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Front Page

Election now on February 1

The Election Commission last night shifted the Dhaka city...
Envisions an efficient DNCC

Tabith Awal, BNP’s mayoral candidate for the DNCC polls, says if...
Ensure no attack on free speech

Amnesty International South Asia yesterday said Bangladesh...

For a digital corporation

Md Atiqul Islam, who stepped down as the DNCC mayor last month to...
Belt and Road Initiative: China, Myanmar ink raft of deals

China and Myanmar yesterday inked dozens of deals related to Belt...
T20 squad named for Pak tour

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced a 15-member...

Back Page

Facebook video reunites family after 48 years

Habibur Rahman was 30 years old when he left home for a business...
Oldest image of Venice discovered

A Renaissance historian has unearthed the oldest known image of...
Lawmaker Abdul Mannan passes away

Awami League lawmaker of Bogura-1 constituency Abdul Mannan passed...
Women spark outrage by driving in Beijing’s Forbidden City

One of China’s top historic attractions issued an apology after two...
Mexico ramps up security to block migrant caravan

Mexico deployed around 200 National Guard officers to the...

Zia’s 84th birth anniversary today

BNP is celebrating the 84th birth anniversary of its founder Ziaur...
China’s Coronavirus Outbreak: Scientists sound alarm

The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in...
Extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh lower than in US

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday claimed that the number...
Colombian army used US funds to spy on us

Colombia’s army used American foreign aid money for an illegal...

Healing with herbs

The use of herbal medicines is providing comfort and relief to the...
Car crash kills 3 of a family

Three members of a family were killed and two others injured as a...
Climate Change Erosion: US dumps huge amounts of sand on Miami Beach

Dozens of trucks have started dumping hundreds of thousands of tons...
Lebanese block roads as protests enter fourth month

Protesters blocked several main roads across Lebanon on Friday as...

Business

HSBC toasts business trailblazers

Seven business groups and one leading non-governmental organisation...
Rejoinder

The Dhaka Stock Exchange sent a rejoinder against a report titled ...
Morgan Stanley CEO’s 2019 pay falls to $27m

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman is receiving $27...
Foreign brands want easy tariff rules to expand in Bangladesh

Many multinational clothing brands, which source billions of...
After India’s Amazon snub, Modi’s party slams Bezos-owned Washington Post

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Friday...

Govt officials stand in way of digitalisation

Government officials’ overbearing attitude stands in the way of...
US homebuilding hits 13-year high, led by apartments

Construction of new US housing shot to a 13-year high last month,...
Glummest bourse

Bangladesh’s bourse has the bleakest outlook out of all the...
Should Bangladesh copy Aadhaar?

Aadhaar is a one-time identity card issued by the Unique...
US Senate approves new North American trade deal

The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to approve a new...

Samsung Electronics offers discounts for New Year

Samsung Electronics Bangladesh is offering up to 56 percent...
Toshiba finds doubtful transactions in unit, to revise past statements

Toshiba Corp said on Saturday it “could not confirm existence” of...
Stocks crack a smile

The DSE began last week on the descent, but it signed off on a high...
China GDP grew 6.1pc in 2019, slowest in three decades

China’s economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades in...
To defuse palm row, Davos diplomacy likely between India, Malaysia

Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the...

Sports

Casemiro brace takes Real to top

Real Madrid climbed above Barcelona to top of La Liga on Saturday...
The good and bad of BBPL

The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) came to an end...
‘Miserly’ Nadkarni passes away

India’s most economic bowler Bapu Nadkarni, who also held England...
Chicharito becomes highest-paid MLS star

Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy have signed Mexican goal...
BFF, AIUB strike deal

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and American International...

Guardiola’s birthday ruined as Palace snatch point

Pep Guardiola’s 49th birthday celebrations went flat as Fernandinho...
Bangladesh get brisk start

Bangladesh got off to a winning start in the ongoing ICC U19 World...
Jamal doubtful as Booters take on Lanka in do-or-die clash

Skipper Jamal Bhuiyan is doubtful for the do-or-die clash against...
Shirin, Sunny propel Navy

Sports Reporter

Mahmud gets maiden call-up

The national selectors saw fit to include the uncapped Hasan Mahmud...
Bess takes fifer as England tighten grip

Off-spinner Dom Bess claimed his first Test five-wicket haul as...
Watford hurt Spurs’ Euro hopes

Watford held Tottenham to a goalless draw on Saturday to extend...
India, Aus meet today in decider

A feisty Australia will take on a resilient India in the third and...

Editorial

Fees first, service optional

If this was done by a private firm, charges of fraud or collection...

