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Front Page

Biman pilot saves the day

An aircraft of Biman carrying 71 passengers and crew narrowly...
Dhaka pushing for special UN session

Dhaka has intensified diplomatic efforts for the UN Human Rights...
Time served, yet in prison

Jail inmates of different foreign nationalities often have to...

Rohingya Influx: Ministries ask for Tk 65cr to tackle situation

The finance ministry has moved to assess how much budgetary...
Bangladesh waits for goodwill from Myanmar

Bangladesh is waiting for the goodwill of Myanmar to begin to take...
Six doctors for 70,000 inmates

If you are poor and in jail for some reason and you happen to be...

Back Page

It was a baby, not a tumour!

Khadija Begum was seven months pregnant when her ultrasonograph...
Nine to die for killing Gazipur college student

A Gazipur court yesterday awarded nine people death penalty for...
Xi signals holding on to power

President Xi Jinping was formally handed a second term yesterday,...
'Kidnap' of Cox's Bazar Trader: Six DB men detained

Six members of the Detective Branch of Police were detained...

India to pursue repatriation of Rohingyas

India will continue to engage with Myanmar to pursue safe and...
Key accused 'confesses' gruesome killing of girl

The main accused in the Barguna college girl Mala Akthar murder...
Moghbazar flyover fully opens to public today

The 8.7km Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover that was widely criticised...

The ninja burglar

Japanese police have finally nabbed a nimble "ninja"...
Girl examinees outnumber boys in JSC, JDC exams

Girls keep outnumbering boys in the Junior School Certificate (JSC)...
Stalker hacks, beats up 5 of a family

Five members of a family, including a college girl, were injured...

Business

Graft scaring off foreign investors: German envoy

Corruption in Bangladesh is the main barrier to attracting foreign...
Govt to import another 2.5 lakh tonnes of rice

The government is set to import 2.5 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice...
Workers rights get Qatar nod as ILO poised to decide on abuse probe

Qatar has signed 36 worker protection agreements with countries...
Diploma on enterprise development launched

The Dhaka School of Economics (DSE), a constituent institute of the...
Rosatom wants maximum participation of local firms in Rooppur power plant

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom is keen to...
Ex-HSBC executive found guilty of fraud in $3.5b currency trade

A US jury on Monday found a former HSBC executive guilty of...
Japan bank CEO quits over claims of $2.2b in bad loans

The head of a government-backed Japanese bank said Wednesday he...

Akij to remit $20m to buy Malaysian firms

Akij Jute Mills is all set to become the seventh Bangladeshi...
New DMD for Al-Arafah Islami Bank

Mohammed Zubair Wafa has recently joined Al-Arafah Islami Bank as...
Dhaka stocks break losing streak

Dhaka stocks gained 0.6 percent to close at 6,001 yesterday,...
US durable goods orders gain pace in September

US manufacturers saw rising sales of major durable goods for the...
Asia wards off risks on rising trade linkage: ADB

Growing trade and investment linkages in Asia and the Pacific help...
Visa quarterly profit rises 11pc

Visa Inc, the world's largest payments network operator,...
British economy fractionally picks up speed in Q3

Britain's economy picked up speed ever so slightly in the...

E-procurement begins a new phase

The World Bank has renewed its partnership with Bangladesh on...
BTRC formulating integrated service quality regulation

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has formed a...
Global conference on business kicks off in Dhaka Oct 30

A two-day international conference on business and economics will...
Marks & Spencer to source more from Bangladesh

Bangladeshi garment units are now exemplars of factory safety after...
Sovereign wealth funds eye disruptive technologies,more co-investments

Sovereign wealth funds holding hundreds of billions of dollars are...
Apple acquires New Zealand wireless charging company

Apple, which recently said it was including wireless charging in...
German businesses more confident than ever

A closely-watched monthly survey of German business leaders hit its...

Sports

'We have nothing to lose'

'Can Shakib succeed where Mashrafe and Mushfiqur failed?'...
Bangladesh A win sole T20

Al-Amin and captain Nazmul Hasan put the Ireland A bowlers to the...
England's 'Big Six' thwarted

The Premier League's 'Big Six' clubs have been...
Rahmatullah laid to rest

Khaza Rahmatullah was laid to eternal rest at the Paikpara...

'Sure someone will step up for Tigers'

Two new captains will take the field today in the first T20I series...
Six U-19 players leaving for HK

The Bangladesh youths will leave for Hong Kong today to take part...
Biman returns to table tennis

After a five-year gap, Biman Bangladesh has returned to table...
Brewster takes England into U-17 WC final

Liverpool player Rhian Brewster scored a second hattrick in two...

Moody's focus on local cricketers

One of only two foreign coaches among the seven teams for the...
Icardi brace fires Inter to top

Mauro Icardi scored a double as Inter Milan went top of Serie A on...
Prosecutors grill Khelaifi

Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday began grilling Paris Saint-Germain...
'I'll stay if we win the champions league'

Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said Tuesday he will retire at...

Editorial

Disappearing playgrounds

As per a report published in this daily yesterday, the Chittagong...

A tale of seven bridges

Even bridges in Patuakhali and Barguna have collapsed and none has...

Opinion

The lost purpose of education

The University of Dhaka has long prided itself as the premier...
Why lessons from the 1997 Asian crisis were lost

Various different, and sometimes contradictory, lessons have been...

Boundaries that divide us

The government of India has appointed Dineshwar Sharma, former...

The Braveheart of Bengal

October 26 is an auspicious day for the Bengali people, for on this...

Letters

DU should investigate question paper leak

The allegation of question paper leak of Dhaka University's &...

