Front Page
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Chemical blaze kills 67
The death toll in the devastating blaze in Chawkbazar rose to 67...
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Nimtoli to Chawkbazar
Many people woke up on the morning of the national holiday...
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Old town sends out an SOS
Old Dhaka will remain vulnerable to disasters like the ones in...
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The face of horror
In many major tragedies, the victims are reduced to mere numbers,...
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2010 HC directives 'ignored'
The government is yet to respond to the High Court rule and...
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What caused the fire?
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun yesterday said...
Back Page
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Dheki lives on to make pitha tasty
Remember “dheki chhata chal”?
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'Rohingyas attack' German journos in Ukhia camp
A group of Rohingyas in Ukhia's Kutupalong refugee camp...
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Trump bars IS woman from returning to US
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring a US-born...
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21 forever
As the nation paid homage to the Language Movement heroes on the...
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59 'bandits' killed in NW Nigeria
At least 59 "bandits" were killed by a civilian defence...
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JeM plans even bigger strike
Emboldened by its success in the Kashmir suicide bombing, Jaish-e...
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12 held with over one lakh yaba pills in Cox's Bazar
Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday detained 11 Rohingya men with 100...
Business
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Textile stocks fail to bring cheer
More than 40 percent listed textile mills' profits declined in...
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Banks' CSR spending soars despite lower profits
Banks' spending on corporate social responsibility shot up...
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US, China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war
The United States and China have started to outline commitments in...
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Google fails to disclose microphone in Nest Secure
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it had made an “error”...
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Remain or leave? Carmakers confront hard Brexit choices
In three cavernous former Royal Air Force hangars at an old airbase...
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Sony to beef up chip business with new engineers
Sony Corp said on Thursday it will assign 40 percent of its new...
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Wheat imports drop for higher rice harvests
Wheat imports slumped 17.8 percent year-on-year to 34.20 lakh...
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Bproperty gets $10m from parent company for expansion
Real estate marketplace bproperty.com has received $10 million in...
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Japan govt leaves economy view unchanged as data weakens on China
Japan's government kept its assessment of the economy...
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Samsung's foldable phone opens new frontier
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has wowed the smartphone industry with...
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Oil hovers near 2019 highs amid Opec cuts
Oil prices hovered around 2019 highs on Thursday, bolstered by Opec...
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Barclays rebounds into profit in 2018
Barclays rebounded sharply into profit in 2018, as a vast hit from...
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Mirsarai will be the investment capital
Mirsarai Industrial City, which spans over 30,000 acres in Mirsarai...
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Eight ICB-managed mutual funds counting losses since 2010
Eight out of 37 mutual funds listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange ...
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Singer launches free AC cleaning service campaign
Singer Bangladesh is set to launch a campaign to offer free...
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Fed says US growth easing as global risks rise
The Federal Reserve believes US growth will "step down"...
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Euro zone industry slips into contraction
Euro zone manufacturing slipped into contraction in February, as an...
Sports
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Wounded Tigers reach Christchurch
After being whitewashed in the three-match ODI series, a...
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Black armbands for Chawkbazar victims
There was a lot of shock and disbelief among the Bangladesh cricket...
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Pandya out of Aus series
All-rounder Hardik Pandya will miss India's limited overs home...
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BPL race resumes with 8th round
Since the big-spending Bashundhara Kings' dropped points...
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Sane 'sorry' for stunning free-kick
Leroy Sane admits feeling 'sorry' for his stunning free...
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'Wasn't as serious as it looked'
There was a lot of confusion after an apparent argument between...
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It felt like a 330 chase, not 360: Morgan
Contrasting centuries by Jason Roy and Joe Root paced England to a...
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A flawed version of 2016
Bangladesh lost their three-match ODI series 3-0 against New...
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Shooting team leaves today
A 14-member Bangladesh shooting team is scheduled to leave for...
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Why did we just see the dressing room?
"I don't care what you write about our performance,"...
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'Beat Pakistan and KO them'
India stand to lose by boycotting Pakistan in the upcoming World...
