NARAIL: For the love of the captain

People from different districts are turning up in Narail to campaign for Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
22 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Take BNP's money, but vote for AL

Bringing accusations of nomination business against the BNP, Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the party was either plotting to rig the coming election or foil it.
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Farmers Bank: Dramatic rise in loan default

With Farmers Bank, no-one knows when the woos will end. And as days go by, more and more depressing statistics are coming out.
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Nations agree Paris rulebook

Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM

V-Day Observed: Memories of martyrs shine on

The nation yesterday celebrated the 48th Victory Day, marking the moment the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained war for liberation.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Victory Day: Written by hand, driven by heart

October, 1971. The war waged by the Pakistani occupation army on Bangalees had just entered its eighth month.
15 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Tigers clinch series

Bangladesh ended their last ODI in 2018 in perfect fashion, winning the third game and the series against West Indies by a comprehensive eight-wicket margin and making Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's Bangladesh-record 70th match as captain an auspicious one yesterday.
14 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Homage to martyred intellectuals

At the fag end of the Liberation War in 1971, Pakistani forces committed one of the most shameful acts in history sensing their imminent defeat.
14 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Targeted for trafficking

Rohingyas living both in Rakhine and Cox's Bazar are in great risk of trafficking and exploitation as they seek a safe and better life after the brutal military crackdown last year, say law enforcers and aid agencies.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

A ghost survey causes concern

The telecoms regulator has collected sensitive personal data of about 7 crore cellphone users without their consent and shared those with another government agency for a “survey,” just weeks before the parliamentary elections.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

MARTYRED INTELLECTUALS DAY TODAY: COLD, KILLING DESIGN

The rumble of a diesel engine broke the silence of the chilly morning of December 14, 1971, at teachers' quarters on the Fuller Road in Dhaka University.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

It's genocide

The US House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution with overwhelming bipartisan support declaring the violence against Myanmar's Rohingyas genocide.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Big blow to Modi in state elections

India's ruling party yesterday suffered stinging election defeats in three key states, in a big blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of national polls in 2019.
11 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Crammed beyond Capacity

Prisons across the country are crammed with a record number of inmates, in some places three to seven times their capacity, as a result of the crackdown on illegal drugs and a “mass arrest” of BNP men over the last few months.
11 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Skilful Tigers continue dominance

Bangladesh's mode of attack switched from spin in the Tests to pace in yesterday's first ODI, but there was no change in the outcome as the hosts outclassed West Indies by five wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
9 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Leave banks alone

The most debated topic right now outside politics is probably the banks laden with around Tk 100,000 crore in nonperforming loans and at least Tk 22,000 crore taken out through scams in recent years. This is a roll back on the improvement achieved in the 1990s through reform programmes.
8 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Road crash killed 25k in '16: WHO

At least 24,954 people were killed in road crashes in the country in 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report.
7 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Viqarunnisa School: Release of teacher demanded

Protest in Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC) took a new turn as another group of students continued their demonstration for the second day yesterday, demanding release of their teacher Hasna Hena.
7 December 2018, 18:00 PM

He wanted to be 'Boss'

In 2015, AKM Rana was doing rather well as a landlord. The then 35 years old did not have to do much yet money was flowing in from the two buildings and several shops he leased out.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Sonali in a fix

The Sonali Bank has floated tenders 60 times between 2013 and 2017 to sell the mortgaged assets of Hall-Mark Group but got no buyers, and the lender is now worried about recovering nearly Tk 3,000 crore from the scamster.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM