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Dhaka Flood Flow Zones: Urban sprawl eats up 57pc

Individuals, businesses, real-estate developers, organisations, and...
BNP MP-elect takes oath

In a surprise move, BNP-lawmaker elect Zahidur Rahman took oath as...
Modhumoti Stays Illegal

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld its earlier verdict that had...

Fighting Terror: Precautions in place: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the intelligence and...
Trouble from transport strike

The transport strike in Chattogram and Rangpur was called off...
Prescription now must for antibiotics

The High Court yesterday directed the government to take necessary...

Back Page

Rakhine land grabbed in Barguna

Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have...
Death of Abrar: Suprobhat owner charge-sheeted

Detectives yesterday submitted two charge sheets against Suprobhat...
2 housewives, 10-year-old girl raped

Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in...
US sending ‘armed soldiers’ to Mexico border: Trump

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US is sending armed...
ANN holds annual board meeting in Seoul

The Asia News Network, an alliance of 23 leading English-language...

Dreams incomplete

From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he...
Speak your mind

People unable to communicate due to injury or brain damage may one...
Welcoming a winged newcomer

Birdwatchers across Bangladesh already have an abundance of bird...
Kerala offers free flats to homeless people

The Indian state of Kerala is offering free flats to homeless...
Antarctic penguins suffer ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

The second largest Emperor penguin colony on Earth has suffered a ...

Another young life lost on road

She was on track to be an engineer and make her family’s dream come...
Raqa Offensive: US-led blitz killed 1,600 civilians

Intensive US-led coalition bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqa...
Panic grips Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities yesterday locked down the central bank and...
Land Dispute in Sherpur: Union parishad chairman shoots farmer to death

A farmer was shot dead yesterday allegedly by a union parishad...

Business

Logistics network needs urgent improvement: study

Bangladesh needs to drastically improve its logistics network to...
HC seeks BTRC report on telecom tower radiation

The High Court yesterday directed the telecom regulator to run a...
APPAREL PAY: BGMEA rejects TIB report

The garment makers’ platform has rejected the report of the...
Facebook beats profit estimates

Facebook Inc on Wednesday blew past Wall Street profit estimates in...
Britain’s deficit hits 17-year low

Britain’s deficit improved last year to reach its lowest level for...
India court reverses TikTok app restrictions

An Indian court has reversed a decision that ordered Google and...

Demolition of BGMEA building to take more time

Demolition of the illegally-constructed BGMEA building will take...
Govt to focus on financial sector reform

The government will focus on reforming the financial sector,...
MIDAS’ Francophonie award celebrated

Ambassadors, presidents of chambers representing French-speaking...
Ghosn granted $4.5m bail

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn was set to walk out of a...
Microsoft tops $1tn as it predicts more cloud growth

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday briefly topped $1 trillion in value for...
Nokia plunges to surprise loss

Finland’s Nokia plunged to a surprise quarterly loss after it...

BB remains strict about offshore banking operations

The central bank has turned down banks’ request to grant them...
MARKET SLUMP: Investors to stage token hunger strike Monday

A section of stock investors yesterday announced that they would...
British expertise can help Bangladesh ensure smooth economic graduation

Bangladesh’s graduation to a mid-income country opens up...
Gold gains on weak economic data

Gold prices edged up on Thursday as a dip in equities and weak...
No intent to tighten or relax monetary policy

China’s central bank has no intent to tighten or relax monetary...

Sports

Jahanara picked for Velocity

Bangladesh pacer Jahanara Alam will be featuring for Velocity,...
Proteas sweat on Steyn fitness

South Africa face an anxious wait over the fitness of experienced...
Pak U-16s arrive today

A visiting Pakistan Under-16 team are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka...
Hales to join WC prep camp

Alex Hales will join England’s preparation camp in Cardiff ahead of...
Laos hammer Mongolia

Laos made their Bangamata U-19 Women’s International Gold Cup bow...

RR win despite Karthik show

Skipper Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten 97 off 50 balls went in vain as...
‘I’m learning a lot from legends’

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has said he is learning a lot from...
City raise the bar

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his side have raised...
Time to chop and change to fit new reality

Muhotasin Ahmed Ridoy is so far the sixth table tennis player from...

