Bribery rampant at sub-registrar offices

People had to pay up to Tk 5 lakh in bribes to get their land deeds registered at 41 upazila sub-registrar’s offices, said a Transparency International Bangladesh report.
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

BTRC Audit Claim: Robi, GP launch legal battle

Mobile carriers Robi and Grameenphone have filed two cases with a Dhaka court, seeking permanent injunctions against the telecom regulator’s audit claims of Tk 13,447 crore.
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

We need better players: Shakib

Unlike the previous two occasions that Shakib Al Hasan had attended the press conference during the one-off Test against Afghanistan, there was no smile on the Bangladesh captain’s face yesterday following a humiliating 224-run defeat at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Duped with lure of good days

About a month ago, Nazmul Haque Mujad, an honours third-year student in Rajshahi, learnt about a job in Dhaka from one of his friends named Kabirul Islam Akib.
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers on verge of humiliation

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan pointed to many factors behind Bangladesh’s poor performance in one-off Test against Afghanistan after the end of the fourth day’s play yesterday and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan also expressed sheer disappointment over the dismal showing.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Belt and Road Initiative: A big opportunity to reap benefit for S Asia

The China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) comes as an opportunity for the South Asian nations, but cooperation of all the countries in the region is needed to reap benefits from it, observe international relations analysts.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

No decision to dissolve BCL committee

The news circulating on social media over the prospect of dissolving the central committee of Awami League-associated student body Chhatra League was rejected by party General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

A house that could have been a museum

A house which could have been a memorial or museum honouring women’s role in the independence movement against the British is occupied by the family of a local razakar.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

It was not just an accident

On Thursday, a Victor Classic Paribahan bus ran over and killed singer and music composer Parvez Rob, when he was trying to board another bus in the capital’s Turag area.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Calling Zia, Ershad presidents illegal

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia created scope for HM Ershad to take over in 1982 and she benefited from the Ershad rule.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers staring at defeat

It would require a miracle or some intervention from nature for Bangladesh to even have a chance of saving the one-off Test match against new Test-playing nation Afghanistan, who have already laid the platform from which to post a huge target. The hosts may be
7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

State-to-State Arms Smuggling in India: Syndicates using Bangladesh soil

Transnational syndicates are smuggling firearms from one Indian state into another through Bangladesh territory, with a border haat in Sylhet being used as a key transit route, police said.
7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

126 UZ chairmen may lose AL posts

Scores of Awami League leaders, who ran for upazila parishad chairman’s office as rebel candidates and won, are likely to lose their posts in the ruling party.
7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Feuding JP factions ‘patch things up’

The two feuding factions of Jatiya Party reportedly patched things up last night and decided that party Chairman GM Quader would remain in his post and Raushan Ershad would become the Leader of the Opposition in parliament.
7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Rashid stars as Afghans take control

Bangladesh fell into their own trap of undoing the opposition with spin as Afghanistan, playing just their third Test, moved into the driver’s seat on the second day of the one-off Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

India set to make space history

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at mission control and millions more watching nationwide, India hopes this weekend to become only the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon.
6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Locals speak up against SI Khairul

The husband of the Jashore woman, who was raped allegedly by a police officer and his informant, was planning to open a shop with Tk 1.5 lakh the family arranged by selling a piece of land.
6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

100pc literacy still a far cry

Around 26 percent of adults in Bangladesh are still illiterate though the ruling Awami League in its 2008 election manifesto had promised to eradicate illiteracy from the country by 2014.
6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Syndicate helps Rohingyas get NID, passports

Some Rohingya refugees are making Bangladeshi passports with the help of local and Rohingya brokers, who manage all the required documents in exchange of large amount of money, police and passport officials said.
6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

BD-Afghan Test: Rahmat steals the show on Day One

It was probably not the kind of start Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan had hoped for as Afghanistan batsman Rahmat Shah struck a magnificent century to thwart any plans of domination the Tigers may have had the opening day of the one-off Test in Chattogram
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM