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Rush, chaos on ‘lockdown’ eve

Residents in the capital yesterday worked themselves into a frenzy...
Surveillance data key to fighting Covid

With no sign of Covid-19 going away any time soon, accurate and...
Another new record in daily Covid cases

The Covid-19 infection rate hit a new record yesterday as a total...

Second wave deadlier, help stop it: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to do their...
Uncertainty Over Astra-Zeneca Jabs: Govt working to tap other sources

Amid uncertainty over receiving the next consignment of the Oxford...
Golden Jubilee Of Independence: Global focus on Bangladesh

Bangladesh was in focus of the global community last week as the...

Back Page

Prices of essentials rise ahead of Covid restrictions

The prices of some essential commodities went up in the capital’s...
Virus Curbs on Shops: Shop owners take to streets

Shop owners and employees of New Market, Bashundhara City Shopping...
Nor’wester: 8 crushed to death by falling trees

At least eight people were killed when falling trees crushed them...
Won’t tolerate vandalism, arson in name of Islam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the...
3 teens raped in three districts

Three teenage girls were raped in Noakhali, Jamalpur, and Sylhet....

Sammilito Parishad wins polls to BGMEA

Faruque Hassan-led Sammilito Parishad won the biennial election to...
Chuadanga declared provisional capital

New York Times reported today that Chuadanga had been designated...
Thrice MP Aslamul Hoque no more

Aslamul Hoque, the lawmaker of Dhaka-14, breathed his last at a...
Journo Kajol’s case moved to cyber tribunal

A Dhaka court yesterday transferred a case filed under Digital...
MBBS admission test results released

The Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) yesterday...

Five killed as tanker rams motor launch

The bodies of five women were recovered after a Munshiganj-bound...
Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter lands on Mars

Nasa’s Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of...
PK Halder among five sued in Ctg

A case was lodged with a Chattogram court accusing former NRB...
‘We must win’

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest...
Graft Suspects: They’ve right to move freely, go abroad

The High Court has observed that restricting or interfering with...

Business

Rush for cash withdrawals

Banks yesterday faced a huge number of cash withdrawals as the...
Bankers worried over a lack of transport

Bankers are considered the frontline workers given their role in...
Sudden ‘lockdown’ to affect operations management, industrialists say

Industrialists have found it difficult to instantly implement...
Logjam deepens at the world’s ports as pandemic strikes shipping

Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo...
Navana appoints Wahed Azizur Rahman as its CEO

Navana Group has appointed Wahed Azizur Rahman as its group chief...
As air travel picks up, United says it is hiring pilots

United Airlines announced Thursday it will immediately start hiring...
Coronavirus resurgence a bigger worry than inflation: White House adviser

The United States is not at risk of a dangerous spell of inflation...

Stocks suffer massive drop on panic sales

The stock market yesterday suffered its steepest single-day decline...
Budget spending falls 10.58pc in first half

Total budgetary spending in the first six months of the current...
Shital pati makers on the verge of extinction

Traditional shital pati makers in Tangail are on the verge of...
UAE gamers want in on multi-billion-dollar industry

From a brand new facility in Dubai, young gamers are hosting...
Abdul Muktadir becomes vice-president of BAPI

Abdul Muktadir, chairman and managing director of Incepta...
Tesla reports higher auto deliveries

Tesla reported a jump in first-quarter auto deliveries on Friday,...
ByteDance says India’s freeze on bank accounts is harassment

China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze...

New Covid restrictions to hit recovery of small businesses

Small businesses, who are yet to recover from the devastating...
Take prior approval to reappoint directors

Banks will have to take prior approval from Bangladesh Bank to...
Time to gear up alternate banking

Bangladesh has seen a significant rise in consumer banking or...
World Bank confirms key elements of new climate action plan

The World Bank announced a new Climate Change Action Plan aimed at...
Sky-high: Japan airline offers $540 meals on parked planes

Airline food might be one of the last things people are missing...
France cuts economic growth forecast to 5pc amid lockdown

The French economy will expand by 5 per cent in 2021, Economy...
Total to continue gas production in coup-hit Myanmar

French energy giant Total will not halt gas production in coup-hit...

