Today's Paper: Latest Bangladeshi & world news & analysis

Front Page

Abrar begged for his life

Being tortured for hours, Buet student Abrar Fahad became so sick...
No respite from soaring onion price

There seems to be no stopping the spiralling prices of onion. Each...
Swechchhasebak League: Council after 7 years amid image crisis

The name says it all. Swechchhasebak League was founded in 1994 so...

Rohingyas see a ray of hope

The Rohingyas, who have been facing rights abuses in Myanmar for...
Bhashan Char: UN technical team’s visit postponed

The proposed visit by a UN technical mission to Bhashan Char...
Tigers laid low by Agarwal

India were firmly on top against Bangladesh as the hosts piled on...

Back Page

B’baria Accident: Turna driver, two others at fault

A railway probe committee has held the driver, his assistant and...
Epitome of honesty

A rickshaw puller in Bogura set an example of honesty by returning...
Hong Kong Protests: Thousands defy Xi with rallies

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters defied a warning by China’s...
Chile to vote on new constitution in response to protests

Chile announced yesterday it will stage a referendum to replace the...
DR Congo rebels kill six members of same family

Rebels have killed six members of the same family in eastern DR...

Tortured, then sold by Saudi employer

Little did Sumi Akter know the extent of misery awaiting her when...
Trump sought to ‘bribe’ Ukraine

US President Donald Trump bribed Ukraine by withholding aid until...
2 killed in ‘gunfights’

A suspected Rohingya drug peddler and an alleged leader of a robber...
Sirajganj Train Derailment: Dhaka-Ishwardi rail connection restored 30 hrs after accident

Rail connection between Dhaka and Ishwardi was resumed yesterday,...
Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France

Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left...

Of mysticism and melody

The essence of Bangladeshi Baul songs met Pakistani Sufi songs and...
2 killed in US school shooting

A teenage boy gunned down fellow students at a California high...
Chile to vote on new constitution in response to protests

Chile announced yesterday it will stage a referendum to replace the...
Malaysia-Bound Boat: 119 Rohingyas rescued from Bay

Bangladesh Coast Guard intercepted a wooden boat carrying 119...
DR Congo rebels kill six members of same family

Rebels have killed six members of the same family in eastern DR...

Sports

Messi returns to sink Brazil

Lionel Messi struck on his return to international duty Friday...
‘Prepared to struggle with new faces’

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that there needs to be a...
Khulna favourites in three-horse title race

After all the fifth-round games ended in a draw, the sixth and...
Federer breezes past Djokovic

Roger Federer produced a near-flawless performance as he avenged...
Tammy targets Euro glory

Tammy Abraham has set his sights on firing England to Euro 2020...
Drogba kicks off ‘million trees’ project

Football legend Didier Drogba helped launch a drive Friday to plant...

Pressure released by lack of pacers

Bangladesh took to the field in the morning session on Day Two...
Stokes has no ambitions of captaincy

Ben Stokes admitted on Friday he is not interested in captaining...
Hyderabad release Shakib

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was suspended by the ICC for...
‘We are not favourites’

Germany will not be among the tournament favourites if they qualify...
High admin expense to dominate agenda?

After a three-and-a-half-year gap, the Bangladesh Football...

Agarwal makes Tigers pay

After getting a life on 32 when Imrul Kayes dropped a simple chance...
Windies break T20 losing streak

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard was a relieved man after his...
France, England qualify

The Euro 2020 line-up began to take shape on Thursday after big...
Day defends attacking play and his charges

Despite his obvious disappointment at a 4-1 defeat against Oman in...
Iran clinch kabaddi title

Iran emerged as unbeaten champions of the Junior World Kabaddi...

Editorial

Bribery discourages investment, impedes growth

In the latest Global Bribery Risk Index, Bangladesh has been...

Boosting Bangladesh’s export growth

A recently published World Bank report has revealed that Bangladesh...

Opinion

Every Life Matters

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any...
Lessons to still learn from the ‘Meena’ cartoon

The generation of the 90s where I belong to has grown up with a...

