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Jashore Rape: Fear of backlash held me back

The Jashore woman who was allegedly raped by a police officer and...
Post-Ershad JP split over party helm

Raushan Ershad was declared Jatiya Party chairperson yesterday as...
BD-Afghan Test: Rahmat steals the show on Day One

It was probably not the kind of start Bangladesh captain Shakib Al...

Rohingya Relocation: Support our plan or leave the country

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said if the UN agencies do not...
No exam up to class III from 2021

The government’s decision to scrap examinations up to grade three...

Back Page

UK PM seeks snap polls to break deadlock

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday called for an early...
Killed in ‘gunfight’ hrs after surrender

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” in the port city’s...
Chinese firm creates first cloned kitten

Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British...
S Africa shutters Nigeria embassy

South Africa yesterday said it had temporarily closed its...
UN envoy on Libya warns conflict could trigger chaos

The UN special envoy to Libya warned Wednesday that without action...

Woman killed in road crash

A mother of 13-month-old child was killed in Dhaka’s Mohakhali as a...
5-year-old, nurse die of dengue

Chameli Begum fulfilled her dream of becoming a mum when she gave...
‘Defecting’ N Korean waitresses abducted to South: lawyers

A group of North Korean waitresses who “defected” to Seoul in 2016...
Build unified sustainable blue economic belt: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the member...

Boy’s Death on Ferry: High official not at fault, finds probe

A high-profile government probe committee found no “logical grounds...
River Lapwings visit Dhaka

While Purbachal is a fancy name of a pummelled river-bed and...
Putin says finalising ‘large-scale’ prisoner swap with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday said Moscow was...
Teen gangs’ feud cost Mohsin his life

Internal conflict among teen gangs over establishing supremacy...

Business

Morris Garages enters Bangladesh with MG ZS

Morris Garages (MG), a British automotive brand, started its...
Institutional investors lift Dhaka stocks

Dhaka stocks yesterday bounced back breaking a six-day losing...
US, China to resume trade talks in Washington in October

China and the United States will resume trade talks in Washington...
US sees modest growth, businesses show near-term optimism: Fed

The US economy grew at an unspectacular pace in recent weeks, while...
Nissan probe finds CEO, other execs overpaid in compliance failure

Nissan Motor Co was embroiled in another scandal over executive pay...
World food prices dip in Aug for third month running: FAO

World food prices fell for a third month running in August, pushed...

Enough meat and egg for all now

Bangladesh has become self-sufficient in production of meat and egg...
WB to help achieve double-digit growth

The World Bank is ready to help Bangladesh increase its growth to...
Apple places $7b in return to bond market

Apple Inc said on Thursday it had sold $7 billion of bonds at...
German industrial orders suffer in July

New orders for industrial firms in Europe’s manufacturing...
Rupee unlikely to gain traction as investors stay shy

The Indian rupee will not regain ground lost against the dollar in...

Move to revoke GP, Robi’s 2G-3G licences

Grameenphone and Robi’s clash with the telecom regulator became...
DPDC bills can now be paid through bKash

Around of 1.2 million prepaid and postpaid subscribers of Dhaka...
Canada central bank holds key lending rate at 1.75pc

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key lending rate at 1.75...
Rising US exports shrink trade deficit; China imports fall

A bump in US exports helped shrink America’s yawning trade deficit...
Samsung launches Galaxy Fold in South Korea today priced $2,000

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday said its first foldable...

Sports

Tigers’ spin ploy yet to bear fruit

It was anticipated that the one-off Test between Bangladesh and...
Smith returns with an epic

Steve Smith’s domination of England’s bowling attack in the Ashes...
Booters limber up with creditable draw

Bangladesh national football team ended their run of practice...
Del Bosque doesn’t want Neymar back

Former Spain manager Vicente del Bosque has said he would not have...

It’s a proud moment: Shah

Afghanistan batsman Rahmat Shah came agonisingly close to becoming...
U-19s to face UAE

The Bangladesh Under-19 team will begin their Asian Cricket Council...
Nadal breezes into semis

Rafael Nadal will play Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the US Open...