‘No massive changes in Ireland’

With just over a month left for the World Cup in the United Kingdom...
Narine rues missed chance

Sunil Narine has still not given up hope of a return to...
Abahani start poorly

Just this week the Abahani men’s team retained the Dhaka Premier...
Bangladesh aim for top spot

Bangladesh will be looking to emerge group champions in the...

Editorial

The Rohingya crisis

he call of the prime minister to the world body to do more for a...

Hospital commissioning stuck in red tape

It is quite astonishing to find that a newly constructed 250 bed...

Opinion

Why we must build specialised research universities

“It is most difficult to get people on the path to research and...
Protection of intellectual property in sports tech can be a game-changer

The countdown for the Cricket World Cup 2019 has begun. Very few of...

Relearning our history through the stories of women

My mother likes to tell a story about the time a colleague brought...

Humanity Shattered

When I check into a hotel, the first thing I do is people watch,...

Letters

Erosion of morals

A good character is the most important thing in life. According to...

City

JS rejects bill to raise govt job age limit

The parliament last night turned down a proposal for raising the...
Jabbarer Boli Khela: Shahjalal lifts title

In a 22-minute 26-second display of muscle and tactics, Shahjalal...
Bus Driver Beaten to Death: Counter Terrorism unit starts probe

Counter Terrorism unit (CTU) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP...
Nusrat murder trial will finish in record time: law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said necessary action will be...
Touhid Imroze Khalidi passes away

Touhid Imroze Khalidi, assistant vice president of Mutual Trust...
Exploited at home and abroad

For Sumi Akter, the situation was not only strenuous but also...
Six get death for killing govt officer in 2009

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced six persons to death for the...

A bazar for ‘unattractive’ produce

In a perfect juxtaposition of poverty and progress, a rail-track...
Russell returns home with prosthetic leg

Russell Sarkar, who lost a leg after a bus ran him over in April...
Apologise within 48hrs

Three journalist bodies yesterday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to media...
Rohingya youths at risk of radicalisation

A lack of formal education in the Rohingya refugee camps leave...
Dr Mahbub Alam of IUB no more

Dr Mahbub Alam, dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at...
Journos must overcome threats

Journalists in today’s digital world must take increased safety...
60 sent to jail for forging firearm licences

A Rangpur court yesterday sent 60 people to jail in two cases filed...

Bonolota Express starts journey

With an aim to boost rail connectivity with the northern district,...
Publish report of water tested at Wasa lab

A group of activists formed a human chain yesterday morning in...
Aga Khan Award: 2 Bangladeshi projects shortlisted

Two Bangladeshi architectural projects have been selected among 20...
Noor-E-Gulshan’s death anniversary today

Today is the 3rd death anniversary of Noor-E-Gulshan Dolly Khan,...
Dhaka Today

Shesher Kobita
Palliative Care: Experts emphasise raising awareness

Life might be cut short by an incurable disease but a better...

Country

Lone tea processing facility in Lalmonirhat under threat

Sahanara Begum Soma pioneered green tea farming in 2007 in the...
Cancel headmaster’s suspension

Protesting suspension of the headmaster, teachers and students of...
Youth gets life term for killing minor boy

A Manikganj court yesterday sentenced a youth to life term rigorous...
RHD demolishes 300 illegal structures

At least 300 illegal structures on Rangpur-Kurigram highway in...

Jatka netting continues defying ban

Jatka (hilsa fry) catching is going on unabated in Laxmipur,...
A nuisance at school ground

A sub-contractor has kept construction materials on school ground,...
Elderly woman among two found dead in Faridpur

A youth and a woman were found dead in Madhukhali and Sadar...
Cemetery for all

In death, religious harmony is found alive at the cemetery in...

Nilphamari’s wicker basket village abuzz before Ramadan

Like every year, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, villagers of...
Man to die for killing wife

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death in connection with...
AL leader arrested over assault on headteacher

A leader of Awami League (AL) was arrested yesterday over assault...

