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Rajshahi: The story behind Bangladesh’s cleanest city
A man finishes a bottle of water, looks around, then walks over to a bin set up by the Rajshahi City Corporation to discard it instead of throwing it on
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Is being single at 35 a failure?
The irony is that while society keeps pointing its fingers at unmarried women, many times a woman in Bangladesh marries late or remains single throughout her life, especially due to
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Waiting for April: The other side of migration in the Sundarbans
Every October, men from villages on the edge of the Sundarbans leave for the brickfields, driven out as much by the forest's shrinking rules as by the pull of wages.
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at 25: Can China, India and Russia really speak with one voice?
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation marks its 25th anniversary, we analyze whether the bloc's leaders are truly united or pursuing separate agendas.
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9 Bangladeshis return through Benapole after prison terms in India
The group was sent back under special travel permits after completing legal and administrative procedures
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Bangladesh
IPO pipeline set to revive as aspiring issuers line up after long dry spell
After the IPO market has remained dry for a long time, the securities regulator is optimistic that new primary issues will be floated in the next few months. Many of
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Stocks slide at opening as energy crisis weighs on investor sentiment
Stocks opened lower on Sunday as growing concerns over Bangladesh’s prolonged energy crisis weighed heavily on investor sentiment. Market operators said persistent shortages of gas and electricity continued to disrupt
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MNCs must come to capital market: BSEC chairman
Multinational companies (MNCs) doing business in Bangladesh will have to come to the capital market, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Masud Khan said on Friday. The securities regulator
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Govt seeks urgent action to roll out subsidised LPG for rural poor
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has sought detailed opinions and an urgent action plan from relevant authorities to introduce subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders for low-income rural households amid
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Body on Dhaka expressway: Bus driver among 3 held as police claim to solve mystery
Police claim they have unravelled a mystery after they discovered the body of a man named Ismail Hossain with his mouth taped shut on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway. A message
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International
US, Iranian forces fire at vessels in waters near Iran
US and Iranian forces fired at vessels in waters around Iran on Saturday, including three Iranian oil carriers struck by ‌the Americans and three tankers that Iran said it targeted
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US envoys discuss with Putin 'substantive' plans for steps to end Ukraine war
American envoys discussed "substantive plans" for next steps to end the Ukraine war during their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said, before they headed to Kyiv
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Rescuers continue grim search for Nepal flood survivors
So far, 1,294 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, according to the disaster agency, with 5,053 people missing
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Trump envoys in Moscow, with ‘an idea of peace’
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Moscow yesterday and were expected to head to Kyiv the next day, with Russia and Ukraine vowing not to strike each
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Russia hits Kyiv airports as Trump peace envoys awaited
US President Donald Trump said Friday he was sending Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv, in Washington's latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest
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Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
Rescuers pulled a Nepali woman alive on Saturday from her home buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago. Emergency personnel
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Technology
University of Chittagong team wins Ulkasemi’s VLSITHON 3.0
Ulkasemi’s VLSITHON 3.0, a competition aimed at developing VLSI engineering skills among university students, concluded on September 3.
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Google launches Lyria 3.5 for AI music generation
Google has released Lyria 3.5, a new version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model for generating music, making it available through the Gemini app and Gemini API.
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Sport
Connecting Bangladesh golf with the world
From his early days in journalism to building GolfHouse into a platform for Bangladesh’s growing golf community, A M M Nazrul Hosen has spent more than a decade trying to
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Why Africa continues to support Infantino
Infantino, who has announced he will seek a fourth term in March 2027, has since faced calls to resign but retains support from the African and South American confederations.
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Liverpool can give Bradley Barcola what PSG could not
Liverpool are offering something different: a bigger share of the responsibility.
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Alvarez must learn from failed Atletico exit: Simeone
The Atletico boss urged Alvarez to move forward rather than dwell on the events of the past week.
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Free-agent XI: Benzema, Pogba, Ramos, Sancho among stars still without a club
From Champions League winners and World Cup champions to former Premier League stars, several high-profile players remain without clubs after failing to secure moves before the deadline.
