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Killings of Bangladeshis in US

Two Bangladeshi expatriates, an Imam and his assistant, were killed by an assailant outside a mosque in Queens in New York City on August 15.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Good yield of jute

We are heartened by the news of a good yield of jute and also of the farmers receiving remunerative prices this year.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Stop inhuman acts with tea workers

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque asked the authorities of Baikunthapur Tea Garden to stop unfair
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Meals on schedule but treatment scant

Complaining about hospital food is a cliché worthy of cinema. On-screen, less than tasty food might well be tolerated in light of its
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Baby elephant rescued from well in Garo Hills

Officials with the help of locals rescued a baby elephant from an old well in the Garo Hills in Jhinaigati upazila under Sherpur district
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Eid advance bus ticket sale may begin Aug 26

Private bus operators are likely to start selling advance tickets from August 26 for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
16 August 2016, 06:01 AM

Bangabahadur dies

The stranded wild elephant, Bangabahadur, whose journey from India to Bangladesh was widely chronicled, died in Jamalpur this morning.
16 August 2016, 03:50 AM

The menace of overloaded vehicles

It is indeed disheartening to note that the plying of overloaded vehicles in the highways and over the bridges have been going on unabated right under the nose of the law enforcers.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Passport forgery

The experience of a woman, who found when trying to collect her machine readable passport that someone else had fraudulently had
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Cattle trader gored to death by buffalo

A cattle trader was killed and two others were injured after a buffalo gored them on Saturday night in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Payra seaport

The inauguration of Payra seaport by the prime minster signals a stepped-up effort by the government to provide the country with much needed infrastructure.
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Tribute to Bangabandhu

We mourn this day as we have done since that dark night of 15th August forty one years ago, when Bangabandhu along with all but two of his family members were brutally killed. It was a day when the spirit of the nation was snatched from its body.
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Arrest killers of Jui'

Speakers at a human chain programme at Sher-e-Bangla Intersection in Panchagarh town yesterday demanded immediate
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Women labourers face wage disparity

If ever an example was needed that sincerity doesn't pay, one could visit the farm fields of Thakurgaon and
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Nasim hails Faraaz’s bravery in Dhaka cafe attack

Awami League presidium member Mohammed Nasim says that some misguided youths carried out attacks at a Gulshan café and Sholakia Eidgah while youth like Faraaz did not scare away.
14 August 2016, 15:19 PM

Tareque, Mishuk remembered

Noted filmmaker Tareque Masud and media personality Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, popularly known as Mishuk Munier,
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Desperate plea of tea garden workers

In the midst of severe food shortage and being denied of their due wages for 15 weeks straight, workers of Baikunthapur tea
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Saudi ban on recruitment goes

After a seven year hiatus, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has finally lifted the ban on recruiting male Bangladeshi workers.
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Stray elephant to get shelter at Bangabandhu Safari Park

The Indian elephant Banga Bahadur will be tugged by two elephants of Bangabandhu Safari Park to the road, which is
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Travails of a freedom fighter

Had it not been for his becoming a witness in the trials of the war criminals we might not ever have come to know of Miron Sheik.
12 August 2016, 18:00 PM