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Front Page

Chemical blaze kills 67

The death toll in the devastating blaze in Chawkbazar rose to 67...
Nimtoli to Chawkbazar

Many people woke up on the morning of the national holiday...
Old town sends out an SOS

Old Dhaka will remain vulnerable to disasters like the ones in...

The face of horror

In many major tragedies, the victims are reduced to mere numbers,...
2010 HC directives 'ignored'

The government is yet to respond to the High Court rule and...
What caused the fire?

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun yesterday said...

Back Page

Dheki lives on to make pitha tasty

Remember “dheki chhata chal”?
'Rohingyas attack' German journos in Ukhia camp

A group of Rohingyas in Ukhia's Kutupalong refugee camp...
Trump bars IS woman from returning to US

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring a US-born...

21 forever

As the nation paid homage to the Language Movement heroes on the...
59 'bandits' killed in NW Nigeria

At least 59 "bandits" were killed by a civilian defence...

JeM plans even bigger strike

Emboldened by its success in the Kashmir suicide bombing, Jaish-e...
12 held with over one lakh yaba pills in Cox's Bazar

Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday detained 11 Rohingya men with 100...

Business

Textile stocks fail to bring cheer

More than 40 percent listed textile mills' profits declined in...
Banks' CSR spending soars despite lower profits

Banks' spending on corporate social responsibility shot up...
US, China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war

The United States and China have started to outline commitments in...
Google fails to disclose microphone in Nest Secure

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it had made an “error”...
Remain or leave? Carmakers confront hard Brexit choices

In three cavernous former Royal Air Force hangars at an old airbase...
Sony to beef up chip business with new engineers

Sony Corp said on Thursday it will assign 40 percent of its new...

Wheat imports drop for higher rice harvests

Wheat imports slumped 17.8 percent year-on-year to 34.20 lakh...
Bproperty gets $10m from parent company for expansion

Real estate marketplace bproperty.com has received $10 million in...
Japan govt leaves economy view unchanged as data weakens on China

Japan's government kept its assessment of the economy...
Samsung's foldable phone opens new frontier

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has wowed the smartphone industry with...
Oil hovers near 2019 highs amid Opec cuts

Oil prices hovered around 2019 highs on Thursday, bolstered by Opec...
Barclays rebounds into profit in 2018

Barclays rebounded sharply into profit in 2018, as a vast hit from...

Mirsarai will be the investment capital

Mirsarai Industrial City, which spans over 30,000 acres in Mirsarai...
Eight ICB-managed mutual funds counting losses since 2010

Eight out of 37 mutual funds listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange ...
Singer launches free AC cleaning service campaign

Singer Bangladesh is set to launch a campaign to offer free...
Fed says US growth easing as global risks rise

The Federal Reserve believes US growth will "step down"...
Euro zone industry slips into contraction

Euro zone manufacturing slipped into contraction in February, as an...

Sports

Wounded Tigers reach Christchurch

After being whitewashed in the three-match ODI series, a...
Black armbands for Chawkbazar victims

There was a lot of shock and disbelief among the Bangladesh cricket...
Pandya out of Aus series

All-rounder Hardik Pandya will miss India's limited overs home...
BPL race resumes with 8th round

Since the big-spending Bashundhara Kings' dropped points...
Sane 'sorry' for stunning free-kick

Leroy Sane admits feeling 'sorry' for his stunning free...

'Wasn't as serious as it looked'

There was a lot of confusion after an apparent argument between...
It felt like a 330 chase, not 360: Morgan

Contrasting centuries by Jason Roy and Joe Root paced England to a...
A flawed version of 2016

Bangladesh lost their three-match ODI series 3-0 against New...
Shooting team leaves today

A 14-member Bangladesh shooting team is scheduled to leave for...

Why did we just see the dressing room?