BD qualify for T20 WC

An unbeaten 37-ball 32 from Sanjida Islam helped Bangladesh...
Under-17 Football Championship: Success leads to 2nd edition

Unilever Bangladesh has organised the second edition of the Clear...
‘Most of the athletes are now more interested in cricket and football’

Despite the fact that athletics in Bangladesh has a storied past,...

Editorial

Rohingya crisis—what is OIC’s role?

We appreciate the PM stressing on the need for the Organisation of...

RHD suffering from dearth of assessments

We are bewildered to learn that the Roads and Highways Department ...

Opinion

Domestic violence: Still a formidable challenge

After a week’s absence, Nazma entered the house with a lacklustre...
Saving Dhanmondi Lake

The Dhanmondi lake deserves some serious attention by the relevant...

Close the door on nuclear testing

Everybody knows that nuclear weapons have been used twice in...

Why we need a nationwide dengue surveillance system

In 1854, Dr John Snow (not the Game of Thrones character) used a...

Letters

Save the Amazon for our survival

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has seen a huge jump in the number of...

City

DNCC triples budget for mosquito control

With priority to mosquito control activities and waste management,...
7 killed, 3 injured in road accidents

Seven people were killed and three others injured in road accidents...
Blue economy potential largely untapped: experts

Potentials of blue economy in the Indian Ocean, which is worth $25...
‘Good citizens should not question issues like national election’

Months after terming the 11th parliamentary election “free and fair...
Dhaka Today

16th Dhaka International Yarn and Fabric Show
Protests continue at JU

Students and teachers besieged the two administrative buildings of...
Prof Mohammed Noman’s 23rd death anniv

The 23rd death anniversary of Prof Mohammed Noman -- an eminent...

Ashulia RMG workers threaten tougher movement

Workers of an RMG factory in Ashulia, which was declared shut on...
Flight attendant held with 9.5kg gold

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) officials arrested a flight attendant...
Probe body formed over ‘recruitment business’

A three-member probe body was formed yesterday to investigate the...
Ershad in the clear!

The case was filed against him in 1994, alleging him of embezzling...
EC team arrives from Dhaka, ‘only to train’

Technical experts from Election Office in Dhaka were supposed to...
Cox’s Bazar municipality culling dogs

Cox’s Bazar municipality authorities launched a drive to cull dogs...
Shamsul Hoque Mojumder’s 11th death anniv

Former engineer of Power Works Department and eminent social worker...

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation event held at DU

Dhaka University’s student counseling and guidance office held a...
Govt forms ‘high-level’ taskforce to curb accidents

The government yesterday formed a “high-level” taskforce led by...
Army suggests barbed wire fence around Rohingya camps

Bangladesh Army has recommended setting up a barbed wire fence...
Mainul sent to jail illegally: SCBA secy

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary AM Mahbub Uddin...
CCC bans sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has issued a circular, banning...
Appeal for help

Md Mahtab Uddin, a senior journalist and former professor, has been...
Bazlur Rahman passes away

Bazlur Rahman Bachchu, a social worker and younger brother of...

Country

Occupiers prevent building of new schoolhouse

A new building for Madhya Pangashia Government Primary School at...
Flood-affected growers urge for rehabilitation

Sugarcane growers in the mill zone areas of Rangpur Sugar Mills...
Man arrested for raping 8-yr-old girl

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man from Ghatail...
One to die, 2 get life term for murders

A Khagrachhari court yesterday sentenced a man to death and his...

River dredging to improve navigability, agriculture in Narail

The government has initiated a mega project to dredge three rivers...
Murder accused killed in ‘gunfight’

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an alleged criminal,...
2 murdered, 2 other bodies found in a day

A youth and an elderly man were murdered while bodies of two...
Newlywed woman kills self in Faridpur

A newly married woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging...

Electric poles in middle of road poses risk of accidents

Due to lack of coordination between institutions concerned, the...
Housewife killed

Criminals hacked a young housewife to death in her sleep in...
Mother kills 2 kids with poison

A woman alleged tried to take her life after killing her two...
3 jailed for arranging child marriage

A mobile court sentenced three people to six months’ imprisonment...

