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Assault on Navy Officer: Police press charges against Erfan Salim

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against lawmaker Haji Salim’s...
Vaccine Registration: NID requirement troubling many

Saleha Khatun is 55 and suffers from some health issues. She could...
DSA Case Against Journalist Kajol: Charged with ‘defaming ministers, MPs, leaders’

Investigators have charged photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol...

Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers

The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila,...
Papul’s Wife, Daughter: Probe forgery of BB document placed with bail petition

The High Court yesterday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission to...
PK Halder: Explain officials’ failure to stop graft, swindling

The High Court yesterday released the full text of its order in a...

Back Page

Graft blights safety scheme for disabled

Persons with disabilities have to pay between Tk 1,000 and Tk 3,000...
Astrazeneca Vaccine: WHO okays it for people over 65, Covid variants

The AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine can be used for people aged...
UN Peacekeeping: Army chief reiterates continued support

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed reiterated Bangladesh’s...
Haitian police fire tear gas on protesters

Haitian police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters who were...
Coup in Myanmar: US slaps sanctions against junta leaders

The United States yesterday announced sanctions on the leaders of...

Earliest shell horn played for first time in 17,000 years

After more than 17,000 years of silence and decades forgotten in a...
AL leader, 2 aides sued for raping teenager

Police in Dinajpur are looking for a 50-year-old local Awami League...
Disputed Himalayan Lake: India, China agree to pull back troops

India and China began to pull back troops and battle tanks from a...
Motivate rural people to get vaccinated

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of...
Turkey rejects US appeal to release rights leader

Turkey yesterday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society...

Stop hotel construction on Mro land

Fifty-nine eminent civil society members yesterday sent letters to...
Cops discover grisly murder by chance

Police teams tracking a woman in connection with a general diary...
Factory fire kills 6 Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia

At least six Bangladeshi migrants were killed in a factory fire at...
Daily Covid infection rate falls to 2.65pc

Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent...
Libya rescues over 1,500 migrants off coast in week

Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west...

Business

Tk 12,140cr defaulted loans rescheduled, written-off

Banks swept under the rug Tk 12,140 crore in defaulted loans in the...
Kamal irked by delays in NBR’s automation

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday expressed his...
Sonia Bashir joins Dell’s CXO advisory board

Tech giant Dell Technologies has appointed Sonia Bashir Kabir to...
RCEP unlikely to benefit developing members in short term: analysts

The Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership (RCEP) is unlikely to...
Shell to invest $5-6b annually in green energy

Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell will invest up to $6 billion (4.9...
Uber posts big loss as pandemic clobbers ridesharing

Uber on Wednesday reported another hefty loss in the final three...

Administrator appointed to Delta Life Ins

The Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA)...
Bangladesh, Maldives look to enhance trade

Bangladesh and Maldives will establish two regular consultation...
Bida widens coverage for investors

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) yesterday signed...
Oil majors suffer massive losses in 2020

Already under pressure due to climate change, the world’s top...
ArcelorMittal names founder’s son new CEO

Steel giant ArcelorMittal announced Thurday that Aditya Mittal, the...

Top taxpayers honoured

It was a day of recognition for tax compliance and the joy of being...
Tea gardens opt for new pruning method as harvest begins

With winter coming to an end, farmers have begun to harvest their...
German govt angers farmers with new insect protection bill

The German government on Wednesday proposed legislation to halt a...
Over 40pc Britons struggling financially amid pandemic, says UK regulator

More than 40 percent of Britons are struggling financially or...
Investors lukewarm on Tesla’s $1.5b bitcoin splurge

Investors in high-flying electric carmaker Tesla Inc are...

Sports

Vision for the future still muddled

The Tigers’ team management suddenly took a U-turn in Chattogram...
‘Barca are capable of anything’

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said his side’s 2-0 defeat to Sevilla...

Tigers make their one session count

Bangladesh would feel they had done a decent job despite a stable...
‘Pessina was extraordinary’

Matteo Pessina scored twice as Atalanta knocked holders Napoli out...

