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Be more active, aggressive

Bangladesh has urged the global community to be more aggressive to...
University student raped in Shyamoli

Two men allegedly raped a female student of a private university at...
Don’t talk, Minni; SP, you too

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Ayesha Siddika Minni on...
Three more die from dengue

Three more, including two children, died from dengue fever in Dhaka...

A thousand days of wait

Apart from eyes that fight weariness, each of them has one thing in...
Padma Bridge to open by 2021: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said...
Chaos in Britain over Brexit drama

The opposition Labour Party yesterday said it would trigger an...

Back Page

2 schoolboys assaulted over ‘theft’, accused detained

Two schoolboys were allegedly assaulted by a landlord in...
MPs to get no special privileges

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has turned down a...
Trucker block road after driver shot dead

Several hundred truckers and helpers of Chattogram city blocked the...
Place Bangabandhu’s portrait in courtrooms

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities to take necessary...
Ukraine filmmaker in Moscow for possible prisoner swap: reports

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, serving a 20-year jail term in...

Acquitting Accused: HC orders keeping Narail judge off duites

The High Court yesterday directed the law ministry to take...
Three killed in ‘gunfights’

Three men were killed in “gunfights” with police and Rab in...
Oceans turning from friend to foe

The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to...
China unveils plan for huge anniv military parade

China will hold a massive military parade showcasing some of its...
Hurricane Dorian appears to spare Puerto Rico, heads for Florida

A strengthening Hurricane Dorian appeared to have largely spared...

NGO Mukti’s 6 projects halted

The NGO Affairs Bureau has suspended six projects of Mukti Cox’s...
TIB report on 10th JS is motivated

Rejecting the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)...
Top two Indian ports on alert

India’s two main port authorities yesterday said they had been...
Italy allows women, children off rescue ship

Women and children stuck on a charity rescue vessel in the...
China says Uighur award nomination is ‘supporting terrorism’

Beijing yesterday slammed the nomination of a jailed academic from...

Business

Muhith, Syeduzzaman felicitated

Two former finance ministers -- Abul Maal Abdul Muhith and M...
Glum GP casts shadow on stocks

The Dhaka bourse fell yesterday because of a selling pressure of...
WB gives $185m for renewable energy

The government yesterday signed a $185 million financing agreement...
French Q2 growth revised upwards to 0.3pc

The French economy grew by 0.3 percent in the second quarter, the...
Argentina asks IMF to restructure debt payments

Argentina asked the International Monetary Fund to restructure its...
German unemployment stable despite recession warning

Germany’s labour market remains robust, but is starting to feel the...
UK deadline looms for bank payouts over PPI scandal

Britons faced a crunch deadline Thursday to claim compensation for...

Mirsarai economic zone getting gas today

The Mirsarai economic zone is all set to provide gas connections to...
People’s Leasing: SC upholds account freezing order of HC

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed...
India’s economic growth seen slipping in April-June

India’s economy likely expanded at its weakest pace in more than...
HC seeks income tax details of GBX Logistics

The High Court yesterday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
China’s factory activity contracting

Factory activity in China is expected to have contracted for the...
Tesla rolls out insurance in California

Tesla Inc said on Wednesday it was launching an insurance service...
S Korea Supreme Court orders retrial for Samsung heir

South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Samsung...

Skilled leadership needed to boost green financing: study

Banks will have to ensure corporate governance and skilled...
Robi’s profit dragged down by increased tax

Robi earned Tk 1.2 crore in profit in the second quarter of the...
Nagad campaign offers Tk 1 lakh award

Digital financial service Nagad is set to launch a campaign, Nagad...
Japan considers tighter ownership reporting rules

Japan is considering lowering the 10 percent ownership threshold at...
New China tariffs a ‘job killer,’ US industry tells Trump

US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese goods are a ...
Oil giants shower Qatar with crown jewels in race for LNG prize

When Royal Dutch Shell wanted to buy a stake last year in a...

Sports

Van Dijk tops CR7 and Messi

Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men’s Player of...
‘No extra plan regarding Rashid’

With Bangladesh set to take on Afghanistan in a one-off Test which...
From a long winter to the ‘Summer of Stokes’

In September 2017, Ben Stokes’s world came crashing down around him...
Kohli set to surpass Dhoni

India captain Virat Kohli is on the verge of breaking former India...
Federer wants better prize money sharing

Roger Federer is prepared to champion the cause of lower-ranked...

