Professional boxing not a sport, it’s a business

Bangladeshis are more familiar with amateur boxing, which they have competed in during different games like Olympics, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
28 May 2022

Boxer Al Amin weaving dreams

Boxers Sura Krishna Chakma and Mohammed Al Amin made dream starts in their first-ever professional boxing tournament in Bangladesh as the two managed to beat their respective Nepalese opponents on May 19.
28 May 2022

Unrestrained, PK Halder became the sultan of swindle

Alarm bells were raised when PK Halder and his associates laundered around Tk 174 crore from a financial institution in 2016 by setting up companies that existed only on paper.
20 May 2022

When will PK Halder be brought back?

Soon after his arrest in West Bengal on May 14, the question that started spinning around was when Prashanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, would be brought back to Bangladesh.
20 May 2022

Edible oil crisis: Alternatives aplenty

Locally produced oilseeds like mustard, corn, sunflower, coconut, and sesame (teel) can be some great alternatives to soybean and palm oil, said Prof Nazma Shaheen of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science at Dhaka University.
13 May 2022

Traders broke their promise

TDS: Do you agree that it is a failure of the commerce ministry to rein in the unstable soybean oil market? 
13 May 2022

Edible oil crisis: Time to overcome vulnerabilities

When Farid Uddin planted sunflower, sesame and groundnut on his 80-decimal land, he had no idea that prices of edible oil would skyrocket.
13 May 2022

Ukraine war: How far it will go?

When President Vladimir Putin launched “a special military operation” on February 24 to “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine, there were a few to doubt that the military campaign would end in Russia’s favour and it would be over soon.
6 May 2022

‘What kind of monsters are we nurturing?’

Prof Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud wrote a Facebook post on April 25, touching upon the memories of his student life and the clashes between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students.
29 April 2022

New Market clashes: Police role questioned

The clash in the New Market area began around 11:30pm on April 18 following an argument between staffers of two fast food shops. It ended around 3:45am the next day after hours of massive police intervention that left a student badly injured.  
29 April 2022

New Market clashes: Behind the scenes story

Heated arguments and brawls between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students are nothing new. Over the years, the city dwellers suffered their share when both the parties locked into running battles and violent clashes -- most of the time over trivial matters.
29 April 2022

Reducing global warming: Low cost ways

Not only do we have the tools to slash emissions and curb global warming by 2030, but half of available carbon-cutting options are cost-free or very cheap, UN climate experts say.
22 April 2022

Climate Change: Are we doing enough?

The world on Friday observed Earth Day celebrating environmental diversity of Earth and highlighting ways of protecting our habitat, the only place in the known universe where life can survive.
22 April 2022

Saga of Pak PMs

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947.
15 April 2022

Yet another blow, but why?

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing, boisterous speeches, mysterious helicopter rides, and a clandestine meeting between now-ex prime minister Imran Khan and the military and intelligence chiefs -- nothing fundamentally important shifted in Pakistan.
15 April 2022

Pakistan’s democracy: Yet another blow, but why?

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing,
15 April 2022

Saga of Pak PMs

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947. The shortest
15 April 2022

‘We cannot let that happen’

 Bipin Nokrek, a Mandi man from Pirgachha village, said his family members cultivate two paddies and mustard on seven bighas on the low-lying land inside the forest.
8 April 2022

‘Entertainment’ at the cost of cropland

The Forest Department is set to excavate an artificial lake at Amtali in Madhupur National Park to attract tourists, despite objections from the local ethnic minorities who fear this would damage their livelihoods and culture.
8 April 2022

Never-ending tensions

Madhupur has a history of conflict and tension between the foresters and forest dwellers, especially the indigenous people.
8 April 2022