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Front Page

Banking sector is not free from flaws

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday admitted in parliament that...
'Pleasure' trip or what?

Just two weeks before going back to the navy, the Chittagong Port...
Students' demo shuts Nilkhet

Students of seven colleges took to the streets at 11:30 am...
Govt failing to address rights abuses

Bangladesh authorities failed to respond to repeated and serious...

ALTERNATIVE IS THERE

Although there is sufficient government land on both sides of the...
Jessore Road: Tree felling halted for 6 months

The High Court yesterday halted the felling of century-old trees...
It's all for money

Tuesday's mayhem in Narayanganj was all about money.

Back Page

Coach at the centre of BD-SL showdown

Although it is all that people outside the two relevant dressing...
Allegation imaginary

Terming the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson...
Nature Quest: Bamboo trinket snake found in Lawachhara

A black-banded trinket, a species of rat snakes, was found near...
DB arrests 3 muggers who pose as cops

Detectives arrested three people at the capital on Wednesday for...

Stronger alliance to meet SDGs

The government and its development partners agreed to strengthen...
100 more Rohingyas arrive in Bangladesh

More than 100 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from...
UN cuts food aid for east Africa refugees

Cuts in food rations for 1.5 million refugees in east Africa, due...

Trump reveals winners of 'Fake News Awards'

Donald Trump unveiled the winners of his much-touted "Fake...
2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema begins today

The second phase of 53rd Biswa Ijtema, the second largest...
Four fined for arranging child marriage

A marriage registrar, the groom and guardians of both the bride and...

Business

Higher economic growth hinges on investments, skills

Bangladesh has to mobilise private investment and improve skills of...
Foreign funds in treasury bonds slump

Foreign investment in Bangladesh's treasury bonds shrank...
Low-grade jute barred from export

The government yesterday banned the export of low-quality raw jute...
Emirates offers special fares from Bangladesh

Emirates announced special return fares on both business and...
Apple plans new US campus, to pay $38b in foreign cash taxes

Apple Inc will open a new campus as part of a five-year, $30...

Stop defaming GP's work environment

Grameenphone's women employees yesterday said a national...
No DOEL with TSS

State-run Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) Ltd suspended assembling...
Euro and yen can now serve as ACU settlement units

Euro and Yen can now be used to make settlements under the Asian...
India to set up $350m fund to finance solar projects

India will set up a $350 million fund to finance solar projects,...

Duty benefit won't vanish overnight

Duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladesh's exports will...
Special steps needed to finance SDGs: Muhith

Development partners will have to play an important role in helping...
Davos paper attacks Trump's views on trade

US Donald Trump's view of world trade will be challenged next...
Japan in driver's seat for Indian bullet train deals

Japanese steel and engineering companies are in the driver's...

Sports

New Zealand complete series whitewash over Pakistan

New Zealand inflict a rare 5-0 one-day international series...
Ton-up Mominul

The game of landmarks at the BKSP in Savar involving Prime Bank...
Hazlewood out, Paine in doubt

Australian quick Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of Friday's...
Farashganj into last eight

Farashganj became the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals...
Neymar booed off the Parc

Despite scoring four times, world record signing Neymar found...

Fearless cricket Mashrafe's mantra

The hallmark of a professional is his ability to think positively...
Kohli at the top

Virat Kohli on Thursday was crowned cricketer of the year by the...
Federer stays cool in searing heat

Defending champion Roger Federer coolly swept into the Australian...
Juve after Emre Can

Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta confirmed on Wednesday...
Brac team leave for Malaysia

With their sights set on a top five finish, the Brac University...

First-class feats are no joke

“10,000 runs and 500 wickets; it's no joke.”
Under-19s fail England test

Bangladesh Under-19s failed to on their good form into their first...
REAL Fans turn on Ronaldo

A slender majority of Real Madrid supporters are willing to see...
Misfiring Messi costs Barcelona

Lionel Messi missed a penalty as Espanyol struck in the dying...
S Korea blast Bangladesh

Bangladesh suffered a massive 46-20 defeat at the hands of hosts...

Editorial

Remove barriers to mayoral elections

We are disappointed by the stay order on the mayoral by-polls...

Address the prime concerns

We welcome the recent agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar for...