Barca get tough draw

Barcelona will have to come through a group containing both...
Lemos still proud of Abahani

Portuguese coach Mario Lemos is still proud of Abahani although...
Serena survives a scare

Serena Williams nearly crashed out of the rain-hit US Open on...
Kroos back in Germany squad

Midfielder Toni Kroos was named in the Germany squad on Thursday...

Osaka through; Kvitova crashes

Reigning US Open champion Naomi Osaka eased into the third round...
Rain mars third day

The third day of the first four-day match between the Bangladesh...
BD U-15 fail to defend title

Defending champions Bangladesh were made to leave the SAFF U-15...
Women make quick work of warm-up

Bangladesh registered a whopping 10-wicket win in their solitary...

Editorial

Maimed for life because of reckless driving

Last Tuesday a BWTC official Krishna Roy Chowdhury was badly...

VGF rice is not for the rich!

It is outrageous that a much-needed programme like the vulnerable...

Opinion

Enforced Disappearance: Bangladesh’s Darkest Hours

Michael Chakma, a youth leader of United People’s Democratic Front ...
A simple, straightforward reading of South Asian history

Dr Nurul Islam has been a towering presence in the intellectual...

Trump’s wish to buy Greenland

Donald Trump. Boris Johnson. Marine Le Pen. Norbert Hofer. Are they...

How can senior citizens complete the journey of life alone?

At present, the global population of senior citizens is growing...

Letters

The fatigue of Dengue news

The current record-breaking outbreak of dengue in Bangladesh, and...

City

NRB-CIP team to join FOBANA conference

A 10-member delegation of NRB-CIP Association, leading organisation...
Youths showcase project plans on social development

Expressions Limited with support from US Embassy hosted a seminar...
PM buys ticket at govt hospital to see eye doctor

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received treatment at the...
Bangladeshi project wins Aga Khan Award

A Bangladeshi architectural project was chosen as one of the...
Rajuk assistant director gets bail

Shah Md Sadrul Alam, an assistant director of Rajdhani Unnayan...
3 killed, 2 injured in road accidents

At least three people were killed and two injured in road accidents...
Field-level officers must be at office on time: govt circular

Field-level government officers and employees have been directed to...
10-year-old stabbed in Dhaka

A ten-year-old boy was severely injured after a youth stabbed him...

Syndicate approves suspension of 69 DU students

The Dhaka University syndicate at a meeting last night approved its...
Dhaka 5th least safe city in 2019 EIU index

Dhaka stood as the world’s fifth least safe city on the Economist...
Govt needs to be creative to find a solution: speakers

Bangladesh’s diplomacy has failed to rightly address the latest...
Dhaka Today

Force Eviction of Hawkers: A Politico-Economic Analysis
Nupur returns home after groundbreaking surgery

Twelve-year-old Nupur returned home yesterday, after a successful...
N’ganj imam’s killer arrested

An imam of a mosque in Narayanganj -- whose decapitated body was...
Prof Syeda Nurjahan Bhuiyan passes away

Eminent gynaecologist and former principal of Chattogram Medical...
Man sentenced to death for killing wife

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a man to death, in a case for...

Social accountability institutions’ efficacy crucial to participatory dev

Most of the social accountability institutions in the country are...
BNP trying to divide the nation in the name of ‘national unity’: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said...
TIB urges authorities at JU to accept students’ demands

Expressing solidarity with the ongoing student protests at...
Three more prosecution witnesses testify

Three more prosecution witnesses yesterday gave their statements...
PBI final report says all accused died in anti-militant drives

In its final investigation report, Police Bureau of Investigation ...
Indefinite transport strike called in Sylhet division and B’baria from Sept 2

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners and Workers Oikya Parishad has...
Ferdause Samad passes away

Ferdause Samad, wife of late Dr Kazi Abdus Samad, passed away on...

Country

People suffer as bridge lies broken for two years

Around 20 thousand people of Kurigram municipality and Panchgachhi...
Over 100 illegal shops demolished

A mobile court yesterday tore down over a hundred illegal...
Six jailed for murders in B’baria, Patuakhali

Six people have been jailed for killing two men in Brahmanbaria and...
Youth kills uncle

A man, who was stabbed allegedly by his nephew over a family feud...

Price fall frustrates hog plum growers

Good yield of amra (hog plum) fails to make the growers happy as...
Malta farming sees success in Jashore

Delicious fruit malta sees successful cultivation in Keshobpur...
Burnt by in-law, woman hospitalised

Badly burnt with hot water poured by sister-in-law, a woman is...
3 drown in Karotoa

Three members of a family, including two minor children, drowned in...