Pedestrians jaywalking through busy highway

A photo series published in this paper on January 18 shows...

Opinion

Dhaka’s ‘coordination’ problem

To offer better city services to the inhabitants of Dhaka, past...

PEOPLE’S VERDICT on ‘crossfire’ for rapists

In what was perhaps the most public endorsement of extra judicial...

The truth about the Trump economy

As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual...

Letters

Use Sonali bag instead of polythene

Polythene is harmful to the environment as well as people’s health....

City

Chattogram’s uncommon tourist attraction: a war cemetery

Graveyards are considered a site of mourning, a place to remember...
A milestone towards attaining secularism

Following Election Commission’s announcement to change Dhaka city...
Armed forces to become more skilled, dynamic

President Abdul Hamid yesterday expressed hope that all members of...
Picnic bus plunge injures 30 students in Cox’s Bazar

A picnic bus fell into a roadside ditch in Cox’s Bazar early...
Instilling ideologies of Bangabandhu in children stressed

The qualities and ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
Tk 5 in ‘honesty box’ is all they’ll need

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is going to launch...

People skeptical of big pledges

The two mayor candidates for Dhaka South City Corporation polls --...
Students call off hunger strike

Students of Dhaka University ended their hunger strike yesterday as...
Dhak Today

Remembering Jahanara Iman
Officers’ Club, Dhaka gets new committee

Local Government Division Additional Secretary Mesbah Uddin has...
Religious Tolerance: Workshop for journos starts in M’singh

A four-day workshop for journalists on religious tolerance started...

Vote, no matter what: BNP

Exercise your franchise! Come to the polling centres overcoming all...
2nd Phase of Biswa Ijtema: Akheri Munajat today

The second and last phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second...
UNO to seize smartphones from students

Students at Hathazari Parbati Model High School had quite a...
Bangladesh self-sufficient in food: minister

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday said Bangladesh has...
Govt working to ensure quality edu: minister

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq...

Country

Turn the road green, make some money too

Both sides of a two-kilometre long road, in Lakhpur union of...
Sculptors busy as Saraswati Puja nears

Sculptors are passing busy time to make idols of Saraswati, the...

Bedridden female FF in need of treatment

Freedom fighter Vanu Nesa, now bedridden at her Tetulia village...
Barishal-Muladi road communications snapped

Communications between Barishal and Muladi upazilas ground to a...

Locals stop road construction work

Local people stopped construction work of a 1,340-metre-long road...
Hit by train, woman dies in Gopalganj

An unidentified woman was killed as a train hit her near Dumdiya...

World

Rainstorms hit east

Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of...
Prepaid mobile services restored

Prepaid mobile connections were restored in Jammu and Kashmir...
4 South Koreans among 7 missing in Nepal avalanche

Seven trekkers, including four South Koreans, went missing in Nepal...
4 dead in Shabaab car bombing in Somalia

Four people were killed in a car bombing in Somalia yesterday that...

Support Turkey’s moves to end conflict in Libya

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support...
Regional stability tops Pak FM-Pompeo talks in US

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stressed on...
Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr to defend Trump

Ken Starr, who was at the centre of Bill Clinton’s impeachment in...
World’s shortest man dies in Nepal at 27

The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness...

Be ‘careful with his words’

President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader,...
Brazil minister quits over ‘Nazi’ quotes in speech

Brazil’s culture secretary Roberto Alvim resigned on Friday over a...
Four killed in Utah home shooting

Four people were killed and another wounded in a shooting at a home...
Czechs detect first case of bird flu

A highly contagious bird flu has been confirmed at a Czech farm,...

Arts & Entertainment

‘Homelands’ creates a buzz in UK

An exclusive art exhibition titled, Homelands: Art from Bangladesh,...
Expression of Life begins at AFD

Sharmin Zaman’s second solo exhibition, titled Expression of Life,...

Curtains to fall on the 18th DIFF today

The 18th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF)will conclude...

‘Chhayanaut Dance Fest 1426’ concludes

Celebrating various classical dance forms of the subcontinent,...

Health

Paediatric cardiac care in Bangladesh: what you need to know

Like other developing countries, Bangladesh is facing a multitude...
Could your morning coffee be a weight-loss tool?

If losing weight sits high atop your New Year’s resolution list,...

What can you do for men’s hair loss?

Enormous hair-fall is a common problem of both men and women, but...
Urgent health challenges for the next decade

As a new year and a new decade kick-off, the World Health...

Real-time flu prediction may be possible by using wearable tracking devices

The research, published in The Lancet Digital Health journal,...
Forum for blood cancer survivors organised at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka

A patient forum for the blood cancer survivors was organised at the...