Today's Paper: Latest Bangladeshi & world news & analysis

Front Page

Mayhem in Narayanganj

Narayanganj city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and around 50 others were...
No job for China Harbour in future

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said China Harbour...
Family grip on private banks to tighten

Parliament yesterday passed the Banking Companies (Amendment) Act...
Rohingya Refugees: Clouds still hang heavy over repatriation deal

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed on a two-year timeline for the...

Sri Lanka face Zimbabwe in Mirpur's 100th

It will be a significant affair when Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe in...
HC to decide fate of DNCC polls today

The High Court is set today to deliver an order on two writ...
Three-wheelers to join ride-hailing bandwagon

They had called a strike demanding a ban on fast-growing ride...

Back Page

5 hurt in clash between DU, DMC students

At least five were injured during a clash between the students of...
A coercive trial, not a trial at all

Defence counsels of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday completed...
Clever but not enough to fool customs

He wrapped the mini gold bars in a piece of black cloth and tied it...
They can run mobile courts till next order

Executive magistrates can conduct mobile courts until the Supreme...

Jessore-Benapole Road: Century-old trees must not be felled

Twenty-six green organisations yesterday demanded the government...
DU Demo Coordinator: Roughed up by BCL, now in custody

A Dhaka University student, who was picked up on Monday by some BCL...
280m-yr-old fossil forest found in Antarctica

Geologists have discovered 280-million-year-old tree fossils in...
'Kidnapper' killed in 'gunfight' with cops

An alleged kidnapper of a child was killed in a "gunfight"...

Boom in Veg Farming: Middlemen mint money

In recent years, the growth in vegetable production in Bangladesh...
Shammi Akhter no more

Shammi Akhter, or Shamima Akhter, may be termed the nightingale of...
EU hearts still open to Brexit reversal

European Union leaders love-bombed Britain yesterday, holding the...

Business

US oil industry set to break record, upend global trade

Surging shale production is poised to push US oil output to more...
Garment accessories offer bright prospects

Bangladesh has turned into a major source for garment accessories,...
China's economy set to slow to 6.5pc in 2018

China's economy is expected to cool this year as a government...
Germany trumps Asia with world's largest current account surplus

Germany's current account surplus was the world's largest...

Exports await a blow

Bangladesh is likely to lose about $2.7 billion in export earnings...
Stocks break losing streak

Dhaka stocks broke a two-day losing streak yesterday advancing 1.17...
US lawmakers urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei

US lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier,...
Bitcoin slides 18pc on crackdown fears; crypto rivals also plunge

Bitcoin tumbled 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week trough close...

Complaints against telcos pile up

Mobile users' complaints against operators, especially market...
Govt to spend Tk 18,483cr on 14 projects

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)...
China's centralised virtual currency trade needs to end: regulator

A senior Chinese central banker says authorities should ban...
China consumer group seeks answers from Apple about slowing iPhones

A Chinese consumer group has asked Apple for information about the...

Sports

A celebration not quite complete

Will it be like a 100-year-old man reminiscing on the past? It may...
India up against it

New fast bowling discovery Lungi Ngidi plunged India into deep...
An action-packed stoppage time

Defending champions Chittagong Abahani got off to a slow start in...
Pele backs Brazil for sixth

Footballing legend Pele said on Monday that Brazil are favourites...

Five Mirpur memories

Against a depleted Zimbabwe, the first four matches were...
Afghans to play maiden Test in June

Afghanistan will play their maiden Test match in the southern...
Sanchez deal hinges on Mkhi

Manchester United's bid to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal...
Zia runner-up in Delhi

Grand Master Ziaur Rahman became runner-up in the 16th Delhi Open...

'Chandika can't score runs'

Halfway through the Tigers' disastrous tour of South Africa,...
Roger, Novak cruise

Flawless Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic stamped their mark on the...
Nurul's ton keeps Razzak waiting

Nurul Hasan hit a robust century as Prime Bank South Zone posted an...

Editorial

Shipment of cotton suddenly halted!

The country sources nearly half (46 percent) of its cotton from...

Finance Minister's frank admission

The finance minister has made a very frank admission about...

Opinion

“Achoo”

I have an advisory council at home, which has unilaterally elected...
Why the #MeToo movement disrupts the creeping commodification of feminism

As the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)...

Enhancing knowledge for research-backed policymaking

Bangladesh plans to graduate out of the Least Developed Country ...

The rise of tycoons in politics

According to media reports, Tabith Awal remains as BNP's man...

Letters

The shame of corporal punishment

Bangladesh recently observed the 7th anniversary of enacting the...