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Atletico stun Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League mission with Juventus...
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PSG hammer Montpellier
Angel Di Maria scored a sumptuous free-kick and Kylian Mbappe was...
Editorial
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Hapless slum dwellers with nowhere to go
It is unthinkable that 10,000 people should become homeless...
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Who bears responsibility for these deaths?
Only two days ago, this paper ran an editorial on how chemical...
Opinion
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Tax the rich
September last year, a ranking of countries prepared by Wealth X, a...
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India's military options to tackle terror after Pulwama
It has been a week since the ghastly terror attack by Jaish-e...
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Will yaba smuggling end with the surrender of some godfathers?
Some of our news outlets have termed the yaba smugglers as “yaba...
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Ekushey February: The legacy and the challenge
For a perennially homesick expat living 10,000 miles away in...
Letters
City
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The first responders
He was sitting against a wall about a hundred yards away from the...
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Free health camp held in Tangail
Three thousand underprivileged patients yesterday received free...
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Provide proper treatment to fire victims: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered the authorities...
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No dormitories for RU IBA students
It has been three years since Institute of Business Administration ...
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Woman found dead in Ctg
Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman with her hands...
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Condolences pour in for victim families
Condolences poured in to the bereaved families of those killed in...
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Ekushey in books
Imbued with the spirit of love for their mother tongue, people from...
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Sromik Jigyasha: Legal aid at RMG workers' fingertips
A ready-made garment worker, Rekha was informed that some of her...
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Oikyafront's public hearing today
Jatiya Oikyafront will hold a public hearing in the capital today...
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Teen dies after being pushed off rooftop
A teenage boy died as he was pushed down from the roof of a...
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Deliver verdicts in Bangla
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday requested judges to deliver...
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Homage paid to language martyrs
International Mother Language Day was observed in befitting manner...
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Chawkbazar Fire: DMC air heavy with wails
Yusuf Kazi was sitting on a broken chair near the Dhaka Medical...
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2 die in road crashes
Two persons died and two others were injured in separate road...
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NSU observes Int'l Mother Language Day
North South University (NSU) yesterday observed International...
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'An opportunity to celebrate linguistic diversity'
International Mother Language Day is an opportunity to promote and...
Country
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Language Martyrs' Day observed on border
For the Bangla speaking people of the two neighbouring countries,...
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Lost his legs, not dignity
Twenty years ago, Dholuram Roy slipped while catching a running...
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Signature campaign against corruption
The Committee of Concerned Citizens (CCC) of Transparency...
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'Punish Lipi's killer'
People formed a human chain in front of Nasirnagar upazila Shaheed...
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Bid to save Rakhine language
In an attempt to save the Rakhine language from extinction, 60-year...
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Six year-old girl rescued five days after abduction
A six-year-old abducted girl was rescued from Kalapara upazila...
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Free medical camp on Amar Ekushey
A free medical camp was organised at Hatibandha in Sakhipur upazila...
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Ferry services resume after six hours
Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route in the Padma river...
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Pond on occupied railway land
Workers engaged by a local influential person have continued...
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Lawyers continue boycotting Meherpur court
Lawyers of Meherpur District Bar Association yesterday at a meeting...
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Free medical camp on Amar Ekushey
A free medical camp was organised at Hatibandha in Sakhipur upazila...
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College teacher stabbed
A female college teacher was stabbed by snatchers in Rahmotpur area...
World
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Venezuela to close border with Brazil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the government was...
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Challengers unite against Netanyahu
The two main challengers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Nepal govt's move sparks freedom of speech concerns
Nepal's government on Wednesday tabled draft legislation that...
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No more pop songs of praise: Tajik leader
Tajikistan's authoritarian leader has called for an end to pop...
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UN allows N Koreans to travel to Vietnam
A UN Security Council sanctions committee has agreed to allow North...
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CHAWKBAZAR INFERNO: World media blame lax safety regulations
World media yesterday highlighted the lax safety regulations and...
