Today's Paper: Latest Bangladeshi & world news & analysis

Front Page

No impunity for culprits, however powerful: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said no offenders,...
Injury-beset Tigers back in Christchurch

The Bangladesh cricket team returned to Christchurch yesterday, a...
TOP QUOTE!

“Faith of people from all walks of life in the judiciary has...
Row Over Waterbody: 3 shot dead in Sunamganj clash

Three people were allegedly shot dead and at least 12 others...

Parents caught napping by Uttara teen gangs

When the shocking news of marauding teenage gangs in Uttara emerged...
Fire safety eludes most DCC markets

Most of the markets of Dhaka city corporations are vulnerable to...
4 'Missing' Gaibandha Leaders: Locals enforce half-day hartal, block railroad

Demonstrators in Sadullapur upazila yesterday blockaded the rail...

Back Page

7-Murder Verdict: Condemned cells in N'ganj jail crammed with convicts

Narayanganj District Jail had to keep more than one convict on...
Rohingya Crisis: No long-term solution sans stopping violence

Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Johan Frisell has said it is clear...
Europe's anti-terror laws 'steamroll' rights: Amnesty

Legislation aimed at fighting terrorism across the European Union...
BCL leader found dead in Satkhira

Police recovered the body of a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra...
Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested by FBI

The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was arrested by...
Saudi 'optimistic' about Trump's rule: minister

US ally Saudi Arabia is "optimistic" about Donald Trump&...

BDCyclists in Guinness records book

BDCyclists, Bangladesh's biggest group of cyclists, has...
Nigeria accidental air strike 'kills 52'

At least 52 aid workers and civilians were killed yesterday when an...
1971 War Crimes: BNP leader Osman faces investigation

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has...
No 'half in, half out' Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday that Britain...
Taiwan simulates China attacks as tension rises

Taiwan began two days of military drills yesterday simulating an...

Modi upbeat on ties with Bangladesh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday pitched for “a...
Bangladesh firm to ensure RMG compliance

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was...
Nasirnagar FB Post: Rasraj freed but worries about security

Rasraj Das was released on bail yesterday after he languished in...
Germany's top court rejects bid to ban far-right NPD party

Germany's highest court yesterday threw out a bid to ban the...
Brazil in grip of successive prison riots

Brazilian police cleared several dozen inmates from the roof of a...

Business

Shadows over prospects of garment exports to US

Exports from Bangladesh, particularly of garment items, will face...
Summit awaits final nod to set up LNG terminal

Summit Group is one step closer to setting up its first floating...
Stockbroker fined Tk 50 lakh for breaching rules

The stockmarket regulator yesterday fined Alliance Securities and...
German investor confidence back on rise in January

Confidence among investors in Europe's largest economy,...
UK businesses wary about investment on Brexit doubts: survey

British businesses are increasingly cautious about their investment...

Regulator eases rules for handset import

The telecom regulator has eased conditions for importing mobile...
Online VAT registration begins in March

The National Board of Revenue plans to launch online VAT...
Wärtsilä gets contract from Ace Alliance Power

Finland's Wärtsilä will supply power generation equipment to...
British inflation jumps to 1.6pc

British annual inflation jumped in December to the highest level in...
Indian stock exchange seeks $182m through IPO

The Bombay Stock Exchange -- Asia's oldest bourse -- will seek...

Stocks continue bull run as investors getting back confidence

The bullish momentum continued in the stockmarket for the seventh...
NBR to open email accounts to hear taxpayers' complaints

The National Board of Revenue plans to open three email accounts to...
Hong Kong sues StanChart, UBS, KPMG over China Forestry IPO

Hong Kong's securities regulator has filed a suit against...
At Davos, retreat of globalisation stokes fears for poor nations

In 2014, Arnold Kamler, CEO of New Jersey-based Kent International,...