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আলোচিত
‘গুপ্তদের’ আড়ালে স্বৈরাচার অরাজকতা উসকে দিচ্ছে কি না, প্রশ্ন তারেক রহমানের
‘গুপ্ত’ শক্তির আড়ালে স্বৈরাচার অরাজকতা উসকে দিচ্ছে কি না, সেই প্রশ্ন তুলে তারেক রহমান বলেছেন, অরাজকতার চেষ্টা হলে আইনি ব্যবস্থা নেওয়া হবে।
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Politics
The politics of fear: From Gaza's paper kites to ‘unsafe’ on campuses
From Gaza’s kites to American campuses, manufactured fear is increasingly used to silence dissent and legitimise repression.
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‘Govt may hold two cards, but the people hold the red card’: Porwar
11-party alliance’s Dhaka-Chattogram long march draws crowds at stops in Narayanganj, Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram
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‘Do 2,000-3,000 vehicles in the long march run on water or oil?’ Shama Obaed asks
State minister urges opposition parties to take their demands to parliament
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‘No practical difference’ between current govt and Baksal regime, 11-party alliance says
Leaders accuse BNP government of placing party loyalists in key public offices and ignoring referendum commitments
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‘Hearing footsteps of fascism’
Leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance yesterday accused the BNP government of failing on economic fronts and betraying democratic mandates, as they closed their Dhaka-Chattogram long march with a rally
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Mirza Abbas warns of conspiracies against BNP within and outside party
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Saturday warned that conspiracies are being hatched both within and outside the party, urging Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman to remain
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Business
Set pension age at 55 for RMG workers: BGMEA
Leaders of the country's apparel sector have demanded that the pension age for garment workers be fixed at 55 instead of 60 and that a special incentive be provided during
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Tk 8b electric bus plan puts BRTC's capacity to test
The government's plan to provide a Tk 8.0 billion loan to the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to introduce electric buses has raised concerns over the state-run transport operator's ability
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Apparel exports to US fall 6.25pc in first seven months
Bangladesh's ready-made garment exports to the United States fell 6.25 per cent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2026, as the country struggled to benefit from shifting orders away
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Editorial
Address health-sector staffing shortages urgently
Shortage of staff causing services to fall apart throughout healthcare system
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End of the Messi era and a generation’s love of football
“Lionel Messi has conquered his final peak. Lionel Messi has shaken hands with paradise.” British commentator Peter Drury said these words after Argentina’s victory in the 2022 World Cup final.
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We keep importing our energy security. Why not build it at home?
On August 11, Bangladesh faced a severe 3,592-megawatt electricity shortage—enough to power several mid-sized cities.
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We must carry Shahed’s fight against corruption forward
There are reasons to be both sad and hopeful about Shahed Sharif Ahmed.
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The price of putting childhood on display on social media
Scroll through Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, and you will rarely go far without seeing a baby.
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Entertainment
Salman Shah: What happened in that Eskaton Road flat on Friday
What exactly happened that day remains shrouded in mystery. However, the events of that day have been described at various times in the accounts of his close relatives. At the
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Salman Shah’s mother remains ‘hopeful for justice’ 30 years after film icon’s death
Salman Shah's family has kept up a three-decade legal fight for justice, insisting the Dhakai cinema star's death was murder rather than suicide. Family members have rejected the findings of
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Health
When “gastric” is not just gastric
In Bangladesh, any discomfort between the chest and stomach is labelled “gastric”. A burning sensation after a heavy meal may indeed be indigestion. But antacids can sometimes silence an important
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Planning for parenthood? Could tobacco be getting in the way?
Couples preparing for pregnancy may change their diet, track fertile days and take vitamins.
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Life style
Who is Miss World 2026?
The final of Miss World 2026 has concluded in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where Dominican Republic contestant Joheirry Mola won the crown as the best among contestants from 111 countries. Joheirry
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