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Customs union with EU only way to unlock Brexit
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday said Prime...
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Nine countries at UNSC seek to override China
The United States, France, Britain and six other countries on the...
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'Xi cult' app becomes red hot hit in China
A propaganda app that puts China's powerful President Xi...
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Russia indicts US investor for fraud
Russian investigators yesterday formally charged US investor...
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2,500 foreign children in camps
More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled...
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Modi shot film when country mourned
India's Congress Party yesterday alleged that Prime Minister...
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'Concrete measures' on sex abuse needed: Pope
Pope Francis yesterday opened a landmark Vatican summit on fighting...
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India SC orders eviction of 1m forest dwellers
India's Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than 1...
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BITS OF HISTORY (FEBRUARY 21)
1972: Richard Nixon became the first serving US president to visit...
Arts & Entertainment
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International Art Exhibition opens tomorrow at Shilpakala Academy
Artopolitan, an art organisation promoting visual arts and artists...
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Press conference of Bangabandhu Shobdoti Amader at BSA
An artist camp titled 'Bangabandhu Shobdoti Amader' with...
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Md Faruk Chowdhury's Poetry book Launched
Kobitar Pran, Kobitay Gaan, Kobir Kotha, by Md Faruk Chowdhury is...
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Lal – an ode to the moon and menstrual cycle
To celebrate the menstrual cycle through music, dance, and art,...
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Portrait of a Cover Artist - Kheya Mezba Shormi
Cover artists across the country become extremely busy during the...
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Maheen Khan speaks about TRESemmé Bangladesh Fashion Week 2019
TRESemmé, a leading brand of hair-care products, is organising one...
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Shah Alam Shazu's 'Monphoring' hops on as a youth favourite
Veteran writer Shah Alam Shazu, who has a noteworthy career of 20...
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Remembering composer Ali Akbar Rupu
Today marks the first death anniversary of the renowned music...
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Shahidul Alam Sachchu reflects on Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho
Shahidul Alam Sachchu is a revered name in the entertainment arena....
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Two books by Shamim Ara Smrity released
Young and multi-talented writer Shamim Ara Smrity has published two...
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Minar talks about his first book
Singer/songwriter and cartoonist Minar Rahman looked visibly...
Next Step
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YOU ARE LOSING MONEY EVERY MONTH (PART 2)
In the first part of the article, I wrote about how you are losing...
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Using the internet for research
Libraries are long-forgotten when it comes to research. Internet is...
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Getting the paperwork ready for stock investment in Bangladesh
First, you need your NID (a photocopy of your passport also does...
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The Bossman #85
The Bossman #85
Star Weekend
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MAPPING THE MOTHER TONGUE - METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
Very recently, a video song called “Poran Priyo” released by the...
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In conversation with Mohammad Sultan
About five years ago, I had a long talk with Sultan about several...
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From Patharia to Lusai
The books we read as children have a much stronger influence on us...
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Pulling the weight of the world
The story "Pulling the weight of the world" in Star...
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The Forgotten Museum of Language Movement
It was around 4pm on February 14. The lawns and courtyards of the...
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The year I spent without Bangla
Growing up schooled in an English medium curriculum can bring with...
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Border killing conundrum
Recently, border killings have been on the rise by the BSF while...
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Reliable diagnostic labs?
There are numerous diagnostic centers that have been established in...
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Central Shaheed Minar
In this document, which was found in the files of M. S. Jafar and...
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A SIGH IN MOONLIT MIST
The sky turns grey as soon as the bullock-cart reaches the village...
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Role of a Mother Language
I have been using an app for the last couple of months to have a...
Star Youth
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First-timers at Ekushey Boi Mela
The overwhelming presence of literary enthusiasts at Bangla Academy...
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CARTOON PEOPLE COMICS
CARTOON PEOPLE COMICS
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Mayurpankhi: Nurturing children's reading habits
Mayurpankhi is a Bangladeshi publishing house that specialises in...
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Youth Opportunities
Governance Innovation Unit of the Prime Minister's Office...