World

Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique after lashing Comoros

Cyclone Kenneth battered northern Mozambique with gusts of up to...
BJP contesting more seats than Congress

In a first, the Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting more seats...
Iran denounces US talks with Taliban

Iran on Wednesday criticised US talks with the Taliban on ending...
Two children killed in Yemen fighting

Two children were killed yesterday as fighting resumed between pro...
Biden joins 2020 White House race

Former US Vice President Joe Biden jumped into the race for the...
120,000 sq km lost in 2018

Last year humanity destroyed an expanse of tropical forest nearly...
157 children rescued from trafficking ring

More than 150 children -- some as young as 11 -- were among 220...

US guarantees not enough

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after holding his first face...
SRI LANKA TERROR ATTACK

India warned Sri Lanka of possible suicide bombings weeks before...
No screen time for babies

The World Health Organization has issued its first-ever guidance...
S Africa floods toll ‘around 70’

Around 70 people have been killed in devastating floods in South...
Macron set to unveil key reform plan

French President Emmanuel Macron was yesterday set to unveil his...
Judges to join protests

Sudanese judges will march from the Supreme Court in Khartoum to a...

Lanka paying deadly price

Crucial intelligence that could have prevented Sri Lanka’s Easter...
‘Rich are playing with fire’

India’s Supreme Court yesterday said it was anguished over the ...
Hong Kong office hit: Amnesty

Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit by a years...
Gunmen kill polio vaccinator in Pak

Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator yesterday, the...
Automation threaten 14 pc of existing jobs

Robots and computers threaten 14 percent of existing jobs over the...
Chad: The country without internet

How do you run a digital business when your country’s president has...

Arts & Entertainment

‘Saturday Afternoon’ awarded at MIFF 2019

Saturday Afternoon or Shonibar Bikel, a film by Mostofa Sarwar...
Endless lines for ‘Endgame’

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film, based on the...
Film stars on stage

With the steady decline in the number of active movie theatres...

‘Simple Pleasures of Life’ concludes

A two-day photography exhibition by the employees of Eastern Bank...
4 DECADES OF FEEDBACK

“It has been 40 years, and we are still well and alive. We are...
Jatra Utshab 2019 concludes today

Theatre and Film Studies Department of Bangladesh Shilpakala...

Conversations over coffee with KAJOL IBRAHIM

Born into a family with a rich cultural background, Kajol Ibrahim...
Reaching a MILESTONE

Renowned TV actor Azam Khan has recently reached a milestone in his...

Next Step

A skill STEM students in Bangladesh must develop

Developing communication skills is one of the most important...
8th International HR Conference held at NSU

Bangladesh Society for Human Resources Management (BSHRM) and...

The Bossman #93

Boss man
Delegates from 11 Schools of Bangladesh recently visited Tokyo International University facilitated by Maces.

Principals and counselors from eleven schools were invited by Tokyo...

Why an internship experience is important

Participation in an internship program is relevant for someone...

Star Weekend

All the talk, we talk

Many may know Shibu Kumer Shill as the lead singer of Meghdol, a...
Tale of two princes

If you are familiar with Game of Thrones fan theories, you might...
Nothing is the same anymore

What does it mean for the people when a country is put in fear and...
Modern day slavery

Last week’s Shutterstories “Shumi” has stuck with me. What a...

Of Dragons and Dynasties: Bhutan Uncovered

Often during holidays, I am torn between my desire to travel far...
Made in Heaven: As real and entertaining as any Big Fat Indian Wedding

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in...
The uphill task to receive an education in the camps

On a recent visit to the camps, a young Rohingya boy, who proudly...
A migrant’s journey

Helal left his motherland to change his ill fate but ended up...

Intimate acts of violence

“Don’t let strangers touch you.” And yet it is seldom strangers, I...
UNSC should stand in solidarity with survivors of rape in conflict

The honour bestowed on us by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in late...
A Tale of Two Languages

I wanted to reach out in response to your well written essay...
A right to privacy

This is the digital era and we all have personal information online...

Star Youth

Kolpojontro Foundation: Aiming for a self-sufficient society

Mashrur H Shurid, Tahmidul Abedin Anik and Rezaul Hassan, three...

Mohammad Aman Ullah talks about World Orphans Day

Worldwide Organization for Charity (WOC), established by Mohammad...

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