Sports

HOSTS’ FLYING START

Bangladesh Women’s Emerging team players celebrate after a...
Shirin, Faisal shine on day of records

Bangladesh’s fastest woman Shirin Akter finally showed improvement...
Australia women set new world record

Australia’s women cricketers surpassed their male counterparts on...

‘Clear skies’ clouded fielders’ perspective

The Tigers returned to Bangladesh yesterday after a disastrous tour...
Barty hits out at critics

Ash Barty dismissed suggestions that she had unfairly held on to...

‘Real are in a good moment’

Real Madrid forwards Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema struck to give...
‘We are close to taking the crown’

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his team were within...

Editorial

The marginalised would need relief during lockdown

It was only a matter of time before the country went into a...

A proposed law that may save the coastal ecosystem

It is encouraging that the state minister for shipping has placed ...

Opinion

Surviving through the second lockdown

After about a year, since March 2020, Bangladesh has now gone into...
The absent voices of development economics

The lack of representation of marginalised groups in the corridors...

Beyond a year on life-support, let’s carefully look to the future

Sometimes an industry needs a helping hand. It happened in many...

Total lockdown of the heart

On March 23, nearly two weeks ago, I tested positive for Covid-19....

City

Century-old botanical wonder lies in neglect

Baldha Garden no longer bustles with life, as it used to in the...
Bill placed in JS to address hajj irregularities

The Hajj and Umrah Management Bill-2021 was placed in parliament...
Homebound journey ends in tragedy for four farm workers

At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in road accidents...
Empowering the differently-abled

Prerona Foundation under its “Amra Shikhi, Amra Pari” programme has...
Harun-ar-Rashid no more

Former principal information officer Harun-ar-Rashid passed away at...

Make sure that Covid-19 directives are enforced: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed all authorities...
Four arrested for robbery in B’baria

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police claimed to have...
Nor’wester uproots 30 ‘butterfly’ street lights in Rajshahi

The nor’wester that swept over Rajshahi city yesterday uprooted at...
Youth arrested in Ctg for stabbing madrasa student

Police arrested a youth for stabbing a madrasa student and looting...

What kind of lockdown is it?

While the government has shut shopping malls and restricted...
Mamunul’s Confinement in N’ganj: Hefajat activists turn violent across country

Leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam unleashed mayhem at...
High Court directs Grameen Telecom to reinstate 28 sacked employees

The High Court yesterday directed Grameen Telecom authorities to...
‘Shonge Achi’ launches stipend for female students

Shonge Achi Foundation has launched education stipends for poor and...

Country

Dozen mass graves in Lalmonirhat lie neglected

April 5, 1971 is a black day that lives on in the memory of...
Man crushed under train

A young man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running...

Three families ostracised

Three families have been receiving treatment as social pariahs for...

One held for murder

Police on Saturday detained a member of a fraud gang from Joypurhat...

World

Maoist Attack In India: 22 security forces killed

Twenty-two Indian police and paramilitary forces were killed and 30...
Covid cases surge in Europe

Millions of Christians around the world celebrated a second Easter...

Myanmar ‘traitors’ hounded online

As Myanmar descends into chaos, smartphone warriors in the anti...
Military spending in time of pandemic ‘scandalous’

Pope Francis yesterday urged countries in his Easter message to...

Jordan foils palace plot to ‘destabilise’ kingdom

Jordan yesterday said it had foiled a plot to “destabilise” the...
Flash floods kill 44 in Indonesia

At least 44 people were killed after flash floods and landslides...

Arts & Entertainment

No theatre during lockdown

Bangladesh Group Theater Federation (BGTF) has decided not to...

“I want to be a complete performer”- Dola

Aditi Rahman Dola has proven her mettle from time to time as an...

In Focus

Bengali Muslims and their identity: From fusion to confusion

One of the grand paradoxes facing Bangladeshis is expressed in the...

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