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Front Page

AL may pick CEC's nephew for Patuakhali-3

SM Shahjada Saju, nephew of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul...
'Returning officers briefed at PMO'

Deputy commissioners, who have been made returning officers for the...
Dengue cases hit 18-yr high

The number of recorded cases of dengue infection this year hit 9...
Faltering sides set to face off

Bangladesh's home Test season will enter the business end...
Freedom at last

After 107 days in jail, acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was...
The decision rests with me

After being unreachable for most of the party ranks over the last...

Fewer observers in Dec 30 polls

The presence of observers in the upcoming election will be thinner...
Khaleda's JS Seat: More than a dozen seek BNP ticket

More than a dozen nomination seekers were interviewed yesterday by...
Digital Security Act: Editors deeply disappointed as no steps taken

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) has expressed deep...
Miladunnabi today

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM), marking the anniversary of birth...
Extrajudicial Killings: 437 victims in 10 months

At least 437 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings by law...

Back Page

Election is Bangladesh's internal issue

India once again said the upcoming election was an internal issue...
Gopalganj-3: 2 grassroots BNP men looking to take on Hasina

Two BNP grassroots leaders have bought party's nomination...
Malaysia's Najib questioned over submarine deal

Fallen Malaysian leader Najib Razak is being questioned over the...
Asylum to Illegal Migrants: US judge halts Trump's ban

A federal judge on Monday put a temporary halt to a Trump...

SOS from a hospital

Md Osman (not his real name), a railway official, was admitted to...
'Mistake' claims one life

One electrical worker was killed and 10 others critically injured...
Rafiqul Islam Mia arrested hours after conviction

BNP leader barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia was arrested by police hours...
Saudi royals turn on crown prince

Amid international uproar over the killing of journalist Jamal...

Suicide Blast: Dozens killed at Afghan gathering

At least 40 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a...
Rohingya man detained for 'raping' a baby

Police yesterday arrested a Rohingya man for allegedly raping a one...
BTRC unblocks Skype

The telecom regulator yesterday unblocked Skype, a communication...
3 killed in Cox's Bazar 'gunfights'

A robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in...

Business

Paying tax with little benefit

Fazlur Rahman, a 43-year-old man, stood up and began to narrate an...
Regulator relaxes rules of provision for merchant banks

The stockmarket regulator yesterday relaxed the rules of provision...
Strengthen local agency before Accord departs

The Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC), the local factory...
Lotto president arrives today

Andrea Tomat, president of Lotto Sport Italia SpA and Stonefly SpA,...
Tk 52cr project to automate Benapole port

Businesses have demanded faster completion of a Tk 52 crore project...

Saarc not helping SDGs: CPD

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) cannot...
Narayanganj to get electric train service

The government has taken up a project to introduce electric train...
No more floating LNG terminals

Bangladesh will scrap plans to build additional floating liquefied...
Google to invest in data centre, green energy in Denmark

Alphabet Inc's Google will invest 4.5 billion Danish crowns (...

Oddity from start

Abul Kashem, chairman of the proposed Peoples Bank, is set to fork...
Tatas to go slow to acquire Jet Airways

Indian conglomerate Tata Sons Ltd will go slow on a deal to buy Jet...
Shut out of China, US coal exporters find favour in India, for now

US coal exporters have effectively lost a promising market in China...
EasyJet logs soaring annual profit

EasyJet's annual net profit jumped by almost a fifth on strong...

Sports

A natural elevation

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan was batting in his...
BCL kicks off today

The seventh edition of the franchise-based Bangladesh Cricket...
Emotional Cahill says farewell

Veteran Tim Cahill bid an emotional farewell Tuesday on his 108th...
Mushy climbs up rankings

Bangladesh's wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim climbed 13...

A father's unspoken dream

During the early days after Bangladesh had received Test status...
'Zverev proved he's Next Gen's best'

Alexander Zverev has proven himself as the best of tennis' new...
Dhaka Bank in for women's football

National women footballers are all set to come under a salary...

Last-gasp Sabuz takes Kings to final

A 118th-minute strike from substitute Towhidul Alam Sabuz powered...
Six-minute blitz sees Dutch through

Virgil van Dijk hailed the Netherlands' belief as his 91st...
SHORT CORNER

The 5th SAFF Women's Championship will be held in Nepal in...

Editorial

Are the criticisms misplaced?

The finance minister recently told the chairpersons and directors...

Women and violent extremism

Studies of some 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, South and...

Opinion

'In Bangladesh, democracy was not allowed to take root'

Sultana Kamal, lawyer and human rights activist, member of CPD...
The legacy of November 21, 1971

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had laid the foundation for the...

Why we must plan for urbanisation now — and fast

The third annual conference on urban resilience was just held in...

Significance of Modi's visit

Resilience and renewal—these two words at the beginning of the...

Letters

Level playing field is a must

The forthcoming national election will take place on December 30....

