Today’s Newspaper
President calls for ‘politics of reconciliation’
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned to his home district on Sunday for the first time since assuming office, using the visit to press political...
BD women cruise past Pakistan
Bangladesh Under-20 Women’s Hockey team registered two consecutive victories in their Junior Asia Cup Hockey campaign, while Bangladesh Under-20 Men’s Hockey team conceded two consecutive...
Bangladesh looks beyond Black Sea wheat
Asian wheat importers, including Bangladesh, have bought at least half a million metric tons of Australian and Argentinean wheat in recent deals, three trade sources...
25 Children killed in Cape Verde bus crash
At least 25 people, mostly children and teenagers, were killed in a bus crash on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island, public radio network RCV said on...
Green Development Turns Deadly: The Sitakunda Tragedy and the Crisis of State Accountability
The deaths of workers at a ship-recycling yard in Sitakunda should not be dismissed as another industrial accident. They expose a disturbing gap between Bangladesh’s...
Indonesia halts Jakarta flights over volcano ash
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting the cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting other domestic airports as volcanic...
RAB abuses may redux, TIB warns
A leading anti-corruption watchdog has warned that a proposed paramilitary police unit meant to replace Bangladesh’s disbanded Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) could inherit the same...
South Africa’s chrome boom fuels deadly illegal mining
On August 13, a wall of soil collapsed and killed 14 miners, most of whom were believed to be undocumented migrants, at a disused mining...
Clemency for 21 NBR officials
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has granted clemency to 21 National Board of Revenue officials who faced disciplinary penalties over their roles in last year’s...
The time before social media was difficult for women: Shreya
Popular Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal has opened up about the existence of casting couches and pay disparity in Bollywood. In a recent interview, she said...
‘Gaza funds aid after Qatar strike’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted about bombing Qatar, while dismissing domestic accusations that funds sent to Gaza were used for anything other than...