The Rohingya relocation dilemma

The concerns and uncertainties over the relocation of some Rohingya...

Diarrhoeal disease treatment: Bangladesh’s celebrated success story

It’S a blistering afternoon in the nation’s capital. Many are...

Letters

Three-point demand by Buet students

The students of Buet have placed a three-point demand at a press...

City

Resolution on Rohingya rights situation adopted at UN

A resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims...
Workshop on university rankings held at NSU

North South University (NSU) in collaboration with Times Higher...
Dhaka backs global mechanisms: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that Dhaka remains...
Brahmanbaria Train Accident: A mother’s search for her sons continues

Four days have passed since the gruesome accident on early Tuesday...
BNP’s ‘no’ to everything is impediment to dev

BNP’s “habit of saying no” to everything the government does is one...
2 ‘Ansar al Islam’ men held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged activists of...

BANGABANDHU NOVO THEATRE: Stumbling to take young minds to the stars

It’s dead of night. There’s an eerie silence all around. In the...
Joy yet to show any interest: Quader

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy is not...
Why no action against onion syndicate?

BNP yesterday asked the home minister why the government is not...
PM flies to Dubai today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Dubai today on a four...
2 Bangladeshi youths set to conquer Yala Peak

Two young Bangladeshi mountaineers have set a mission to conquer...
Work for stronger community policing

Strengthening community policing activities could effectively...

Indian Spotted Eagle

It all started when I overheard my friend Niaz speaking with Shafiq...
‘Rajuk mobile court forced us to sign statement’

Rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday alleged that Rajuk...
Dhaka Today

Engaging Youth in Ending Gender Based Violence
Employee withdrawn for ‘taking drugs at office’

Mymensingh District Administration has withdrawn the head clerk of...
Seven-year-old killed in N’ganj road crash

A seven-year-old madrasa student was killed and her sister injured...
Technical training centre in every upazila

Technical Training Centres (TTC) will be installed in every upazila...

World

Free broadband for all

Britain’s main opposition Labour party yesterday promised free,...
UN to test impact of mosquito sterilisation

The UN said Thursday it was preparing to test a sterilisation...
Ayodhya: Muslim group rejects land for mosque

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JuH), a key Muslim litigant in the Ayodhya...
State of emergency in flood-hit Venice

Another exceptional high tide swamped flood-hit Venice on Friday,...

Israel-Gaza violence tests fragile ceasefire

Israel launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza...
Membrane in a minute

A piece of skin about the size of your thumbnail can be printed in...
Chile to change its charter to restore peace

Chile’s Congress has reached an agreement to reform the country’s...
Trump to attend Nato summit in London

US President Donald Trump will visit Britain for Nato’s 70th...

India to push for its passage Monday

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi government is set to introduce...
Bolivia interim president rules out Morales polls bid

Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez on Thursday ruled out...
India to get S-400 missiles as planned

Russia plans to deliver S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to...

Arts & Entertainment

The daughter of folk to serenade DIFF today

Born in the heart of Fakir Lalon Shai’s akhrabari (shrine) at...
Fazlur Rahman Babu to star in ‘Payrar Chithi’

Shirshendu Biswas, a then fourth grader at Patuakhali Government...

‘BotTala Ranga Mela 2019’ kicks off today

The eleven-day international theatre festival, BotTala Ranga Mela...
Runa Laila’s latest track releases today

Celebrated singer Runa Laila’s latest single, Pheratey Paari Ni,...

Singing for peace

Hina Nasrullah is a promising Sufi singer from Lahore. She started...

Book Reviews

A Landmark Anthology

Containing pieces of nearly seventy poets in their 40s, Modern...

Literature

Musing on Things Unspeakable

Prejudice is a monstrous thing, and so is the tendency to be...
Shortlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019

The much-anticipated shortlist for the US $25,000 DSC Prize for...

Prehistoric (Part-I)

Bhikhu suffered terribly throughout the rainy season. At the...

Moonless (Part 2)

“Let me finish first,” I say. “The first disaster descended on my...