Barty wobbles before reaching third round

World number one Ash Barty suffered a meltdown on the brink of...
Chennai gears up to welcome crowd

Stung by their crushing defeat in the opening match, India and...

Editorial

Justice for Dipan at last!

We concur with the observation of the Anti-Terrorism Special...

Proper data needed for ensuring disability rights

It is disheartening that seven years after passing the Rights and...

Opinion

An exhaustive study of Muslims in Assam

There are some books that immediately grab your attention by dint...
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Snapshots from the past, thoughts for the future

Thirty years ago, the coming together of a regionally famous editor...

The Covid Revolution

In December 1862, in the throes of the American Civil War, which...

Do mothers ever leave us?

We are brought into this world by our mothers with whom we have an...

Letters

Reopen educational institutions

All educational institutions in Bangladesh have been closed for...

City

Virtual Book Fairs elate booklovers in the month of February

Due to the pandemic, Amar Ekushey Book Fair, one of the most sought...
My experience of taking the Covid-19 vaccine

After waiting for 12 months for that miracle, it finally happened....
Man held on charge of raping 7-yr-old

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping a seven-year...
Shipbreaking worker succumbs to burn injuries after 5 days

A senior shipbreaking worker died early yesterday -- five days...

‘No one will remain homeless, landless’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she has released Tk 1...
Fraudster who duped jobseekers wearing ‘uniform’ arrested

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested a fraud gang’s...
‘Won’t stop until justice is served’

Expressing frustration over the failure to complete investigation...
Papia and her husband made Tk 6.24 crore illegally: ACC

Expelled general secretary of Jubo Mohila League’s Narsingdi unit...

Usage of menstrual products high but hygiene low: survey

Despite a higher percentage of adolescent girls using some form of...
Latifur Rahman, Shahnaz Rahman honoured by NBR

Late Latifur Rahman -- founder and former chairman of Transcom...
Three M’singh war criminals jailed till death

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday sentenced three...
Hit by train, former principal dies

A former principal of Ispahani Girls’ School and College died after...

Country

Syncronise cultivation brings new hope for paddy growers

With an aim to encourage community cultivation, increase paddy...

Broom grass: Nature’s bounty on the hills

Broom grass, which grows naturally on the hills, are increasingly...

Two more accused held

Police on Wednesday night arrested two more accused, including the...

World

Evidence could change minds

Pressure mounted yesterday on Republicans still backing Donald...
India warns US social media firms after row with Twitter

India’s technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad yesterday warned US...
French nun turns 117 defeating Covid-19

Europe’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, turned 117...
Nepalis protest proposed travel rules for women

Nepalis yesterday protested against proposed new travel rules that...

Al-Qaeda’s Yemen leader appears in video after UN arrest report

The leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen appears to be still at...
Biden presses Xi on HK, Xinjiang

Joe Biden challenged Chinese leader Xi Jinping on human rights,...
All coronavirus in the world would fit in a coke can

All the Covid-causing virus circulating in the world right now...
Twitter permanently shuts door for Trump

Twitter will not allow former president Donald Trump back on the...

Saudi woman activist freed after nearly 3 years in jail

Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women’s rights...
Show restraint

Russia yesterday urged Iran to show restraint after it started...
China pulls BBC World News off air for content ‘violation’

China’s broadcasting regulator announced yesterday it has pulled...

Arts & Entertainment

Nayantara Limited and Paper Rhyme to jointly promote ‘Nandini’

Production company Nayantara Limited and Advertising Agency Paper...

Bongo to release 3 new projects for Valentine’s

Bongo will bring 3 exciting projects to your device for this...

Bytes

Symphony Z30 Pro: A let down

The phone looks fantastic for an entry level smartphone thanks to...

Shift

The Z-Air

It was well past my bedtime. I mean, when else is Dhaka compliant...

Next Step

Can Gossip in the Workplace be Positive?

If you say the word “gossip” this usually carries negative...

Star Youth

“All I ever wanted was my father to be back home” - Monorom Polok

During the 53 days that journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol spent in...

Students share their concerns over HSC auto-pass results

The pandemic has affected all aspects of life but the education...

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