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Front Page

Call for special building code

The government should formulate a comprehensive coastal zone...
HC bans 2-finger test

The High Court yesterday banned the controversial two-finger test...
Protest Timeline

Protesters bring out a procession from DU central library to press...
US-Bangla Crash: Communication inconsistencies found in probe

The committee probing the US-Bangla plane crash found that there...

Repatriation 'very soon'

Myanmar Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Win Myat...
Demo called off

Hundreds of students brought out a joyous rally and paraded through...
Rampal Project: Special kind of construction materials not being used

Lifespan of the proposed Rampal coal-based power plant in Bagerhat...

Back Page

No uniformity of questions at HSC exam hall

HSC examinees yesterday got different questions during the MCQ...
No victim found!

After the Pahela Baishakh sexual attack, a hotline was opened and...
Rohingya Return: Dhaka today signs MoU with UNHCR

Bangladesh and the UNHCR are set to sign today a Memorandum of...

HC settles 4yr legal battle over burial

Lipa Rani Roy, of Domar Upazila in Niphamari, left Hinduism,...
PM to begin 9-day visit to KSA, UK on Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will embark on a nine-day visit to...
'Terminal' case

A 36-year-old Syrian has been stuck in transit in the Malaysian...

Shipping dept chief engineer held for 'bribery'

An ACC team yesterday arrested SM Nazmul Huq, chief engineer and...
Digital Security Bill: No discussion with stake-holders

The parliamentary standing committee on the post, telecom and IT...
Attack 'very soon or not so soon at all!'

President Donald Trump was evasive yesterday over when the United...

Business

No surprises in next budget: Muhith

There is unlikely to be any surprise fiscal measure in the budget...
4G: telcos grin, users frown

Data consumption by the 4G users has doubled since the fourth...
Deal signed for Bangladesh's first 'Digital Islami Wallet'

Financial technology service provider Dmoney signed an agreement...
Tokyo summit sees investment scopes in Bangladesh

Haison International Ltd, a private investment management and...
Global trade growth strong but at risk if conflict escalates: WTO

World trade in goods is maintaining a robust recovery, but it still...

Six large ministries in slumber in polls year

Six of the 10 large ministries and divisions' expenditures in...
Mobile operators suffer for utility work, outages

Mobile operators' network quality is suffering for the fibre...
PM welcomes more S Korean investment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday welcomed more South Korean...
Emirates SkyCargo to transport aircraft parts

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has launched...
Walmart close to buying majority of Flipkart

Walmart Inc is likely to reach a deal to buy a majority stake in...

Record $5b Chinese investment coming up

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority will sign a deal with a...
State banks' default loans cross Tk 55,000cr

The amount of default loans of state-owned banks has reached Tk 55...
Chittagong gets Uber

Uber, the world's largest on-demand ridesharing company,...
VW set to name new CEO

German car giant Volkswagen is set to replace its CEO Matthias...
New Zealand halts offshore oil exploration to fight climate change

New Zealand is halting all new offshore oil and gas exploration to...

Sports

Ballistic Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon's Champions League career came to a bitter...
Refs also split on vital call

While they may never agree among themselves, one thing football...
Sabina's dream run ends in semis

Sabina Khatun's dream run in the Hero Indian Women League came...
Amzad fails in quarters

Wrestler Mohammad Ali Amzad was eliminated from the quarterfinals...

Righteous or robbery?

They did not see the same match. What Italian newspaper Corriere...
School football from May

After a six-year hiatus, the National School Football Championship...
Shakib wins Tiger derby

Mumbai Indian's Mustafizur Rahman with a brilliant penultimate...
Laugher does dive double

English diver Jack Laugher boasted that he had been "on fire...

THE DEBATE RAGES ON

The penalty decision from referee Michael Oliver in the second leg...
Mushy fulfils home ton target

Mushfiqur Rahim's unbeaten hundred was the highlight of the...
Tests no longer the apex: Morgan

England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has said that Test...
From crystal to gold

South African long jumper Luvo Manyonga said he aimed to go another...

Editorial

Myanmar's assurance

The statement of the visiting minister of Myanmar, Win Myat Aye,...

Quota system abolished

The prime minister's announcement to do away with the quota...

Opinion

Quota, inertia and civic action

Bangladesh's youth have done it again. The cause they stood...
It's Modi's BJP!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now all in all in the Bharatiya...

Providing data privacy and protection to poor customers

RESEARCH increasingly demonstrates that poor customers, just like...

The unseen link between sexual violence and economic development

This year's Independence Day has come with a new sense of...

Letters

Quota reform protest ends on a high note

The government, reluctantly, responded with a positive decision to...

Unity among people, a recipe for success

On April 9, The Daily Star published a report titled “People's...

City

A developed country by 2041 if AL goes to power

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night said Bangladesh would...
Govt submits statement on its appeal against Khaleda’s bail

The government yesterday submitted to the Supreme Court a concise...
'Unhealthy competition' to blame for accidents

With people reeling from the shock of recent road accidents in the...
Fakhrul's mother passes away

Fatima Amin, the mother of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul...
Uber hits Ctg streets

On-demand ridesharing platform Uber yesterday launched its service...
Shamsuddoha Mahmud passes away

Shamsuddoha Mahmud, a former general manager of Sonali Bank Ltd,...

DNCC blames Wasa for waterlogging

The panel mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday...
Dhaka condemns Houthi missile attacks in Saudi cities

Bangladesh condemned the recent series of missile attacks by Houthi...
Realise revenues from Google, Facebook: HC

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to realise...
Practise austerity in electricity use

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to practise...
Rajshahi Jamaat man charged with war crimes

The prosecution yesterday pressed four charges against Abdus Samad...

