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Mass Inoculation: Fanfare, hope mark first day

The Covid vaccination kick-started across the country yesterday...
Mayers scripts incredible win for Windies

What transpired on the fifth day of the first Test between...
Tusher-Wife Meet in Jail: Prison officials aided the crime

A probe has found that Hallmark General Manager Tushar Ahmed spent...
ACC should not act like a toothless tiger: HC

The High Court yesterday observed that the Anti-Corruption...

Get vaccinated, protect people

Mehedi Hasan took his weak and elderly mother to the Bangabandhu...
2.57 lakh acres of forest occupied

Over 1.60 lakh individuals and organisations have grabbed 2.57 lakh...
Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway: Toll collection likely to start from July

The government is likely to start collecting tolls from vehicles...

Back Page

Reza Kibria quits from Gonoforum

Nearly 26 months after joining the party, Reza Kibria resigned from...
Mayhem in Kalkini

An independent mayoral candidate of Madaripur’s Kalkini...
Daily Covid cases hit another low

Fifteen more people died of Covid-19 and 292 others got infected by...
Myanmar Anti-Coup Protests: Tens of thousands rally for 2nd day

Tens of thousands of people yesterday rallied across Myanmar to...

Justice must be ensured quickly: HC

The High Court yesterday said that the people of the country want...
Gold looted from shop at Dhaka mall

Burglars made away with around 500 tolas of gold ornaments of a...
South African Covid Variant: Astra-Oxford jab less effective

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate...
Sicily offers safe haven to 422 migrants

A vessel carrying 422 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya has...

Glacier Bursts in India: Over 125 missing in flash flooding

More than 125 people were missing in northern India after a...
Al Jazeera Report: ‘An example of bad journalism’

Editors Guild Bangladesh, an organisation of editors, yesterday...
Attack on Secy’s Home: Two cases filed, 3 arrested

Two cases were filed early yesterday over the attacks on an...
Biden admin suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately...

Business

Stocks plunge 2.5pc on panic sales

The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) nosedived more than...
WB gives another $40m to help expand e-procurement coverage

The World Bank yesterday approved $40 million to help Bangladesh...
President candidate introduces panel

ABM Shamsuddin, a former vice-president of the Bangladesh Garment...
Regulators need big tech to report credit data

A paper published by China’s central bank on Friday suggested...
Euro zone recovery delayed, to gather pace from mid-year: Lagarde

Europe’s recovery from a recession induced by the Covid-19 pandemic...

Bank directors’ demand for extending loan repayment tenure faces criticism

Directors of banks have urged the central bank to relax the...
Stronger the capital base, higher the dividend

The central bank yesterday declared a dividend policy for banks for...
Rupayan City Uttara, a model gated community

Rupayan Group aims to enhance Bangladesh’s brand in the global real...
UK plans to tax firms that profited from pandemic

Britain plans to tax retailers and tech companies whose profits...
Mashreq Bank relocates office to Gulshan

Mashreq Bank of the United Arab Emirates inaugurated its relocated...

Proposed industrial policy aims at skills uplift

The upcoming industrial policy will set a target to increase the...
Dhaka trade fair unlikely soon

The commerce ministry’s plan to begin the Dhaka International Trade...
Taiwan punishes Deutsche Bank, others in currency speculation case

Taiwan’s central bank said on Sunday it had banned Deutsche Bank...
Bengal Commercial Bank appoints DMD

Bengal Commercial Bank recently witnessed the appointment of a...
Amazon orders hundreds of trucks that run on natural gas

Amazon.com Inc has ordered hundreds of trucks that run on...

Sports

‘I am going to score a hundred’

“You have been chosen on merit. This is your destiny. It is your...
Rizwan helps Pakistan set a tough task for South Africa

Mohammad Rizwan scored a first Test century as Pakistan set South...

Mayers shows character; Tigers the lack of it

Test cricket is a different ball game -- a common saying that was...
‘Never thought we would lose’

Even if you are a Bangladeshi fan, you have to admire Kyle Mayers...

Bess savours Kohli wicket

England off-spinner Dom Bess said claiming India captain Virat...
Rahmatganj beat Brothers after 3 years

Rahmatganj MFS defeated Brothers Union for the first time in three...

Editorial

Journalists should never support banning

This is neither in reference to nor in defence of any story or...

Why this neglect in giving loans to farmers and small entrepreneurs?

It is most unfortunate that the government’s stimulus packages...

Opinion

Poison in The Air

As the world continues to struggle to manage the debilitating...
‘Pop-Up’ Regulations for Big Tech

If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that the...

Western dealmakers shouldn’t forget about Bangladeshi apparel suppliers

Who is thinking of the manufacturers? Who is considering the...

India’s journey from virus to vaccine

The story of India’s fight against coronavirus for over a year is...

City

Vaccination begins countrywide amid warm response

Mass inoculation against Covid-19 that began across the country...
Woman, two children die in road accident

A woman and her two children were killed and another person was...
Man gets life term for raping 7-yr-old daughter

A man was sentenced to life term imprisonment yesterday for raping...
Foreign minister of Maldives arrives today

Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid is coming on a three-day...
Tazul Islam new BRTC chairman

Md Tazul Islam, additional secretary of Primary and Mass Education...

Repatriation the only solution

Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan yesterday said...
Re-evaluation of 40th BCS written test demanded

A group of examinees, who failed the written test of 40th BCS exam,...
Four brick kilns fined Tk 22 lakh in Savar

The Department of Environment yesterday fined four brick kilns TK...
Siddiqur Rahman passes away

He was 87 years old.

Gender equality can bring sustained peace, security

Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private...
Corruption on the rise in country

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said corruption is...
Take action against those behind razing Molangi hillock: HC

The High Court yesterday directed the government to take...
Nurul Alam no more

Nurul Alam Chowdhury, former DMD of Mercantile Bank Limited, passed...

Country

Sand trading in guise of canal excavation?

Allegations of plundering of public money surfaced in the re...

Organic farming brings smile to Kalapara farmers

Farmers in 15 villages of Nilganj union in Patuakhali’s Kalapara...

Journo hurt in attack

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in...

World

Lift all sanctions to save deal

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday said that...
Biden suspends Trump’s controversial asylum deals

The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately...
India seeks to rival China with broad shipments

India has approved the shipment of Covid-19 vaccine to Cambodia and...

Blinken defends human rights

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken championed human rights and...
Cuba authorizes private activity in majority of sectors

Cuba announced Saturday that private activity will be authorized in...

EU’s Borrell backs dialogue with Russia

The European Union’s top diplomat defended his controversial trip...
Second Hong Kong radio host arrested for sedition

A Hong Kong internet radio host was arrested yesterday under a...

Arts & Entertainment

BAMBA holds auditions for new bands, partners with Yamaha Music Bangladesh

Bangladesh Musical Bands Association (BAMBA) invited bands from all...

In Focus

Myanmar coup: How the military has held onto power for 60 years

The military once again hold the reins of power in Myanmar. Citing...

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