Front Page
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Covid Spread: IEDCR finds 17 high-risk thanas in city
At least 17 thanas in the capital are at high risk of Covid-19...
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Chawkbazar Jail: Ruins offer trip deep into Old Dhaka history
The ruins of a Sultanate-era building have been found inside the...
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Covid restrictions on April 12-13: Confusion reigns supreme
With no directive about the two days between the “lockdowns”, many...
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JMB in-charge held in Badda
He planned to travel to India and take charge of the JMB wing of...
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Trader ends up dead in AL leader’s house
Gaibandha police has allegedly handed over a trader to a ruling...
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Three died every hour
Exactly one month ago, the number of people dying of Covid-19 per...
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Abduction and Ransom: 4 were hired to kidnap
Three Rab and one air force members, who have been arrested in the...
Back Page
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Journo Hasan Shahriar passes away
Eminent journalist Hasan Shahriar, former president of Jatiya Press...
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West Bengal Polls: Five killed as violence mars 4th phase
Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian...
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Covid-19 in India: Daily cases keep breaking records
India’s daily coronavirus cases yesterday rose by a record for the...
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Germany’s divided far-right AfD to launch election bid
cMembers of the anti-Islam, anti-immigration Alternative for...
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Mayhem in B’baria: Cops recover 20 snatched bullets
Police on Friday night recovered 20 bullets which were snatched...
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‘80 shot dead’ near Yangon
Reports emerged yesterday of more than 80 killed in the latest...
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2 held for raping a boy
Police yesterday arrested three people on charge of sodomising a...
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Seven killed after quake hits Indonesia
At least seven people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake...
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‘Modi govt mismanaged Covid situation: Sonia
Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday accused Prime Minister...
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Tajuddin seeks arms support
The Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro today broadcast a speech by the...
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Second whale carcass washes ashore
A second whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach of Cox’s...
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Italy to pay 1.1m euros over India fishermen killing: lawyers
India will accept compensation of 1.1 million euros from Italy for...
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Islamist suicide bomber kills six at Somali cafe: police
Six civilians died and seven more were injured yesterday when an Al...
Business
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Tk 300cr industrial park in the making
The government is developing the country’s first industrial park...
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BD Finance eyes $2b US investment
Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Ltd (BD Finance) has...
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New measures needed to offset second wave fallouts
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Bangladesh in early...
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Amazon’s win in union fight shows harsh realities facing labour movement
Amazon.com Inc’s fierce resistance to unionization, skepticism...
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Saudi Aramco in $12.4b oil pipeline deal with EIG-led group
Energy giant Saudi Aramco said it has struck a 12.4-billion-dollar...
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Biden aims $1.5tr budget at health, education, social services
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday unveiled a more than...
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Online Account Opening: More banks jump on the bandwagon
People can open bank accounts from anywhere as an increasing number...
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66 stocks can fall max 2pc a day
Stocks of 66 listed companies, for whom the floor price was...
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Ease stimulus conditions for SMEs
The repayment period for loans from the stimulus package aimed at...
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China fines Alibaba record $2.75b for anti-monopoly violations
China slapped a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) fine on...
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German industrial output continues to decline in February
German industrial production dropped for the second month in a row...
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BTMA president reelected
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), a platform of the...
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RMG exporters want factories up and running
Garment factory owners and union leaders are at loggerheads over...
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Hilsa traders, fishermen in hot water
Fishermen and fish traders have found themselves in hot water as...
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A supplier’s plea to reopen clothing stores in West
Chattogram-based Denim Expert’s managing director, Mostafiz Uddin,...
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Greek restaurants on the ropes ahead of tourism restart
In the trendy Koukaki district, a discus throw from the Acropolis...
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Brazil inflation tops target at 6.1pc
Brazil’s annual inflation rate broke through the ceiling of the...
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Canada jobless rate falls to lowest level since pandemic start
Canada added 303,000 net jobs in March, blowing past forecasts as...
Sports
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Koeman furious with referee after Clasico
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman raged against the referee for not...
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Curtain Falls On Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games
The curtains on the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games fell yesterday...
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Sri Lanka home series still on schedule
The Pakistan Under-19 team’s tour of Bangladesh has been called off...
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Real beat Barca, move to top
Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona 2-1 at home in an entertaining,...
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Shakib’s KKR begin campaign today
Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to strike a...
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Hom another beneficiary of selectors’ positive mindset!
Never failing to excavate positives from the deepest of holes...