"I don't care what you write about our performance,"...
'Beat Pakistan and KO them'

India stand to lose by boycotting Pakistan in the upcoming World...
Atletico stun Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League mission with Juventus...
PSG hammer Montpellier

Angel Di Maria scored a sumptuous free-kick and Kylian Mbappe was...

Editorial

Hapless slum dwellers with nowhere to go

It is unthinkable that 10,000 people should become homeless...

Who bears responsibility for these deaths?

Only two days ago, this paper ran an editorial on how chemical...

Opinion

Tax the rich

September last year, a ranking of countries prepared by Wealth X, a...
India's military options to tackle terror after Pulwama

It has been a week since the ghastly terror attack by Jaish-e...

Will yaba smuggling end with the surrender of some godfathers?

Some of our news outlets have termed the yaba smugglers as “yaba...

Ekushey February: The legacy and the challenge

For a perennially homesick expat living 10,000 miles away in...

Letters

For better healthcare

Advancing community health is central to achieving the SDGs and...

City

The first responders

He was sitting against a wall about a hundred yards away from the...
Free health camp held in Tangail

Three thousand underprivileged patients yesterday received free...
Provide proper treatment to fire victims: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered the authorities...
No dormitories for RU IBA students

It has been three years since Institute of Business Administration ...
Woman found dead in Ctg

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman with her hands...
Condolences pour in for victim families

Condolences poured in to the bereaved families of those killed in...

Ekushey in books

Imbued with the spirit of love for their mother tongue, people from...
Sromik Jigyasha: Legal aid at RMG workers' fingertips

A ready-made garment worker, Rekha was informed that some of her...
Oikyafront's public hearing today

Jatiya Oikyafront will hold a public hearing in the capital today...
Teen dies after being pushed off rooftop

A teenage boy died as he was pushed down from the roof of a...
Deliver verdicts in Bangla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday requested judges to deliver...

Homage paid to language martyrs

International Mother Language Day was observed in befitting manner...
Chawkbazar Fire: DMC air heavy with wails

Yusuf Kazi was sitting on a broken chair near the Dhaka Medical...
2 die in road crashes

Two persons died and two others were injured in separate road...
NSU observes Int'l Mother Language Day

North South University (NSU) yesterday observed International...
'An opportunity to celebrate linguistic diversity'

International Mother Language Day is an opportunity to promote and...

Country

Language Martyrs' Day observed on border

For the Bangla speaking people of the two neighbouring countries,...
Lost his legs, not dignity

Twenty years ago, Dholuram Roy slipped while catching a running...
Signature campaign against corruption

The Committee of Concerned Citizens (CCC) of Transparency...
'Punish Lipi's killer'

People formed a human chain in front of Nasirnagar upazila Shaheed...

Bid to save Rakhine language

In an attempt to save the Rakhine language from extinction, 60-year...
Six year-old girl rescued five days after abduction

A six-year-old abducted girl was rescued from Kalapara upazila...
Free medical camp on Amar Ekushey

A free medical camp was organised at Hatibandha in Sakhipur upazila...
Ferry services resume after six hours

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route in the Padma river...

Pond on occupied railway land

Workers engaged by a local influential person have continued...
Lawyers continue boycotting Meherpur court

Lawyers of Meherpur District Bar Association yesterday at a meeting...
Free medical camp on Amar Ekushey

A free medical camp was organised at Hatibandha in Sakhipur upazila...
College teacher stabbed

A female college teacher was stabbed by snatchers in Rahmotpur area...

World

Venezuela to close border with Brazil

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the government was...
Challengers unite against Netanyahu

The two main challengers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Nepal govt's move sparks freedom of speech concerns

Nepal's government on Wednesday tabled draft legislation that...
No more pop songs of praise: Tajik leader

Tajikistan's authoritarian leader has called for an end to pop...
UN allows N Koreans to travel to Vietnam

A UN Security Council sanctions committee has agreed to allow North...