World

Iran lifts all restrictions

Iran said it would take another step away from a 2015 nuclear deal...
Give support or deal with refugees

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned Turkey would be...
Bolivia has lost 1.7m hectares

Wildfires raging in Bolivia’s forests and grasslands since May have...
Cut int’l aid staff

North Korea has told the United Nations to cut the number of...
1 dead, 30 hurt in Tokyo train, truck collision

An express train travelling at around 120 kilometres per hour...
INX Media case: Court sends Chidambaram to jail

A Delhi court yesterday sent former Union finance minster P...

Hurricane Dorian lashes US east coast

Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce...
Taliban blast kills 12 in Kabul

A Taliban suicide blast in the centre of Kabul killed at least 10...
Kashmir observes self-imposed strike

A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro accuses UN rights chief of meddling

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro taunted UN rights chief Michelle...
Four dead in Mumbai monsoon deluge

A six-year-old boy was among four people killed after severe...
Yahoo outage hits email users

Yahoo services went down for several hours yesterday, drawing ire...

Amazon’s ‘tallest tree’ safe: scientists

Intrepid Brazilian and British scientists say they have located the...
419m users’ phone numbers exposed

Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts...
China backs extradition bill withdrawal: HK leader

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday that China “understands,...
Man killed in mob lynching in India

Indian police said yesterday that five people had been arrested for...
Italy swears in new pro-EU cabinet

President Sergio Mattarella yesterday swore in Italy’s new pro...

Arts & Entertainment

In memory of eminent writer Rizia Rahman

In memory of eminent writer Rizia Rahman, a programme was organised...
Remembering Salman Shah

No other actor in the history of Bangladeshi cinema has seen a more...
Drik celebrates 30 years of resistance

Over thirty years, Drik Picture Library has used the power of...
Cartoon drawing workshop and puppet show concludes at EMK Center

Recently, EMK Center, in collaboration with Cartoon People,...

I want to be an actor, not a ‘hero’ – Afran Nisho

One of the most sought-after stars of the television industry,...
‘Biranganar Bayan’ to stage 100th show today at BSA

Theatre troupe Shobdo Natyacharcha Kendra will stage their...
Tv Watch

Veteran actor Prabir Mitra made his debut in the film industry in...
Animation to raise AIDS awareness on Mercury’s birthday

Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter and lead vocalist...

Lutfur Rahman George opens up about television, films and more

Lutfur Rahman George started his acting career in theatre in 1985,...
Jamdani Festival 2019 opens today

Jamdani Festival 2019, organised by National Crafts Council of...
‘It Chapter Two’ hits Star Cineplex

It Chapter Two is an American supernatural horror film and the...

Next Step

Mergers and Acquisitions: A Possibility in Bangladesh

A process through which companies are bought, sold, combined or...

Demo day for batch 1 incubator by startup dhaka

The 1st Batch of Startup Dhaka Incubator has ended its journey with...

HOW TO PLAN YOUR WORK WEEK

HOW TO PLAN YOUR WORK WEEK

Star Weekend

Miscarriage in the tea gardens

“We can read it ourselves inside our homes but we can’t organise a...
From victims to villains: The changing discourse on Rohingyas

Yet another attempt to send Rohingyas back to Myanmar ended up in...
About Town

Organiser: National Crafts Council of Bangladesh and Bengal Foundation

Can our mangroves survive the impulse to industrialise?

On August 24, 2017, the High Court directed the Bangladesh...
Traitor memories

“They say when you take a picture, you end up saving that moment...

We are what we remember

When Nana was 24, he saw Muslims slaughtered in prayer. As men...
How my best friend died and I replaced it with another machine

The loss of a best friend is painful at best and stinky at worst....

Star Youth

Arif Ahmed’s journey with ‘Paradise Nest’

Arif Ahmed’s short film, Paradise Nest, won the award for Best Film...
Youth Opportunities

Apply to attend the 9th International Youth Camp Nepal (IYCN). IYCN...

Garbageman: An architect’s quest for a greener city

The saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” rings true...

Sabiha Mili’s dreams of working for human rights

Twenty-two-year old Sabiha Mili, a graduate from Jahangirnagar...

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