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Defamation Case: Tarique gets 2 years in jail for remark on Bangabandhu

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman was sentenced to two years’...
Metro trial run likely in July

The authorities might start trial runs of the country’s first ever...
UNSC calls for Suu Kyi’s release

The United Nations Security Council yesterday called for the...
2002 Attack on Hasina: Ex-BNP MP given 10 years in jail

Fifty people, including a former BNP lawmaker, were jailed for...

LNG supply dearth worsens gas crisis

Dhaka city dwellers are suffering due to shortage of pipeline gas...
Mehedi shines with maiden ton

Mehedi Hasan Miraz’s maiden century helped Bangladesh post a big...
Ensure rural people register for vaccine

Amid the lukewarm response from people to register for Covid-19...

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21 eminent personalities get Ekushey Padak

Twenty-one eminent personalities will get the country’s second...
Rohingya Genocide: Gambia not eligible to file case with ICJ

Myanmar has raised objection over The Gambia’s eligibility in...
Deported Bangladeshi Student: He plotted terror attack in France

A Bangladeshi recently deported from France for his involvement in...
Digital Security Act: Man arrested over Facebook posts on PM, Quader

Police yesterday arrested a man in Birampur upazila after a case...

Air Pollution in Capital: HC issues 3 new orders to reduce it

Expressing grave concern over the air pollution level in Dhaka, the...
World faces around 4,000 Covid variants

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes...
Man held for raping woman at gunpoint

Two men, including an assistant station master of Bangladesh...
Agri-Reform Protests: US urges India to resume talks with farmers

Wading into a sensitive issue for Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

A section of people out to make EC controversial

Some people are out to turn the EC into a controversial institution...
BB withdraws official over ties with PK Halder

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday withdrew its executive director Shah...
Do more research to expand market

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked agricultural...
13 more die from Covid, 485 infected

Bangladesh recorded 13 coronavirus deaths and 485 fresh cases...

Business

Mills warn of shutdown for want of raw jute

Jute millers yesterday warned that most mills might be shut in the...
Daikin launches ACs in partnership with Transcom Electronics

Japanese air-conditioner maker Daikin has rolled out a host of...
Sanofi workers threaten hunger strike

The employees of Sanofi Bangladesh yesterday threatened to go on a...
Back to ‘basket case’? Myanmar economy at risk after coup

Foreign investors flocked to Myanmar as it began its democratic...
Opec+ optimistic for 2021 rebound in oil demand

Members of the Opec group of oil producers and their allies met...
After years of restructuring, Siemens has a new CEO

German industrial giant Siemens turned a page Wednesday as a new...
Elon Musk turns his support to Dogecoin

Cryptocurrency Dogecoin surged more than 50 per cent on Thursday...

Trade in secondary bond market hits an all-time high

The secondary bond market in Bangladesh has boomed in recent months...
NBR to sue Paperfly for VAT evasion

The VAT Intelligence is taking preparations to sue logistics...
Maiden white tea auction held in Sreemangal

Around 50,000 kilograms of tea leaves were sold at around Tk 85...
IMF warns of ‘uneven’ Mideast recovery

Economic recovery in the Middle East and North Africa is expected...
India lines up deepwater port for rice

India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh will use a deepwater port...
Evaly gets new chief operating officer

HM Tarikul Kamrul has recently joined Evaly as the chief operating...
Bank of England cuts outlook despite vaccines rollout

The Bank of England left interest rates and stimulus unchanged...

Lafarge seeks arbitration to end gas price row with Jalalabad

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh said yesterday it decided to go to...
Stocks on the rise again

Stocks continued to rise for the second consecutive day following a...
Ishwardi EPZ yet to reach potential

A couple of decades ago, incomes of the people of Ishwardi upazila...
Reliance’s unit to sell Marcellus shale assets for $250m

Reliance Industries Ltd said on Thursday its unit will sell its...
Unilever’s back-to-the-future goals disappoint

Unilever restored its pre-pandemic sales growth target on Thursday,...
BCIM business leaders explore ways to boost cooperation in trade, logistics

Business leaders of Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) are...

