets interim bail in one case

The High Court (HC) yesterday granted six months' interim bail...

Nationwide observance of National Mourning Day today

The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day today.
AL shows annual income of Tk 20cr

Awami League yesterday submitted its audited financial statement...
Contaminated food harms mothers, babies

Health experts at a programme yesterday said excessive use of...
Cylinder blast kills man

A rickshaw-van puller was killed in a gas cylinder blast in...
Hall-Mark chairman denied bail

Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam was denied bail by the High...
Jihad's parents finally receive Tk 20 lakh compensation

Parents of Jihad, the four-year-old boy who died after falling into...

Country

BRTA struggles with rise of service seekers

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) offices in Bagerhat and...
RHD sets up 11 zebra crossings

Patuakhali Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has started setting...
235 bags of rice for poor seized

Around 11,750 kg of rice of Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF)...

Mother gives statement

Rina Begum, who gave birth to a baby outside Phulbari Upazila...
Tied to tree, tortured

A 12-year-old schoolboy, who was tied to a tree and tortured...
Jubo League leader, his brother held with Yaba

A Jubo League leader and his younger brother were arrested by...

Four abducted villagers rescued

Police yesterday rescued four villagers, who were abducted...
PUST students boycott classes for cancellation of year drop system

Students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST)...
Son to die, father gets life

A court in Rajbari yesterday sentenced a man to death and his...

World

40 kids among 51 killed

Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition...
Turkey to 'boycott' US electronics

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said Turkey would boycott...
Vienna tops list

Austria's capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the...
Bus accident in Ecuador kills 23

A bus carrying travelers from Colombia and Venezuela crashed in...

Taliban overrun army base

Taliban fighters overran an army base in northern Afghanistan,...
'At least 35' killed

At least 35 people were killed when a motorway bridge collapsed in...
Israel PM made secret Egypt trip: report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a rare, secret visit...

US, China vie for Lanka

The United States announced Monday it would grant Sri Lanka $39...
Corbyn trades barbs with Netanyahu

A furore over alleged anti-semitism in Britain's main...
20,000-30,000 IS fighters left: UN

Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and...

Arts & Entertainment

His spirit remains immortal

August 15, 1975 is a date that has cast a shadow so dark over our...
TV WATCH

TV WATCH

Of individual experiences and metamorphosis

Abinta Gallery of Fine Arts joining hands with IRC, recently hosted...

'SRABON TRAGEDY' - History comes to life

Two days prior to the national day of mourning, Mohakal Nattya...

Shift

The greatest (print) auto-motive ads

Ads. They ruin our Facebook video watching sessions and irritate us...

Getting a license the cheap (and legal) way

If these challenging times have taught us anything, it is that we,...

Aston brings back the DB4 GT

With the original 75 Aston Martin DB4 GT's easily fetching...