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10-man Leeds stun Man City
A dramatic last-gasp winner from Stuart Dallas earned 10-man Leeds...
Editorial
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Police arrests four Rab members for abduction, torture
Police arrested four Rab members and a civilian woman on Friday in...
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Nationwide lockdown has to be enforced rigorously
We welcome the government’s latest decision to impose a week-long...
Opinion
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The Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2021 on Bringing Affordable Healthcare to the Last Mile in Bangladesh
The Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2021 on Bringing...
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Do police really need to use more powerful weapons?
Recent incidents of violence, including attacks on public...
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Bangladesh’s Covid emergency needs to be recognised as one
Bangladesh has been under lockdown since 6am April 5, 2021. This is...
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What effect will lockdown have on the apparel industry?
The Bangladesh government is set to enforce a week-long hard...
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Adopting state capitalism to compete against China
Late last month, the Biden Administration unveiled a USD 2 trn...
Letters
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Law enforcers involved in law breaking
When the Rapid Action Battalion was first formed in 2004, people...
City
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Cancelled Pahela Baishakh Celebrations: Artisans of south bear the brunt of lockdown
Pahela Baishakh is just three days away. But for the second year in...
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It’s unfortunate, some SC verdicts not being implemented properly
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said some of the...
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Obaidul Quader blames it on BNP
Calling upon BNP to stand by people instead of doing politics over...
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Buet Honours Admission: Application process to start on Thursday
Application process for Bangladesh University of Engineering and...
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Doctor dies of Covid-19 in port city
A doctor died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in Chattogram city...
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A distress call on FB brings him back home
“Sir, please help me. I do not want to die here. If I die here, my...
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Bangladesh lost a true friend: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh and the British...
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Those involved in anarchy to face stern action
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday warned that the government will...
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Ten-year-old electrocuted in Chattogram
A boy was electrocuted while scavenging garbage in the DC Road area...
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Body found in Ctg pond
A man was found dead in a pond in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram...
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No dedicated doctors, staff for ICU at RMCH
When the season’s first nor’wester hit on the afternoon of April 4,...
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Ekushey Book Fair to close tomorrow
The government yesterday decided to conclude Amar Ekushey Boi Mela ...
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USAID to launch project to promote clean energy
USAID will soon launch a multi-year project with allocation of up...
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DoE chief Rafique Ahmed succumbs to Covid-19
AKM Rafique Ahmed, director general of the Depart-ment of...
Country
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‘Doing more than ringing bell’
The duties of Harun-or-Rashid, bell ringer cum security guard of...
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Man stabbed dead in Sirajganj
Criminals stabbed a locally influential man to death in Sirajganj’s...
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Freedom fighter fights for recognition, survival
At the age of 18, Protap Chandra Roy risked his life when he went...
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Pirojpur sees hike in fruit farming
Riding on higher profitability than other conventional crops such...
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Mayor’s wife burnt in blast dies
Mirkadim Municipality Mayor Abdus Salam’s wife, who sustained...
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Man Kills father
A man, who was injured by his son allegedly over a family feud in...
World
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Vaccine worries deepen woes
Fresh lockdowns and curfews were imposed on tens of millions of...
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India protests US ship patrol in its waters
India protested a US Navy warship conducting a patrol in its waters...
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Rivals may stumble into large-scale war
India and Pakistan may stumble into a large-scale war neither side...
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‘What a life!’
Gun salutes were fired across Britain yesterday to mark the death...
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53 killed in 24 hours in Yemen’s Marib
Fighting for the key Yemeni region of Marib has intensified, with...
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Rebel attack kills at least 10 policemen
An alliance of ethnic armies in Myanmar that has opposed the junta...
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Iran starts up advanced centrifuges
Iran yesterday announced it has started up advanced uranium...
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Aides dismiss Duterte’s death rumours
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has not made any public...
Arts & Entertainment
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Farid Ahmed on life support
National Award winning music director Farid Ahmed is in the...
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Mita Huq no more
Eminent Rabindra Sangeet exponent and Ekushey Padak awardee Mita...
Health
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Recommendation for the gap between two doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Bangladesh Health Watch is a civil society body. It is composed of...
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CDC updates travel guidance for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to get...
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Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic effectively
To tackle the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, a week...
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Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone
In recent years, countries in the Western Pacific have experienced...
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United Hospital conducted the first chronomodulated chemotherapy
A patient with advanced colon cancer has successfully completed a...