Opinion

Ivy's Poison

The pictures on the front page of practically every major newspaper...
Soap Opera

In America, they put soap in the mouth of a kid when he uses swear...

Crisis in the Indian judicial system

Whether it was a prover-bial storm in a teacup or something else,...

Soft underbelly of connectivity projects?

One would have thought that the much-heralded plans for regional,...

Letters

Time to end food adulteration

As the economy moves ahead, Bangladeshi people, in general, are now...

City

Education ministry staff goes missing in Dhaka

An employee of the Ministry of Education has been missing since...
Another militant identified

Hours after Rab released photographs of two “JMB militants” killed...
OIC support expected

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has hoped that...
HC stays DSCC councillor polls

The High Court yesterday stayed for four months the process of...
Road accidents leave eight dead

Atleast six people were killed in separate road accidents in four...
Zia's birth anniversary today

Today is the 82nd birth anniversary of president Ziaur Rahman, the...
We won't leave till demand is met

The teachers and employees of MPO-enlisted academic institutions...
Model UN conference begins at CU

The Chittagong University Model United Nations Association (CUMUNA)...

Dr AA Ziauddin Ahmad passes away

Prof Dr Abu Abdullah Ziauddin Ahmad, a well-known physicist and...
A bad mix of teens and power

Police yesterday morning arrested five alleged killers of Adnan...
Provide Tk 99cr to Moon Cinema owner in compensation

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust ...
Initiatives underway to bring border killing to zero

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said border killing has...
Society’s apathy to rights issues growing

Noted human rights activist Advocate Sultana Kamal yesterday said...
Pranab leaves Dhaka

Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee yesterday left Dhaka after...
155 ASPs get promoted to additional SPs

The government has promoted 155 assistant superintendents of police...
Sultan uz-Zaman Khan's death anniversary today

Today is the fourth death anniversary of former bureaucrat Sultan...

Guarantee security of life before repatriation

Rohingya communities from across the globe have demanded that the...
Dhaka wants peaceful solution: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh seeks a...
Martuza made Chief Information Commissioner

The government has appointed Martuza Ahmed, a former information...
5 held over Tongi double murder

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested 5 persons over the...
Submit affidavit in three weeks

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday gave a three-week time to the...
2 suspects remanded

A Sylhet court yesterday remanded two people for five days each in...
Youth found dead in Mirpur

A youth was found dead in front of a building in the capital's...

Country

200 trees felled in Kalapara forest

At least 200 trees at Modhukhali forest in Mithaganj union under...
'Killers threaten Ananda's family'

Eight months into the murder, the killers of businessman Ananda...
Man to die for killing teacher

A Netrakona court yesterday sentenced a man to death on charge of...
Death toll rises to 15

Two women, who received burn injuries while warming themselves by...

Dense fog blurs roads

Poor visibility amid the prevailing dense fog hampers smooth...
Pro-AL panel sweeps BAU teachers' polls

Ganotantrik Shikhhak Forum, a pro-Awami League teachers' body,...
One dies as sand falls on him

A day labourer was killed and two others were injured as sand fell...
A good initiative

Fifteen girl students in Sadar upazila of the district received...

Jujube orchards a winner for Jessore farmers

Several varieties of jujube, locally known as kul or boroi, are...
Teenager found dead in Joypurhat

A fifteen-year-old boy was found dead at a field in Joypurhat'...
Cold, fog damage Boro seedlings

Prolonged cold spell and dense fog in the district has damaged a...

World

No embassy move to Jerusalem this year

President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned...
Iraq, Syria see sharp drop in terror deaths

Iraq and Syria saw a sharp drop in the number of people killed in...
52 people die in Kazakhstan bus inferno

Fifty-two people were killed yesterday when the Russia-bound bus...
Taliban agree Pak meeting

A delegation approved by the Taliban's supreme leader visited...
South Africa's Ramaphosa piles pressure on Zuma

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called on...
Three women killed as India, Pak trade fire

Three female civilians and a soldier have been killed in cross...
Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 12

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 12 people and injured...