City

Rohingya killing exposes ugly face of capitalism

The ugly face of capitalism has been exposed as Russia, China and...
Health support cuts workplace absence

Educating female garment workers on sexual and reproductive health...
Sher-e-Bangla's birthday today

Today is the 144th birthday of AK Fazlul Huq, known as Sher-e-Bangla.
Protesters halt 'tobacco campaign' at Buet

Anti-tobacco campaigners yesterday succeeded in convincing the...
CU admission tests start today

The honours admission tests for the 2017-2018 academic session of...
Cop dies as tree branch falls on car

A police constable was killed and two others were injured as a tree...

Fighting a losing battle

Believe it or not, there are only six officials at the directorate...
Decision on seating service soon: Quader

With the special drive against so-called "seating service"...
Prof Moqsud Ali's death anniversary today

Today is the 4th death anniversary of eminent educationist...
One killed in Ctg road accident

A person was killed in a road accident in Chittagong city's...
‘Takeda’ donates $1m to AUW

Japan-based global pharmaceutical company “Takeda” has donated $1...

More overtime duty, narrow career prospect

Women in the country's readymade garment sector face a range...
HC stays trial of seven cases against Moudud

The High Court yesterday stayed trial proceedings of seven...
Don't register marriage with Rohingya

The government has directed the marriage registrars not to...
One killed in Ctg road accident

A person was killed in a road accident in Chittagong city's...
Worker dies falling from building

A construction worker died as he fell from a five-storey under...

Country

World failing Myanmar's Rohingyas: Red Cross official

A top Red Cross official has said that the world is failing to...
None sued yet for tree felling

A case is yet to be filed against those responsible for illegally...
Two Indians among 7 held at Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained five Bangladeshis...
Highway in sorry state

The dilapidated Comilla-Sylhet highway, an important road for trade...
Rohingya woman detained in Gaibandha

Police picked up a Rohingya woman from Bonarapra Bazar in Saghata...

Trucker turns innovative malta farmer

A few years back the Barendra (Barind) region was the example of...
‘Nationalise Ebtedayee madrasas’

Speakers at a human chain in the town yesterday demanded...
Cousins hack girl over land feud

An SSC examinee was hacked allegedly by her cousins over a land...
Engr assaulted by AL leader

A ruling party man assaulted an engineer of Local Government...
Two Rangpur BNP leaders, JCD man sent to jail

A Rangpur court yesterday sent two local leaders of Bangladesh...

BEAUTY LOST

It used to be that the people of Tangail, in leisure time with...
Good initiative

The youths in Kulaura upazila are repairing the 1.5-km-long and...
Missing youth found dead in Khagrachhari

The body of a missing youth was found in Rubber dam area of...
Charge sheet accepted

A court here yesterday accepted the charge sheet pressed against...

World

World failing Myanmar's Rohingyas: Red Cross official

A top Red Cross official has said that the world is failing to...
Kurds offer to suspend referendum results

Kurdish authorities in Iraq yesterday offered to put an...
George HW Bush groped actress: reports

"Former US President George HW Bush has issued an apology to...
Gujarat state polls in December

Voters in Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat will go to the...

India defends N Korea, Iran ties

India's foreign minister yesterday defended the country's...
Catalan cracks appear

Pro-independence activists prepared to take to the streets of...
Israel approves 176 new settler homes

Israeli authorities yesterday approved a major expansion of an east...
Protests as Kenya to hold polls today

Kenya's repeat presidential elections will proceed as planned...

MEET CHINA'S NEW RULING LINE-UP

Since Xi Jinping, 64, took over the party at its 18th National...
Trump faces GOP rebellion

Tensions among Republicans about President Donald Trump boiled over...
Tiny Singapore tops the list

Tiny Singapore now has the world's most powerful passport,...
Malware attack hits European targets

A malware attack that hit a Ukrainian international airport and...

Arts & Entertainment

“A Pair of Sandal” at Naples Human Rights Film Fest

Freelance journalist and independent filmmaker Josim Ahmed's...

Girija Devi passes away at 88

Vidushi Girija Devi, the quintessential Thumri Queen of the Seniya...

“Doob” to premiere in Kolkata today

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Bangladesh-India joint-production...

Shout

Indomitable

You wake up one day to the reality that you have to walk 5...
Mods - The story of the meddlers

The gaming community is known to be a devoted bunch. Almost every...
inked

“So you notice absolutely nothing different about me?” Mumu asked...
Let's talk about faith

Faith, is typified as the concern of the aged, even though our...
The Rapunzel Struggles

When television commercials showed long silky hair, the young me...
This Week's Horrorscope

A dumb camel once said, “Moo.”
REJECTION

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

The Great Grade Slumber

We've all been there, haven't we? Surrounded by books,...
Heaven in the Sky

The lamp's frail light cut the darkness in yellow rays. And...
On a mission to make the best, better

4-H is America's largest youth development organisation –...
DIY Halloween costumes

Looking for cheap and easy to do Halloween costume ideas? Well,...
The evolution of bands, and toxic fans

Two of my favourite bands - Arctic Monkeys (AM) and Twenty One...
STOP TAKING KIDS TO MOVIES WITH ADULT CONTENT!

“Adult content in movies: graphic violence, profanity, overtly...
BULLETIN BOARD

Inaugural ceremony of “4th Intensive Training Program on Applied...

The stages of reading fanfiction

Fanfiction is a… difficult thing, to say the least, in terms of all...
The Bane of Womanhood

Oh woman, made from gold and fire.
A call to arms in computer programming

Bangladesh Advanced Computing Society (BACS) was recently...
A novel swinging back and forth through time

Set in the North of London in the beginning, Zadie Smith's...
Reasons to love Ittyadi

Ittyadi shares the same position as khichuri on a rainy day in a...
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