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

Front Page

UNSC trip all too crucial

The UN Security Council's forthcoming visit to Bangladesh and...
Case Under ICT Act: Bdjobs CEO held, freed upon bond

AKM Fahim Mashroor, CEO of bdjobs.com, was freed hours after police...

The skilful skimmer

Like a typical cashier, his job entailed scanning purchased items...
3-wheelers to have more fuel options

The government has made a move to amend the four-stroke three...

Back Page

BGB recovers 37 kg gold in Chuadanga

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 37 kgs of gold worth...
For the love of books

To build an ideal society, it takes ideal citizens. So says Rafiqul...
Global Summit of Women: PM flies to Australia today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave for her 4-day tour to...
Iran rejects any new nuke deal

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday rejected any hopes...

Global press body slams ICT act

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has criticised the Information and...
Govt plans to launch more satellites

The government plans to put into orbit more satellites after...
BNP forms human chain for release of Khaleda

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for a...
Star honoured for community service

The Daily Star, the leading English daily of the country, was...

Eighteen killed in Nigerian church

Two priests were among at least 18 people killed in a dawn attack...
Hit by bridge, 2 kids killed on train roof

Two children reportedly died after being hit by a footbridge when...
US team probing Rohingya atrocities

The US government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged...

Business

Foreign loans getting costlier: BIBM

Increasing LIBOR rate and the appreciation of the greenback against...
US-Bangla starts direct flights to China today

US-Bangla Airlines is set to become the first Bangladeshi carrier...
Amazon.com plays catch-up in Brazil as local rivals thrive

Claudia Maria de Oliveira is leery of online shopping. But while...
Linde opens Tk 120cr air separation unit

Linde Bangladesh Ltd, a member of Linde Group's Gases Division...
Basel tells big banks that simple might be better

Big investment banks should accept that simple may be better when...
Oil hovers near $74

Oil eased on Wednesday, but held in sight of three-year highs...

Automotive battery market revving up

The automotive battery market size hit Tk 8,000 crore last year on...
Prime Insurance reelects chairman, vice chairman

Md Zakiullah Shahid has recently been re-elected as the chairman of...
Twitter beats Wall Street estimates as growth moves overseas

Twitter Inc reported its second profitable quarter on Wednesday and...
India's Bharti Infratel, Indus merging to form $14.6b telecom tower giant

India's Bharti Infratel Ltd has agreed to merge with Indus...
Boeing cruises past forecasts as margins, sales grow

Boeing Co's profit jumped by more than half in the first...

RMG workers' database not ready even after 5yrs

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is...
Mastercard launches Ramadan campaign

Mastercard Bangladesh yesterday announced a campaign to promote...
Its time to ensure pension for all

While crossing the mighty Padma by a Ro-Ro ferry I met Kabir Bhai...
German govt sees no let-up in economic growth

The German economy ministry on Wednesday published an optimistic...
Credit Suisse profit soars as overhaul pays off

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse on Wednesday posted a big jump in...

Sports

Chennai pull off another heist

Chennai Super Kings pulled off another heist yesterday, beating...
Hosts advance to final after five-set thriller

Bangladesh battled back from a set down to beat Kyrgyzstan in 3-2...
Winning start for Bangladesh

Last edition's runners-up Bangladesh hockey team made a...
Abahani held by Aizawl

An unimpressive Abahani surrendered the lead and played out a 1-1...
Courtios to sue Wilmots

Chelsea and Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is to take action...

South continue their rise

Calculative cricket from Prime Bank South Zone put them in the...
Tigers to start against SA

Bangladesh will start their 2019 World Cup campaign against South...
Iyer replaces Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils captain, stepped down from his...
Roma dream of another miracle

After Roma scored two late goals in the 5-2 defeat against a...

'Hard for North to bat out two days'

“It's very simple -- we have to win the match and we are in a...
Need camps all over the country: Naimur

After being re-elected as the director of the Bangladesh Cricket...
Sajib, Jamal keep local hopes alive

Japan's Kazuki Higa stayed in the lead in the BTI Open, but...
We aren't Barca: Klopp

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool are not assured of a place in the...

Editorial

Fake currency a silent menace

Come the major festival times come the increased activity of the...

Water crisis in CHT

This daily reported yesterday that many of the villages of...

Opinion

The quota movement signals an underlying discontent

The student protests that swept the country weeks ago were not just...
A many splendoured thing

The importance of love has never been greater. Our world is wracked...

Harnessing the fourth industrial revolution

As a telecommunications company we are in the centre of...

How Bangladeshi women can power change through innovation

For a very long time, innovation and creativity endowed with...

Letters

Safeguarding migrants' welfare

The Daily Star published on April 21 an editorial titled “UAE open...

City

Higher penalty lowers conviction rate

The conviction rate in rape cases in the country has been poor over...
DB man, ASI held with Yaba pills

Police arrested a member of Detective Branch (DB) of police and his...
ACC summons DIG Mizan May 3

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday summoned Deputy...
Fire kills woman, child

A woman and her seven-month old child were burnt to death after a...
Order on Khaleda's bail in two cases May 17

Two separate Dhaka courts yesterday fixed May 17 for passing order...
Former top NSI official sent to jail

The International Crimes Tribunal -1 yesterday sent a former...

Of hope and gratitude

For the whole of her seven years, Zannatun has never been able to...
Rozina shifted to DMCH

Rozina Akter, who lost her right leg in a road accident in the...
Empathy promotes democracy

Young leaders of two major political parties have agreed that the...
Rights activists concerned over growing incidents of child rape

Different human rights organisations including Manusher Jonno...
Rohingya issue to feature highly

Southeast Asian leaders meeting in Singapore this week must address...
Nur Hossain shown arrested in graft case

Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational Narayanganj seven...