Sports

Milestones not distracting Miraz

Regarded as more of a batsman than a bowler in age-level days, a 15...

Babar, Fawad rescue Pakistan

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Fawad Alam put on an unbeaten...

Kohli to return in Root’s 100th Test

There will be plenty of nervous eyes watching the four-Test series...

Editorial

Why is Roads and Highways department ignoring govt orders?

It is unfortunate that the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is...

Hotline for extremism sympathisers and supporters commendable

It is heartening that the Rab has dedicated a hotline number and...

Opinion

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Al Jazeera story, government’s response and the state of our journalism

The Al Jazeera report on Bangladesh titled “All the Prime Minister...

Myanmar Back to Square One

The five-year ride on the tiger by Aung San Suu Kyi is over. She is...

What business and engineering students want from their universities

For the HSC students in Bangladesh, when it comes to choosing a...

City

Father Peixotto passes away

Rev Fr Joseph Stephen Peixotto, former principal of Notre Dame...
‘Ensure uninterrupted power supply first’

Speakers at a views-exchange with the Northern Electricity Supply...
Fraudster’s 3-yr run ended by DB

It’s good to learn from mistakes, but it’s another thing entirely...
Bangladesh a frontline climate leader: Ban Ki-moon

Leading climate change advocates and diplomats have praised...
Admission fair ‘Edugate’ kicks off virtually

A virtual admission fair aiming to introduce students with...

Elections to 4,300 union parishads could be delayed

Starting of staggered elections to over 4,300 union parishads (UP)...
BNP seeks govt explanation

Expressing deep concern over the report aired by Qatar-based news...
Support group for cancer patients launched

Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT), in partnership with...
Doctor, nurses issued show cause notices in Netrakona

Show-cause notices were issued to a doctor and two nurses of an...

Verdict on Feb 16

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday fixed February 16 for delivery of...
‘Anti-democracy, anti-dev forces still active abroad’

Noting that anti-democracy and anti-development forces are still...
686 children drowned last year

Some 833 people drowned last year and 82 percent (686) of them were...
Create tobacco-free tourism sector

“63 countries -- including Canada, Spain and Nepal -- have legal...

Country

Contract farming: A prospect yet to be unveiled

I met Farid in Qatar’s Alkhor area in 2011. Farid, who hails from...

‘Bonus crop’ mustard offers hope for better days

Several hundred farmers, who rely on cultivation of only Boro rice...

Madrasa teacher killed, 3 hurt

A madrasa teacher was stabbed to death in an attack by his rivals...

World

Outcry grows over Navalny crackdown

The outcry grew in Russia over the crackdown on peaceful protesters...
US ‘deeply disturbed’

The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic...
Lanka Tamils defy ban to stage independence day protest

Thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils defied bans to stage protests as the...

HK enforcing single nationality: Canada

Canada, Britain and the United States have expressed alarm after...
‘Driving evil out’

Clanging cymbals and banging pots, Yangon residents unhappy with a...
Open insulin can be stored at up to 37C

Opened insulin can be stored for four weeks in warm conditions...

Israel destroys West Bank Bedouin village again

Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished the “illegal” homes of some...
US accident victim gets first double hand, face transplant

A 22-year-old man from New Jersey who suffered horrific injuries in...

Arts & Entertainment

Farooki’s “Doob” now on Netflix

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Doob”, featuring Irrfan Khan, Nusrat...

Joler Gaan releases ‘Ek Jiboner Gaan’ to much fanfare

Joler Gaan, lauded for their unconventional style and earthy folk...

In remembrance of Sumita Devi

Sumita Devi was one of the most prolific actors to grace the silver...

Bytes

Xiaomi Mi Band 5: Bang for the buck

The Mi Band 5 features a barely noticeable upgraded design. For a...

Shift

Four EV companies that didn’t make the cut

The rise and fall of Faraday Future were as interesting as it was...

Star Youth

Share your closet, share happiness

Share Your Closet, a youth organisation, intends to bridge the...
Cartoon People Comics

Cartoon People Comics

Youth Opportunities

Youth Economic Forum 2021

A ray of hope for vulnerable children

APON Foundation, a government approved charitable organisation, was...

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