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Appointment of CEC, ECs: No law in 49 long years

The country is yet to have a specific law for appointing chief...
Truck carrying drugs runs over, kills Rab man

A member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) was killed in Mymensingh...
Municipality Polls: Irregularities rule the day

Municipal polls in many places were marked by widespread...

Many countries offered vaccines to Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said many countries have expressed...
Priority Jabs for Healthcare Staff: Faking professions to avail benefit

Taking advantage of loopholes in online registration process, some...
Weak Tigers whitewashed by Windies

The failings of Bangladesh’s approach to Test cricket came under...

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Clash Near Press Club: 29 BNP men placed on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court placed 29 BNP men each on a two-day remand yesterday...
Closure of schools extended to Feb 28

The government has extended the closure of all educational...
8 more die of Covid-19, 326 get infected

Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths and 326...
‘Democracy is fragile’

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Senate’s acquittal...
Rohingya Relocation: 3,500 to move to Bhasan Char today

The government is all set to relocate the fourth batch comprising...

PBI Report on Militancy: Suspects slipped out

It was on July 29, 2011.
People of Rakhine Community: Their numbers shrinking in Teknaf

Ma Ching Rakhine, along with her family members, was forced to...
Tripura MP asks for customs station at Raishyabari

A Tripura Lok Sabha MP wants the Indian authorities to establish a...
Fire ‘catastrophe’ destroys 100 fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border

At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a ...

UAE’s probe sends home first image of Mars

The UAE’s “Hope” probe sent back its first image of Mars, the...
4 held over gang rape in Ashulia

Police yesterday arrested four people on charge of gang rape of a...
Early Days of Covid: US, WHO push China for data

The United States and a WHO expert demanded more data from Beijing...
Graft, Money Laundering: People’s help needed to eradicate them

A High Court bench yesterday observed that it is not possible to...

Business

37 apparel makers investing $650m in Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar

Some 37 local textile and garment manufacturers have started...
Inequality threat to economic progress

Bangladesh’s economy has progressed a lot in the past five decades...
Cabbages grown in Jashore make way abroad

Thousands of cabbage farmers in Jashore are getting good prices for...
Rolls-Royce to name former Deloitte partner Kakoullis as CFO

Rolls-Royce Holdings will name former Deloitte partner Panos...

BB offers Tk 1,000cr to save ailing cinemas

Bangladesh Bank yesterday declared a Tk 1,000 crore fund aimed at...
Swadhinata Parishad announces panel for BGMEA election

Md Zahangir Alam, convener of Swadhinata Parishad, yesterday...
Tesla to set up electric car plant in southern India

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car...
Bitcoin nears $50,000, wider adoption fuels record rally

Bitcoin hit a new record high and approached $50,000 on Sunday,...

BATBC leads drop in stock index

Stocks of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATBC) led the...
Tk 946cr project to beef up rural internet network

The government is going to expand the Internet Protocol (IP)...
City of London pays early price of hard Brexit

Europe’s financial capital is feeling the cold of Brexit but UK...

Sports

‘You just have to be patient’

He has demanded the attention of world cricket since making his...
Novak Djokovic came through

Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic came through a tough...
Ashwin puts India on top

India seized control of the second Test after their spinners...

Batsmen add to causes for concern

Bangladesh were whitewashed by the West Indies after losing the...
Halep avenges Paris defeat against Swiatek

Second seed Simona Halep survived an early wobble to beat Iga...

Dominic Thiem slumped out of the Australian Open

Third seed Dominic Thiem slumped out of the Australian Open in...
Mohammedan, Police stage brilliant fightbacks

Mohammedan came from a goal down to bet Brothers Union 2-1 and...

Editorial

Why use force on peaceful political programme?

We wonder if the clash between the police and BNP supporters in...

We need a safe and efficient public transport system

The government has recently reduced the registration fee for...

Opinion

An impressive start to Covid vaccination in Bangladesh

Along with several other countries, vaccination against Covid has...
‘Internal affairs’ suck under globalisation

I am not at all concerned about the Tatmadaw takeover in...

Amid industry upheaval, Bangladesh is a safe pair of hands

High streets around the world are changing rapidly. The coronavirus...

The widening range of RTI use in Bangladesh

Jamaluddin of Dinajpur had learnt at a training session that the...

Letters

Preserving natural gas

The importance of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the daily lives...

City

Mosquito menace on the rise

With the mosquito problem of Dhaka becoming more and more menacing,...
Household waste stinks up port city

Dumping of domestic waste just outside households in the open is...
Bhalobashar Ahar: A different kind of Valentine’s

Chattogram Metropolitan Police yesterday arranged meals at a...
Create opportunity for all agencies: recruiting agents

A platform of recruiting agents yesterday demanded that the...

Coast Guard to have its own manpower

The government has plans to make the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG)...
Management of fecal sludge crucial to save waterbodies: speakers

To save canals, rivers and waterbodies in Dhaka, fecal sludge...
Shut down all coal-fired power plants near Sunderbans

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday placed a 15-point...
bKash CEO awarded for Covid-19 CSR efforts

Kamal Quadir, Chief Executive Officer of mobile financial service...

Sgt Zahurul Haque’s 52nd death anniversary

Today is the 52nd death anniversary of Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque.
5 killed, 4 injured in road accidents

Five people died and four were injured in road accidents across the...
Death of Wahida: SC grants bail to husband

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted bail...
NHRC, Brac sign MoU

To ensure welfare, protection and accessibility for cross sections...

Country

Malta farming gaining popularity in Moulvibazar

Malta is gaining popularity in Moulvibazar. Successful yield of...

When passion makes way for profession

Many people rear pigeon as a hobby. But not too many of them ever...

World

Junta faces mass strike

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar...
Putin accuses West of using Navalny to ‘contain’ Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the West of...

Won’t implement CAA if voted back to power

Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological mentor RSS...
First bodies recovered from Indian flood disaster tunnel

Rescuers yesterday pulled the first bodies from a blocked tunnel at...

A poisonous kingmaker

It is still Donald Trump’s Republican Party - at least for now.
Biden aide resigns over comments to reporter

The White House said Saturday it has accepted the resignation of a...

Arts & Entertainment

Dancing in the time of Corona

The coronavirus pandemic changed the world in ways that were...

‘A Sip of Love’: Elita & Friends serenades Kona Café on Valentine’s Day

A usually nonchalant Kona Café was brimming with people celebrating...

‘A Sip of Love’: Elita & Friends serenades Kona Café on Valentine’s Day

A usually nonchalant Kona Café was brimming with people celebrating...

In Focus

Chobi Mela (0): Redefining photo festivals for the post-COVID era

The Drik-Path building peeks into the sky in the middle of the busy...

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