Sports

Watered-down pitch raises no eyebrows

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee chairman Jalal...
Tigresses hope to draw level

Bangladesh will take on South Africa at the Sheikh Kamal...
De Villiers skips NZ Tests

South African batting star AB de Villiers said on Tuesday he had...
Toure not giving up yet

Yaya Toure is adamant Manchester City can still end the season as...
Ctg edge Rajshahi on penalties

Chittagong Division beat Rajshahi Division 5-4 in a penalty...
FIFA warns Liverpool over Matip

FIFA warned Liverpool on Monday they cannot play Joel Matip unless...

The stance behind Kohli's dominance

Virat Kohli has enjoyed tremendous success over the past few years,...
Aus hire spin gurus ahead of India tour

Former Indian bowler Sriram Sridharan will work with Australia as a...
Big guns roll into Round 2

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams launched their Australian Open...
Milan stay in chase for Europe

AC Milan battled back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Torino on...
Hossains in semis

Alamgir Hossain, Milon Hossain, Anwar Hossain and Rubel Hossain...
Youth games from October?

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) on Monday decided in...

Shakib hits rating high

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has a recorded his highest...
Root ready to captain

England's Joe Root has said he is ready to take on the mantle...
Van Gaal retires from coaching

Firebrand manager Louis van Gaal has announced his retirement from...
ALEXIS SANCHEZ ADMITS 1M EURO TAX FRAUD

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez on Monday admitted defrauding...
Rafinha blow for Barca

Barcelona's Brazilian international midfielder Rafinha is set...

Editorial

Retailers' worry over RMG unrest

Readymade garment (RMG) sector, the financial barometer of the...

The seven murders

Admittedly, there was a degree of uncertainty in the minds of many,...

Opinion

Success of AL reform proposals depends on the new EC

The ruling Awami League's recent proposal for empowering the...
Forestalling extrajudicial killings

A democratic polity venturing to maintain order by repression and...

Bureaucracy cannot yield to business

Three hundred and sixty nine billion people, who constitute the...

The Verdict and the Vindication

Instead of blaming “a group of derailed officers”, it is time for...

Letters

Young female children facing sexual harassment

I recently found out that more than 300 female children faced...

Dismal performance from our cricket team

The Bangladesh team will perhaps go down in cricket history as the...

City

Hawkers want rehabilitation before eviction

Hundreds of hawkers yesterday held a rally before the capital'...
Journos to block roads today for 9th wage board

Journalists will stage demonstrations by blocking roads across the...
Maksuda loses battle for life

Maksuda Begum, a divorcee for almost 20 years, had struggled to...
Nine jailed for embezzling Tk 75.57 lakh of Agrani Bank

A Chittagong Court yesterday sentenced nine fugitives, including...
20 children were killed, 30 raped every month in 2016

The violence against children remains far from being “normal” as ...
Gazipur boy killed for smart phone

Unidentified miscreants have strangled a teenage boy to snatch his...
Ctg schools asked to return extra fees

Chittagong district administration yesterday asked the city schools...
Shamsunnahar to lead police parade

Shamsunnahar will lead the police parade on the inaugural day of...
Deakin University talks about facilities for Bangladeshi students

Deakin University, an Australia university, organised a press...

Bangladesh urges UAE to ease visa process

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has urged the...
Fire breaks out at shoe factory

Three workers of a shoe factory were injured in a fire in old Dhaka...
Hamid slams pvt universities for failure

President Abdul Hamid yesterday slammed the private universities...
Reproductive health facilities for female RMG workers sought

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the garment factory owners...
Two defence witnesses testify in favour of Ragib Ali

Two defence witnesses testified yesterday in favour of...
Seven get life term for killing man in Rangpur

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced seven people, including two...
Five killed, 11 hurt in road accidents

Five people, including a cop, were killed and 11 others injured in...
Ex-MP Farhad passes away

Jafrul Hasan Farhad, president of Jatiya Party of Barguna district...