CHAWKBAZAR INFERNO: World media blame lax safety regulations

World media yesterday highlighted the lax safety regulations and...
Customs union with EU only way to unlock Brexit

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday said Prime...
Nine countries at UNSC seek to override China

The United States, France, Britain and six other countries on the...
'Xi cult' app becomes red hot hit in China

A propaganda app that puts China's powerful President Xi...
Russia indicts US investor for fraud

Russian investigators yesterday formally charged US investor...

2,500 foreign children in camps

More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled...
Modi shot film when country mourned

India's Congress Party yesterday alleged that Prime Minister...
'Concrete measures' on sex abuse needed: Pope

Pope Francis yesterday opened a landmark Vatican summit on fighting...
India SC orders eviction of 1m forest dwellers

India's Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than 1...
BITS OF HISTORY (FEBRUARY 21)

1972: Richard Nixon became the first serving US president to visit...

Arts & Entertainment

International Art Exhibition opens tomorrow at Shilpakala Academy

Artopolitan, an art organisation promoting visual arts and artists...
Press conference of Bangabandhu Shobdoti Amader at BSA

An artist camp titled 'Bangabandhu Shobdoti Amader' with...
Md Faruk Chowdhury's Poetry book Launched

Kobitar Pran, Kobitay Gaan, Kobir Kotha, by Md Faruk Chowdhury is...
Lal – an ode to the moon and menstrual cycle

To celebrate the menstrual cycle through music, dance, and art,...

Portrait of a Cover Artist - Kheya Mezba Shormi

Cover artists across the country become extremely busy during the...
Maheen Khan speaks about TRESemmé Bangladesh Fashion Week 2019

TRESemmé, a leading brand of hair-care products, is organising one...
Shah Alam Shazu's 'Monphoring' hops on as a youth favourite

Veteran writer Shah Alam Shazu, who has a noteworthy career of 20...
Remembering composer Ali Akbar Rupu

Today marks the first death anniversary of the renowned music...

Shahidul Alam Sachchu reflects on Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho

Shahidul Alam Sachchu is a revered name in the entertainment arena....
Two books by Shamim Ara Smrity released

Young and multi-talented writer Shamim Ara Smrity has published two...
Minar talks about his first book

Singer/songwriter and cartoonist Minar Rahman looked visibly...

Next Step

YOU ARE LOSING MONEY EVERY MONTH (PART 2)

In the first part of the article, I wrote about how you are losing...
Using the internet for research

Libraries are long-forgotten when it comes to research. Internet is...

Getting the paperwork ready for stock investment in Bangladesh

First, you need your NID (a photocopy of your passport also does...

The Bossman #85

The Bossman #85

Star Weekend

MAPPING THE MOTHER TONGUE - METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

Very recently, a video song called “Poran Priyo” released by the...
In conversation with Mohammad Sultan

About five years ago, I had a long talk with Sultan about several...
From Patharia to Lusai

The books we read as children have a much stronger influence on us...
Pulling the weight of the world

The story "Pulling the weight of the world" in Star...

The Forgotten Museum of Language Movement

It was around 4pm on February 14. The lawns and courtyards of the...
The year I spent without Bangla

Growing up schooled in an English medium curriculum can bring with...
Border killing conundrum

Recently, border killings have been on the rise by the BSF while...
Reliable diagnostic labs?

There are numerous diagnostic centers that have been established in...

Central Shaheed Minar

In this document, which was found in the files of M. S. Jafar and...
A SIGH IN MOONLIT MIST

The sky turns grey as soon as the bullock-cart reaches the village...
Role of a Mother Language

I have been using an app for the last couple of months to have a...

Star Youth

First-timers at Ekushey Boi Mela

The overwhelming presence of literary enthusiasts at Bangla Academy...
CARTOON PEOPLE COMICS

CARTOON PEOPLE COMICS

Mayurpankhi: Nurturing children's reading habits

Mayurpankhi is a Bangladeshi publishing house that specialises in...

Youth Opportunities

Governance Innovation Unit of the Prime Minister's Office...