US troops to remain in Syria

The United States on Wednesday signalled an open-ended military...
Trump opposes top aide on Mexico border wall

US President Donald Trump yesterday said his concept of a wall...
Huge storms hit Europe

Violent gales battered northern Europe and beyond yesterday,...
Myanmar arrests MP after Rakhine riot

Myanmar police yesterday arrested a prominent Rakhine Buddhist MP...
Talks started in Catalonia to pick regional leader

The new pro-independence speaker of Catalonia's parliament...
British MPs approve landmark Brexit bill

British MPs gave the green light on Wednesday to a landmark Brexit...
Indian boy shot dead in police crossfire

An eight-year-old boy was shot and killed in police crossfire as he...

Russia undermining N Korea sanctions

US President Donald Trump complained on Wednesday that Russia was...
Australia drone makes first rescue

A pair of Australian swimmers yesterday became the first people to...
China spots oil slicks from sunken tanker

The spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China's east coast...
Filipinos satisfied with Duterte govt: survey

Public satisfaction with the performance of Philippine President...
Mother-daughter polio team shot dead in Pak

A mother and daughter polio vaccination team were yesterday gunned...
Maldives promises to block radical websites

The Maldives has promised to block websites seeking to radicalise...

Arts & Entertainment

Taskeen Rahman finding purpose in acting

Sinister and yet dashing, the steely blue eyes of the villain...
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta

Sarod maestro Pt. Buddhadev Das Gupta died of cardiac arrest at his...
Double show of “Tragedy Palashbari” at BSA today

Theatre troupe Prachyanat will stage their production “Tragedy...
Karan Johar eyeing Manushi Chhillar for “Student Of The Year 2”

From Alia Bhatt to Sidharth Malhotra, famed Bollywood filmmaker...

“Gohin Baluchor” releasing in North America today

Badrul Anam Saud's directorial debut, the engrossing riverine...
Gaurob to perform at Ranthambore Festival

Labik Kamal Gaurob, the frontman of Bangladeshi folk fusion band...
Kendrick Lamar, Elton John, U2 added to 2018 Grammy Lineup

Kendrick Lamar, U2, Sam Smith and Elton John have been announced as...

Mehzabien's journey into the world of television

While Mehazabien rose to prominence as the winner of the popular...
“Ankhi o Tar Bondhura” at KICFF

Morshedul Islam's film “Ankhi o Tar Bondhura” is set to be...
Chastain, Spencer reunite for holiday comedy

Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer are reuniting for a new film. ...

Next Step

The Prestigious Legacy of Battle of Minds

Battle of Minds (BOM) is a yearly event organised by BATB aiming to...

Five ways to use Snapchat and Instagram stories for business

An all known thumb rule of business branding is: follow your...

Clients

Your price is too high....

Star Weekend

MAILBOX

Finally, the hunger strike of non-MPO teachers has come to an end...
What's so contentious about the CPD report anyway?

"No, no, no, all rubbish. They are determined to bring...
An underwhelming experience

A museum is meant to be a gateway—a magical door into another world...
COEXISTENCE

Animals mean more to the big city slicker. They fulfill the...
About Town

Emotional Intelligence for Success

MAILBOX

Finally, the hunger strike of non-MPO teachers has come to an end...
One less park for Old Dhaka

Did you know that less than 0.30 percent of land in all of Dhaka...
Call Me by Your Name is one of the most memorable films of 2017

Watching Call Me by Your Name felt like flipping through the pages...
Brunei Darussalam - Paradise on earth

On November 26 last year, my wife and I decided to visit Brunei on...
Surviving annoying cats and/or friends

There is a cat in my house. She is called Coco. She doesn't...

Reflections of Dhaka's broken society inside a broken shelter

In a quiet corner of Mirpur, barely a kilometer away from the...
Poorer kids get this much sicker

That children from the slums of Dhaka have an unequal start in life...
WHAT LENIN DID AND WHY

2017 marked 100 years of the Russian Revolution and a considerable...
The Kite flyers of Old Dhaka

As the rickshaw, painted bright with a distorted Bengal tiger and...

Star Youth

INSPIRING YOUTH THROUGH STORYTELLING

After an eminent event last year, this year's follow up "...
Youth Opportunities

FedEx is offering an internship which is a 10-week assignment for...

Made in Equality

Since the Rana Plaza tragedy, the RMG sector has gone through...

CMED Health: Access to a healthier you

We live at a time when the youths are busy building their lives and...