Sylhet-Dhaka train journey: a bitter experience

Recently, I had to travel from Sylhet to Dhaka at night by Upaban...

City

Law to be enacted to stop realising huge amount of money

The government is going to enact new law to stop realising a huge...
RMG worker strangled 'by husband' in Ctg

A garment worker was strangled allegedly by her husband over family...
Munny wants to live

Sabrena Mamtaz Munny dreams to pursue higher studies and enrolled...
Rangpur mayor-elect takes oath today

The newly elected mayor of Rangpur City Corporation will be sworn...
JU Bird Fair Jan 19

The zoology department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will hold a...

3.59 lakh vacant govt posts

Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday...
'Bacteria in Baby Milk': Case filed against importer

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has filed a case against...
8 State-run Banks: Recruitment tests cancelled

In the wake of protests from the candidates of eight state-run...
Mega Australian edu event tomorrow

The 9th Mega Australian Education Exhibition, organised by Global...
Tiger out of cage, visitors in panic

A male tiger cub fled from the security enclosure of the...

Extortion case filed against Ashulia Jubo League president

An extortion case was filed against a Jubo league leader and a ward...
One group ends hunger strike, another sticks to it

Teachers of independent ebtedai madrasas called off their...
Ctg school student stabbed dead

A ninth grader of Chittagong Collegiate School was stabbed to death...
Unearth reasons behind liberation leaders' killings

Scholars have to look for the reasons behind the assassination of...

Country

Risky railway crossing

With bustling markets on either side, Dhelapir railway crossing...
Govt price discourages growers

Farmers in the district are losing interest in sugarcane farming...
8 cattle burnt alive over 'land dispute'

Eight cattle were burnt to death allegedly over a land dispute...
No headmaster in 352 primary schools

The posts of headmasters at 352 primary schools here are lying...
Youth gets life for killing college boy

A Thakurgaon court yesterday sentenced a youth to life term...

Late blight dashes hope

Potato growers in Dinajpur and Rangpur are very worried as the...
Workers used for approach road

Labourers of the government's 40-day job scheme were used to...
Six stone crushers destroyed

A joint taskforce of district administration and Department of...
Woman immolated over family feud

Police yesterday recovered the body of a housewife, who was burnt...
Madrasa girl kills herself

A madrasa girl allegedly committed suicide in Baliakandi upazila of...

Treasure of honey

Lack of proper knowledge about artificial method of honey...
Three get life for murder

A court here on Monday sentenced three youths to life imprisonment...
Return ancestral land, punish culprits

Indigenous people staged demonstrations in different districts of...
Injuries were cause of death, doc tells court

A Tangail court yesterday recorded deposition of four more...

World

Pakistani police arrest suspect in rape and murder of 7-year-old girl

Pakistani authorities arrests a suspect in the rape and murder of a...
Xi tells Trump positive changes in N Korea

Chinese president Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Donald Trump...
PM Najib takes a swipe at ex-leader Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday took a swipe at ex...
Serb politician shot dead

Prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was killed in a...
Romania looks for third PM in seven months

Romania's ruling Social Democrats yesterday met to nominate a...

Chinese Muslim county bans children from religious events

A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from...
Shackled siblings found in US home

A California couple has been arrested on charges of torture after...
Sharif compares graft cases to a 'flop' movie

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday...
22m Yemenis now in need of aid: UN

More than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian...

Breastfeeding for 6 months cuts diabetes risk

Women who breastfeed their babies for six months or more may be...
Five things you should know

A US plan to form a new border security force in the northeast of...
Duterte defiant over news website closure

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he "did...
Japanese city on alert for deadly blowfish

A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert...

Arts & Entertainment

An assortment of diverse paintings

Several artists of the 1979 batch of the Faculty of Fine Art (FFA)...
Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies at 46

Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries,...

Aparna Sen Gets Candid At DIFF

“My last visit to Bangladesh was in the year 2000, but I have...
Bhalo Theko gets censor clearance

Zakir Hossain Raju-directed film “Bhalo Theko”, starring Arifin...

Duronto TV kick-starts its 'season two'

Duronto Television, a TV channel made solely for children, began...
Shajal coming to The Daily Star's Facebook Live

Save the date! Abdun Noor Shajal, one of the most popular TV actors...

Health

Breastfeeding for 6 months cuts diabetes risk

Women who breastfeed their babies for six months or more may be...

Shift

The Cobalt Choke For The EV Industry

The Cobalt Choke For The EV Industry

Toyota's new LMP1 concept

Toyota kept the GR Super Sport under wraps at the Tokyo Auto Salon,...

From the Shift DS Facebook group

Comments came from those who hated it…