Ex-chief justice Ruhul Amin passes away

Former chief justice MM Ruhul Amin died of heart diseases at a...
Mosharraf threatens movement if people's hopes not reflected

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday...
President should be polls-time govt chief

Khelafat Andolon yesterday proposed President Abdul Hamid to become...
DNCC to demolish illegal structures in 12 markets

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will demolish all illegal...
Direct votes for district councils

The government should revise the electoral system and some legal...
Obituary

Benu Debnath, wife of late Judge Dinesh Chandra Debnath, died of...
4 Rohingyas held in Barisal

Police detained four Rohingya intruders in Amtola More area of...
CU student held as Shibir suspect

A third-year student of Chittagong University was detained...

Country

Lalmonirhat woman finds solvency in flowers

Roses, daisies and marigolds: Asma Begum's garden in Fulgachh...
Ramshackle iron bridge poses risk

An iron bridge on the Sandhya river's branch in Udoykathi...
Brisk business in quilt

Quilt makers in Sylhet are busy from morning till midnight as the...
Mother of two kills herself

A woman allegedly committed suicide following a family feud at...
Seven suspects yet to be held

Three days into a robbery case filed by the owner of a jewellery...
PSTU assistant registrar made OSD

An official of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU)...

Pigeons spell success for the unemployed

Possibly the world's first domesticated bird, the pigeon, and...
Encroachment on Ziarkhal

In a bid to resolve waterlogging problem and ensure natural flow of...
Elderly man beaten dead

An elderly man was killed by nephews at Newgirtengur village under...
Elderly ayurvedic physician murdered

A seventy-five-year-old ayurvedic physician was hacked to death at...
Raise voice against repression of minorities

Former adviser to a caretaker government Sultana Kamal yesterday...

Expat killed in moving train

Police recovered the body of a Malaysia expatriate, murdered...
Market on platform, rail tracks

An illegal vegetable wholesale market on railway platform and close...
200 shops gutted in Tangail sari market fire

About 200 shops at traditional Tangail sari market in Karatia under...
UP member hacked

A union parishad (UP) member was hacked mercilessly in Mathbaria...
Vehicle registration rises in Bogra

Motor vehicle registration in the district saw more than two times...

World

UK set for 'hard' Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday unveiled her Brexit blueprint,...
Search for MH370 called off

The massive underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight...
Obama warns Trump not to jettison Iran nuke deal

US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of...
Oman receives ten prisoners from Gitmo

Oman said it received 10 inmates from the Guantanamo Bay Monday, as...
Congress announces alliance with SP in UP

Efforts to form a "grand secular alliance" in poll-bound...

Modi hails multi-polar Asia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday hailed the rise of...
Mother gets death

A mother who murdered her own daughter and set her alight for...
Moscow invites Trump officials

Russia's foreign minister says that Moscow is inviting...
5 killed in shooting at Mexico music festival

A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican...
Globalisation here to stay

China's President Xi Jinping yesterday warned against...

Gunman caught, 'confesses'

A 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of slaughtering 39 people at an...
180 migrants dead

Around 180 people are presumed to have died in the first major...
Yemen war death toll hits 10,000

The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen has...
Last man to walk on moon dies at 82

US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon,...

Arts & Entertainment

An assimilation of heritage and modernity

China is the birthplace of pottery and porcelain as in English the...
Bhabna joins Green Bangladesh as brand ambassador

Model cum actor Ashna Habib Bhabna has become brand ambassador for...

Ferdous plays a Casanova

Ferdous is gearing up for a new film venture this year. Titled ...
LADY GAGA back in the studio

It's been just a few months since Lady Gaga dropped “Joanne”,...

Workshop on Nazrul songs held at Barisal

A two-day long Nazrul Sangeet training workshop was held at Prantik...
Bangladesh-Tripura Cultural Festival sets off tomorrow

For the first time, a three-day (January 19-21) Bangladesh-Tripura...

Shift

The biggest trends at Tokyo Auto Salon 2017

The Nissan Skyline R32 is a wet dream for many, but at 26 years old...

Korean upstart- KIA Stinger GT

Korean car maker KIA is upping its global game and trying to appeal...

2018: Is the Camry finally hot

Toyota is trying to scare babies and business executives out of...