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Victim blaming must stop

Whenever there is an incident of rape, most people tend to say that...
Rape, Murder Of O-Level Student: Doctor confirms rape, finds injury marks

The female O-level student, pronounced dead on arrival at a private...
Man held over rape of third- grader in Feni

Police arrested a 22-year-old man on charges of raping a 10-year...
16 more die from Covid, 785 infected

Bangladesh recorded 16 Covid-19 deaths and 785 fresh cases overnight.

Vaccine Rollout Plan: Key issues still unresolved

The government has yet to resolve several key issues before rolling...
Money Laundering: Interpol issues red notice for PK Halder

Interpol yesterday issued red notice against Proshanta Kumar Halder...
US Capitol Riot: Calls for Trump’s impeachment getting louder

Despite promises of smooth transition of power to Joe Biden,...

Back Page

Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan jails militant leader

A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced a militant leader accused of...
Fake NID for Tk 1.5 lakh

A syndicate of brokers and some dishonest staffers of the Election...
Mirza again claims his life under threat

The younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul...
RMG worker stabbed to death in N’ganj

A readymade garment worker was stabbed to death allegedly by his...

Nilufer Zafarullah chairman of IUB’s ESTCDT

Nilufer Zafarullah has been elected chairman and Md Tanveer Madar...
Let Bangladeshi workers return to Malaysia

Dhaka has requested Kuala Lumpur to allow the Bangladeshi migrants,...
2020 ties with 2016 as hottest year on record

The year 2020 tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record, the...
Don’t ‘interfere’ over US unrest: Hungary PM Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of President Donald...

Pakistan PM accuses Shia protesters of ‘blackmail’

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday accused Hazara Shia...
Election will be absolutely free: Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today reiterates...
Covid Vaccines: Poorest nations can expect doses within weeks

The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their...
HK protesters jailed for airport assault on mainland reporter

Three Hong Kong democracy supporters were jailed for up to five and...

Sports

Slump? What Slump, says Smith

Former Australia skipper Steve Smith dismissed talk of a form slump...
End of the line in sight for Abahani?

Playing for one club for 18 years is without a doubt a sign of a...
Shepherd misses BD tour

Fast-bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd has tested positive for...

‘Sir’ Jadeja’s golden arm lights up SCG

Ravindra Jadeja emerged as India’s man with the golden arm on...
PASSION FOR CRICKET

PASSION FOR CRICKET
SA call up two uncapped seamers for Pak tour

South Africa have included uncapped seamers Daryn Dupavillon and...

Plans afoot to maintain robust age-level pipeline

There is a rich tradition of age-level cricket in Bangladesh with...
Halep ready for ‘challenging’ quarantine

Simona Halep finds the prospect of 14 days of quarantine ahead of...

Editorial

Trial of brutal murder of Bangladeshi maid in KSA

Frightening details have emerged of a female Bangladeshi domestic...

Sharp rise in motorcycle accidents in 2020

During a recent press conference held at Jatiya Press Club, Nirapad...

Opinion

An assault on democracy: What’s next in the US?

Since the atrocious attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump...
Covid-19 And Sdg 11: Making cities liveable

When a pestilence caused the deaths of more than half of the...

The age bar complication in secondary admissions

Eventually, the matter seems to have been settled with the...

Qatar Diplomatic Crisis: A warm embrace or just a photo op?

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warmly embracing Emir Sheikh...

City

Piranha

Over a century ago, in late 1913, Teddy Roosevelt went on an...
‘Missing’ teen found dead in pond

A teenage boy was found dead in a pond near his house in Gazaria...

The inequalities in online education

Most days of the week, Jagannath University student Ayesha Nijhum...
AL rebels resolute to contest CCC polls

Many Awami League rebel candidates for Chattogram City Corporation ...

Covid-19 antigen testing starts in Ctg

Antigen testing for Covid-19 has started in Chattogram from Tuesday...
Two killed in road accident

Two women were killed as a truck hit a battery-run three-wheeler on...

World

China fights new clusters as US death toll soars

China sealed off two cities and imposed travel restrictions on 18...
Republican Loeffler admits defeat in Georgia Senate race

Republican Kelly Loeffler on Thursday conceded her closely watched...
Talks fail to break deadlock

The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers...

Riot exposes racial inequality too

The United States’ stark racial inequality was on display after a...
Nuke deal: Iran won’t rush for US’s return

Iran is in no hurry to see the US return to a 2015 nuclear deal...
Identical twins not so identical!

Genetic differences between identical twins can begin very early in...

Indonesia frees cleric linked to Bali bombing

A radical cleric linked to the Bali nightclub bombings was freed...
NYT: Trump has discussed pardoning himself

US President Donald Trump has said he is considering pardoning...

Arts & Entertainment

Foad Nasser Babu hospitalised

Noted musician Foad Nasser Babu was hospitalised yesterday at night...
Gazi Rakayet on his latest film, “The Grave”

Renowned actor and director Gazi Rakayet started his career on...

Badhon on playing Muskan Zuberi in Srijit Mukherji’s thriller adaptation

Dr Azmeri Haque Badhon won the 2nd runner-up title at Lux Channel i...

Looking back at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin’s enduring legacy

Zainul Abedin is considered to be the founding father of...

Literature

Beautiful tomorrow?

In the desolation of today, ...

The Twenty-Twenty-One

Today, on the first day of 2021, I open the 71st chapter of my...

A Bangladeshi Babu Like No Other

Numair Atif Choudhury’s Babu Bangladesh is a tour de force of a...