Rohingya genocide case to proceed
Reuters, The Hague
22 July 2022 Rohingya Influx
Need 1 week to assess situation
Star Report
22 July 2022 Bangladesh
Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh
Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh
‘You cannot remain silent’
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh

Care for herbal drink from jute?

Bangladeshi scientists claim to have recreated a long-lost recipe of herbal drink made from jute leaf, which they hope would gain popularity across the globe. The organic drink touted as “jute green tea” has 30 percent more calorie than spinach, and it contains iron, vitamin C, vitamin D and anti-oxidants, according to scientists at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI).
21 November 2016

NCC Polls: BNP makes a shortlist of 2

The BNP has shortlisted two mayoral candidates for the December 22 Narayanganj City Corporation election.
20 November 2016

Titans triumph to take top spot

Khulna Titans reached the top of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League table with a convincing 22-run win over Barisal Bulls at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.
20 November 2016

OMG!

“Discuss with parties that have representatives in parliament and adopt a realistic system for holding elections. … Those not in parliament have no right to talk about this.”
20 November 2016

120 killed in Indian train accident

Emergency workers raced to find any more survivors in the mangled wreckage of an Indian train that derailed yesterday, killing at least 120 people, in the worst disaster to hit the country's ageing rail network in recent years.
20 November 2016

BGB, coast guards on alert to check infiltration

The Border Guard Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Coast Guard are on alert along the border with Myanmar so that people from Myanmar cannot enter Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.
20 November 2016

Fresh worries over fleeing Rohingyas

Ali Hossain along with four members of his family was waiting for a bus in Hoyaikong Bazar area on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway around noon yesterday.
20 November 2016

HONOUR for a young hero

The bravery and selflessness he showed with death staring him in the face is a source of inspiration for people across the globe. During the July 1 terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, 20-year-old Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain refused to desert his friends and was brutally killed by the terrorists.
20 November 2016

Top Quote!

“What we have seen at Madarpur Santal village [in Gaibandha] cannot merely be termed a brutal communal attack. It can be
19 November 2016

Faraaz to be honoured with Mother Teresa award today

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, the young man who refused to desert his friends during the July 1 terror attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery, will be awarded
19 November 2016

Coast guards push back 125 Rohingyas

Bangladesh coast guards yesterday prevented 125 Rohingyas, including women and children, from entering the country's territory through the Naf
19 November 2016

A win at last for Comilla

Six matches. It took the reigning champions of the Bangladesh Premier League six matches to get off the mark. Comilla
19 November 2016

Is it at all possible?

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's proposed process for forming a new Election Commission appears almost impossible to complete as it requires 40
19 November 2016

Magistracy for Armed Forces: An outrageous proposal

Khaleda Zia's proposal for deployment of armed forces with magisterial power in parliamentary election duty is outrageous.
19 November 2016

Time for jute stick too to earn forex

You may well have seen this many times before: long, thin jute sticks being dried under the open by the roadside or at a village yard. Usually, they end up as fuel for earthen stoves or as fences for betel leaf plantations.
19 November 2016

A year gone yet wait not over

Around 50,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia are anxiously waiting for their machine readable passports (MRP) even after paying the fees over a year ago.
19 November 2016

Top Quote!

kidney has no religious labels
19 November 2016

Comilla keep crashing

Defending champions Comilla Victorians skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza had said, when contemplating having lost four out of
18 November 2016

Top Quote!

"Up to 30,000 people are now estimated to be displaced and thousands more affected by the 9 October armed attacks and
18 November 2016

2 killed in 'shootout'

Two alleged robbers were killed in a "gunfight" with Rab in Feni Sadar upazila yesterday. In another incident, a listed criminal was shot
18 November 2016