Officials face ACC boss's wrath

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday...
Govt bowed down to fundamentalists

By limiting the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, the government is...
DMP tightens security

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday said it has taken...
Khaleda 'ill', skips Gatco case hearing

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was earlier jailed for five years...
Baishakhi fair at St Gregory's High School tomorrow

The Gregorian Association will organise a Baishakhi Mela to...

Country

Ramna carnage case hanging in HC for 4yrs

The death reference and appeals in the sensational Ramna Batamul...
Hilsa becomes pricy ahead of Pahela Baishakh

The price of hilsa fish has increased by three to five times in the...
Clinic owner on remand in Natore

A court here yesterday granted a two-day remand for a clinic owner...
Flower floating marks first day of Boisabi

The indigenous people belonging to different ethnic communities of...
Accused teacher still at large

Ten days into the brutal torture on a 12-year-old madrasa student...

Boro hit by neck blast disease

Thousands of Boro growers in Sunamganj are in fear of losing their...
Lightning kills two in Sunamganj

Lightning killed two people in Sunamganj on Wednesday night.
UP chairman arrested for raping woman

A union parishad (UP) chairman in Fulgazi upazila of the district...
Probe finds no fault in gas line

A four-member probe body formed by Titas Gas Distribution and...
Woman found dead

An unidentified woman was found dead at Bayashinga village in...

Class under open sky

Students of a government primary school in Charbhadrasan upazila of...
Punishment is transfer!

The headmaster of a government primary school in the district was...
Hand severed over land dispute

A youth's right hand got severed from the elbow in an attack...
Fire at power station

A fire broke out at a power station in Sirajganj's Baghabari...

World

No more 'soft Russia policy'

President Donald Trump's pick for top US diplomat was set to...
Zuckerberg unscathed by congressional grilling

Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's business model on...
One Lula jailed, 60 'Lula' in congress

If Brazil's right-wing politicians thought they'd seen...
Myanmar activists welcome Zuckerberg's 24-hr pledge

Myanmar civil society groups welcomed a commitment by Facebook...
Six ministers quit Lanka's troubled govt

Six ministers quit Sri Lanka's troubled coalition government,...
Australian author 'kicked out of US'

A high-profile Australian author and Muslim activist was refused...

OPCW confirms UK findings

The world's chemical arms watchdog yesterday said it had...
Bipartisan US senators seek to protect Mueller

US senators has introduced a bipartisan measure that would protect...
Night owls risk dying younger

People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are...
Police open probe against BJP MP

Indian police yesterday opened a rape inquiry against a powerful...
EU extends Iran rights sanctions

The EU yesterday extended sanctions against Iran over its human...
Trump loses another top security official

Donald Trump's deputy national security advisor resigned...

Rebels give up Douma in major win for Assad

Rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta surrendered their heavy...
Germany won't join US in Syria strikes

Germany will not join any military strikes against Syria in...
Kashmir takes the hit of LoC violation

Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and...
Afghan district governor among seven killed

Taliban militants launched a pre-dawn raid on a district government...
Pak could face aid cuts over human trafficking

Trump administration is warning Pakistan it could lose US civilian...

Arts & Entertainment

Mangal Shobhajatra: An Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh, the largest secular festival...
Deepa: Beyond the small screen

For the last fifteen years, Deepa Khandakar has secured a strong...
Habib clashes against dad Ferdous Wahid for “Jhor”

Popular singer-composer Habib Wahid is cooking up a 'storm&...

Silver Jubilee Celebrations

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the four-day long grand...
“Ekti Cinema'r Golpo” releasing today

Veteran actor-director Alamgir's latest big screen venture, ...

Nagorik Natya Sampradaya celebrating Golden Jubilee

Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, one of the top theatre troupes of the...
Mim goes on a family vacation

Popular singer-composer Habib Wahid is cooking up a 'storm&...

Next Step

Survival tips for Management Trainees

Joining as a Management Trainee (MT), or being enrolled in any fast...
The Bossman #52

The Bossman #52

Unconventional avenues of networking

Those of us who enjoy sitting at a corner, headphones on, minding...

4 networking mistakes you shouldn't make

As much as you might like to add every single person you know on...

Star Weekend

Solidarity Quota reform movement

Tanvir Ahmed was a student of University of Dhaka. He committed...
Heading to the hottest place in hell?

One of the most trending quotes shared by the activists of the...
Preserving Bengali identity

At dawn on Bangla New Year, Ramna Park wears a festive look. People...
About Town

Organiser: Preneur Lab - Social Good Company and United Nations...

MAILBOX

Many children are deprived of their basic human rights, with poor...
A Changing Noboborsho

Those were the lean years, for Minu and her big family full of...
ALTERED CARBON

Although it's been out for over two months, the visually...
How to become a superhero or heroine

Not so easy to become capital 'S' Super unless you follow...

Silencing the labour movement

The attempt of suppressing workers and union leaders with prolonged...
Laal kach

Chaitra Shongkranti—those hours between the setting of the last sun...
Is social media inciting violence in Myanmar?

A Facebook post by a young Burmese man in September last year: “I...
The Mother, A Tribute to a Homemaker

The bedtime of weekends turns out to be the most intimate moment of...

Star Youth

An Afternoon of Inspiration with Young Changemakers

Since its inception in 2008, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center ...
Youth Opportunities

Each mentor will conduct a workshop related to a topic of their...

Dhaka FM 90.4 Brings “Startup Talk”

Anyone who has attempted startup business should be familiar with...
Student Leaders' Meet and Greet

Casper Foundation, a non-profit organisation working with student...

Cartoon People Comics

Cartoon People Comics