Homesteads, roads under threat of collapse

Homesteads, roads and various establishments in Sharankhola upazila...
Disability support centre robbed

A gang of robbers looted valuables worth Tk 5 lakh from a...
Teachers, fellows demand punishment of perpetrators

Students and teachers of Abu Abbas Degree College on Wednesday...

World

Nuke deal must stay

The EU’s diplomatic chief yesterday said the bloc would support...
‘Total chaos’ engulfs Aden

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has accused the...
Four European states lose measles eradication status

Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging...
All you need to know about Assam NRC

India’s Supreme Court has set a deadline of August 31 for...
Myanmar filmmaker jailed for one year

A Myanmar filmmaker was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for...
Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers at checkpoint

Unidentified gunmen shot dead four Iraqi soldiers and wounded seven...

Amazon fires: UN chief moots summit

The head of the United Nations yesterday mooted a meeting of key...
Oceans turning from friend to foe

Humanity should brace itself for some serious blowback over this...
World’s safest cities

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Safe Cities Index (SCI) has...
S Korea’s SC orders review of Park’s case

South Korea’s top court yesterday ordered new trials for former...
US-Taliban deal ‘close’

The US and the Taliban are “close” to a deal that would see the...
US military aircraft flies over Taiwan Strait

A US military plane flew over the Taiwan Strait yesterday, the...

Conte gets green light to form new Italy govt

Italy’s president yesterday asked Giuseppe Conte to head up a...
US no longer moral, political world leader: Lech Walesa

Poland’s freedom icon Lech Walesa yesterday said the United States...
Partake in Kashmir Hour

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday called on the country...
Pak army controls policies under PM

During Imran Khan’s tenure as prime minister, the Pakistani...
Japan dishonest over wartime past

South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday berated Japan for...
Malaysia seeks origin of tons of plastic waste

Malaysia wants to return almost 200 shipping containers believed to...

Arts & Entertainment

Arekta Rock Band in town!

“We’re not here to compete,” says talented upcoming guitarist Ifaz...
Mohammad Iqbal’s solo exhibition in Japan

Renowned artist Mohammad Iqbal’s 44th solo exhibition is underway...
TV WATCH

Written and directed by Zeenat Hakim, the telefiction ‘Gaang Mainee...

Mahiya Mahi starrer ‘Obotar’ to release on September 13

Mahmud Hasan Sikder’s Obotar is set to release nationwide on...
Khurshid Alam accomplishes 50 years in playback

Born in 1946, Khurshid Alam is one of the most prominent artistes...
Two thrilling films at Star Cineplex today

Dora and the Lost City of Gold is an American adventure comedy film...

Revolutio-Nari: Photography and poetry exhibition for gender sensitivity

With a goal to address gender sensitivity in today’s society, the...
Konal playbacks for Sunny Leone

Talented Bangladeshi singer Konal has given voice to a song that...

Next Step

7 BEST APPS TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR WORKLOAD

In the race of getting work done in time and meeting the hundred...
The Bossman#106

The Bossman#106

The inner workings of cloud migration

Large scale distributed applications with high and dynamic workload...

Must-have skills for fresh graduates

While it is true that companies might look at the school that you...

Star Weekend

Snapshot

“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us universe, a...
How the ceiling falling on my head taught me something new about commercial property

When the concrete casting of the ceiling at Gausia market broke off...
Neoliberal apologetics: The fallacy of boycotting meat to save the Amazon

This week, the tragic news that massive wildfires are raging in the...
Rizia Rahman’s devotion to art

Beginning its journey after 1947, Bangladeshi literature created a...

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

A tiny red gate jostles for space among shops, apartments, and the...
Hong Kong histories: converging narratives of struggle

The ongoing protests in Hong Kong are not just about an extradition...
Clouds aren’t fluffy and other revelations at Meghalaya

During the Eid holidays, I went to Meghalaya through the Tamabil...

Life after a fire

Sitting on a bench on the premises of Bangabandhu Bidyaniketon, 50...
The Amazon is burning and this is what led to it

The Amazon is burning and this is what led to it
On loving childhood reads as an adult

I have been recovering from a very long and arduous block in my...

Star Youth

Positive Bangladesh hosts Dhaka Youth Fest 2019

Team Positive Bangladesh organised Dhaka Youth Fest 2019, powered...
Youth Opportunities

Internship Opportunity at BRAC 2019

Team Bonna: Standing beside flood victims

Recent floods have had catastrophic effects on the lives of many...

DIU’s Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship sets an example

Daffodil International University (DIU) launched their Department...