AL to rule until Hasina is alive

Ruling Awami League will rule as long as Sheikh Hasina is alive and...
Physiotherapy still understated

Physiotherapy, a useful part of modern treatment, is not getting...
An example of honesty

It was around 9:00am in the morning.
India hands over memorabilia to Bangladesh

An Mi-4 helicopter and two PT-76 tanks, used in the 1971 Liberation...
AL's Khulna candidate places manifesto

The ruling Awami League (AL) nominated mayoral candidate for Khulna...
Road accidents kill 3

At least three persons were killed and 11 others injured in road...

Country

Half ripe paddy being harvested

Continuous rain with gusty wind for the last three days has...
3 girls raped

Three girls were raped in Tagail, Dinajpur and Moulvibazar in last...
For rejecting proposal!

A schoolgirl was stabbed in Chuadanga while another was beaten in...

Kadaknath, new prospect in poultry

A couple of months back, world's most expensive chicken became...
'Ban battery-run 3-wheelers in Bogura'

Students and cultural activists at a human chain yesterday demanded...

What next for Ipshita?

A young housewife, allegedly tortured by her dowry-greedy husband...
'Robber' found killed, police say died in 'gunfight'

The body of a robber, who was killed in what police claimed '...

World

'Climate of animosity' towards media 'threat to democracies'

Press freedom around the world is under threat from a triple whammy...
'Kill us if you take our land'

More than 5,000 farmers in the western Indian state of Gujarat have...
Trump's travel ban faces SC reckoning

President Donald Trump's administration went before the US...
3 soldiers, 30 jihadists killed in Sinai: army

Three soldiers and 30 jihadists have been killed in the past week...

US wants 'lasting' footprint in Syria

US President Donald Trump appeared to dial back a promise to...
Taliban announce spring offensive

The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive...
James Comey's memoir sells 600,000 copies

Fired FBI director James Comey's memoir that details his...

Self-styled Indian 'godman' jailed for life for teen rape

An Indian guru with millions of followers was sentenced to life in...
Blast at illegal oil well kills 18 in Indonesia

The death toll from a blaze at an illegal Indonesian oil well...
Gaza journalist shot at protest dies of wounds

A Palestinian journalist shot two weeks ago by Israeli forces on...

Arts & Entertainment

“Poramon 2” to premiere at Cannes film market

Upcoming Bangladeshi film “Poramon 2”, starring Siam Ahmed and...
“Semi Corporate” on Rtv

Satellite channel Rtv is broadcasting series “Semi Corporate” every...

'Viral kid' Rafsan meets his hero Ayub Bachchu

Rafsanul Islam, a ten-year old from Netrokona who became a viral...
“BHUBAN MAJHI” gets censor clearance in India

Fakhrul Arefeen Khan's “Bhuban Majhi”, a film connecting the...

Star Melodies to beckon Baishakh with folk music

Star Melodies, the initiative of The Daily Star promoting Bangla...

Shout

Is MBA a must after BBA?

BBA is one of the most sought after degrees in the country today....
Everyday Night Lights

What am I losing so much sleep for? Is it for the life I was...
Just let me eat

We already judge people by their weight, height, clothes, the way...
Things to remember when you have stage fright

If you feel the urge to run away when you think of performing in...
THE GOD OF HYPE

At the time of reading this, the new God of War is already out and...
Dr. Schulze from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH talks at IUB

The School of Life Sciences (SLS) and The International Center for...
BUBT celebrates Alumni Carnival

The Alumni Association of Bangladesh University of Business and...
ULAB hosts 4th DEH Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition

The Department of English and Humanities (DEH) at the University of...
ARE MEMES ART?

Before I begin, when I say memes in this context, I mean them as...

Rainy day musing

I am standing on the edge of the window as usual. It is the only...
Numbers of Melancholia

I woke up the minute the alarm went off. It was 5:55 AM. I have...
A cat's guide to table manners

There are nine things on Earth that insist on a total disregard for...
Freelancing essentials

The intriguing idea of earning money from one's home has...
Trials and Tribulations of Vlogging for the First Time

Imagine this: your marketing lecturer assigns you a project where...
NSU ACM Students Chapter organises Innovation Challenge Season – 4

The NSU ACM Students Chapter has successfully ended its “NSU ACM SC...
DIU Chairman attends GEC 2018 in Turkey

On April 16-19, 2018, the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)...
SJWS holds O & A Level graduation ceremony

On April 21, 2018, Sir John Wilson School (SJWS) commemorated its...
SUIT

TAME IMPALA

Petals of a black rose

On the first night of spring, My petals begin to dream, Like an...
CLICHÉD ANIME STORYLINES

Having watched anime for a few years now, I've noticed that...
“Merci Arsène”

Back in 1996, when a French individual with the look of a college...
FameLab 2018 National Gala Round

On April 21, 2018, British Council hosted the national gala round...
A guide to shopping in Doza

If you are one of those people who always keep wondering how girls...
EU arranges season two of “Jiboner Golpo, Golper Jibon”

Eastern University (EU) Bondhushava organised the second edition of...
Architecture Department of AIUB holds student design competition

On April 5, 2018 the Architecture Department of American...
Packing Made Easy

Packpoint is a simple application which helps you pack for your...
This Week's Horrorscope

Give me your money for you will only waste it.