City

Coordination must for climate resilient cities

Lack of coordination among various government authorities is a key...
UNCDF conference shares new insights, industry innovations

The UNCDF conference yesterday shared new insights, industry...
Armed Forces Day today

The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated today marking the founding...
Breast milk must for child development: speakers

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said breast milk is a must for...
Smaller parties want AL, BNP to give up 5 seats each

Political parties contesting the 11th national election under the...
CJ calls full court meeting tomorrow

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has convened a full court meeting...
Man arrested with firearm, yaba

Detectives arrested a man and recovered a firearm and yaba from his...
Why no compensation to victim's family: HC

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned to explain...

Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh now open to Bangladeshi visitors

Bangladeshi tourists can now apply at Indian Visa Application...
Tk 25 lakh extra fees collected from 637 SSC candidates

In the face of Anti-Corruption Commission's drive on November...
'Bidyapeeth Book Fair' to begin Friday

The three-day “Bidyapeeth Book Fair”, organised by Gyantapas Abdur...
Public security top priority during nat'l election

Chattogram Divisional Commissioner Md Abdul Mannan yesterday said...
Two women hang themselves in Khulna

A physical education teacher of Government Majid Memorial City...
Youth held for killing woman

A youth was arrested yesterday for stabbing a woman to death in...
Freedom fighter Prafullah Kumar dies

Prafullah Kumar Barman, a freedom fighter, died at his residence in...
HC hearing petition on 'fictitious' cases against BNP men

The High Court yesterday started hearing a writ petition filed over...

50 honoured for reporting on child rights

A total of 50 media professionals were honoured at Meena Media...
Mugging gang posing as detectives arrested

Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested eight members of...
Road crashes kill five

Five people were killed and four injured in four districts in the...
JP leader sued under Digital Security Act

A Jatiya Party (JP)-backed student leader yesterday filed a case...
Three workers die after falling off building

Three workers have died after they fell from an under-construction...
Two poachers held with 50 turtles

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested two persons and...
Shamsul Haque's death anniversary today

Today is the 3rd death anniversary of freedom fighter and former...
6 JCD men arrested over Nayapaltan clash

Police arrested six Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal men for their alleged...

Country

Hunters active as winter birds arrive

With arrival of early winter migratory birds, a section of bird...
57 HSTU teachers on hunger strike

Fifty-seven assistant professors of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science...
Schoolhouse unused, 5 years into construction

All that you could dream of in a primary school – a one-storied...
College employee hacked to death

An office assistant of a college was hacked to death at Chandipur...

Natural cattle rearing brings good profit

Cattle farmers belonging to Ghosh community in the district are...
Ras mela kicks off at Kuakata today

The 150-year-old traditional Ras Mela, a dance festival attracting...
'Save two water bodies in Hakaluki Haor'

Yudhishtipur-Baddeuli Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) Management...
Key accused held

Police on Monday detained the prime accused in the case for killing...

Pest attack worries Aman farmers in Lalmonirhat

Pest (current poka) attack on Aman paddy has upset farmers in the...
Boiler blast kills rice mill worker

A worker was killed and another seriously injured in a boiler...
10 hurt in clash

Ten people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at...
Arms, bullets, heroin seized

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives...

World

White House backs down from legal fight

The White House said Monday it restored in full the media...
Xi visits Philippines to cosy up to US ally

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called his visit to long...
Spain threatens to veto Brexit deal

Spain will vote against the European Union's draft Brexit deal...
BITS OF HISTORY (NOVEMBER 20)

1945: Twenty-four German World War Two leaders went on trial for...
India ammunition depot blast kills six

An explosion at an ammunition dump in India killed six people...

Trump hits out at Pak over bin Laden capture

President Donald Trump repeated Monday that Al-Qaeda chief Osama...
Amitabh clears farmers' debts

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has helped farmers of Uttar Pradesh by...
Six survive 84-floor lift drop in Chicago

An elevator inside Chicago's former Hancock building dropped...
PNG police storm parliament over pay

Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country's...
Lanka reinstates top detective after outcry

Sri Lankan police yesterday reversed a decision sacking a top...

Ivanka used personal email for govt work

The US president's daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump...
Russia denounces US interference

The Kremlin yesterday denounced "interference" in the...
Gunman kills 3 at Chicago hospital

A gunman shot a doctor to death outside a Chicago hospital on...
Chilli powder thrown at Delhi CM Kejriwal

A man hurled chilli powder at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal...
Australia arrests 3 on terror charges

Three men who allegedly plotted "chilling" terror attacks...

Arts & Entertainment

Nagorik Natya Sampradaya's Open Couple to be staged in London

The 45th production of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, Open Couple is...

Prime Minister stands beside Amjad Hossain

Renowned actor Amjad Hossain's sons, Shazzad Hossain Dodul and...

'Priyo Tama' turns host

Popular actor and model Tama Mirza will take on anchoring duties...

Shift

6 TUNER TRENDS WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE DEAD

The car customisation scene has gone through many fads and changes...

Forza Horizon 4 - a masterpiece with slight flaws

Combining a great mix of tuner culture, realistic settings, new...

TLVN CTR – worth the premium?

There's high end 1/64s and then there's Tomica Limited...