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The cost of being a woman: Reflections on International Women’s Day
As women, we shoulder the responsibility of histories that too often dismiss our lives and our voices.
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Ensure fair prices through auctions of agricultural commodities
Bangladesh is a country where millions of people still suffer from poverty, and so food prices are a political issue. It's imperative that the government ensures that agricultural commodities are
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Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills
Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the
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Washington archbishop condemns Iran war as ‘not morally legitimate’
American Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, has said the US war in Iran is ‘not morally legitimate’, adopting a stronger tone than that of Pope Leo XIV.
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The Strait is closed but the opportunity is open
Every pressure point this crisis is exposing, on energy, food, remittances, and foreign exchange, is also a signpost pointing toward what Bangladesh needs to build. The pressures are significant, they
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Oath for constitution reform council must follow due process: Home minister
Govt would implement July National Charter as well as pledges made in its election manifesto, he says
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Follow, share, comment, get scammed: Deepfakes push fake ‘Family Card’ offers on Facebook
The Daily Star finds at least 52 AI-generated videos and 31 Facebook pages using deepfakes of Tarique Rahman and his family to lure users into sharing personal details
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Bangladesh
Inu denies role in July killings
Submits written statement to ICT-2; tribunal sets April 2 for defence arguments
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Eid-ul-Fitr: Newspapers to get five-day holiday from 19 to 23 Mar
NOAB announced a five-day holiday for newspaper offices from 19 March to 23 March on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
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Judicial process may face trust crisis: Iftekharuzzaman
Discussion is ongoing after it emerged that a former member of parliament, currently imprisoned in a case under the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), had a prosecutor demand Tk 10 million
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NOAB announces five-day Eid-ul-Fitr holiday
The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh announced a five-day holiday for newspaper offices from March 19 to March 23 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
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NCP to attend parliament session for reforms, not president’s address: Nahid
Reiterates demand for immediate removal of the president
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Opposition MP, chief whip hold courtesy meeting on political context, consensus government
Chief whip Nurul Islam hopes meeting will strengthen parliamentary participation
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International
Elon Musk worth $839 billion in new Forbes list
Elon Musk's fortune swelled by roughly $500 billion over the past twelve months
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Pentagon chief says US intensifying strikes on Iran
US attacks on Iran will hit a new intensity Tuesday and the war will continue as long as President Donald Trump decides, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said. "Today will be
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Defiant Iran vows to block Gulf oil until US-Israel bombing stops
Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while the United States and Israel continue their bombardment, as the United Arab Emirates
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700,000 displaced, 84 children killed in Lebanon
The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon has deepened amid the wider Middle East war, with 84 children killed and more than 667,000 people displaced, two UN agencies said yesterday, as lives
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Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions
The US and Israeli attack on Iran triggered the biggest spike in oil prices since the turmoil following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, as Gulf producers reduce output after the
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Thailand, Vietnam push remote work to save energy
Thailand and Vietnam yesterday urged public employees to work from home and adopt other energy‑saving measures, after Israeli and US strikes on Iran disrupted oil supplies and sent fuel prices
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War on Iran: latest developments
Iran's Revolutionary Guards in response said they would "determine the end of the war" and not the Americans
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Technology
The startup world says it wants women founders. So why doesn’t it trust them?
Bangladesh is very fond of the idea of the woman founder. She appears everywhere the ecosystem likes to flatter itself: on panels, in annual reports, in donor presentations, in the
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Bluesky CEO steps down to join a newly created position
Bluesky said on March 9 that its CEO, Jay Graber, will step down from the company’s top leadership role and move into a newly created position as Chief Innovation Officer.
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Sport
Surprise in store in Mirpur?
The Mirpur wicket has often looked green in the past, hinting at assistance for fast bowlers, but more often than not it has behaved like a typical slow and low
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Abahani salvage draw to stay in Federation Cup hunt
Meanwhile, with a match in hand against winless Fakirerpool Young Men’s Club, Brothers Union have all but secured a semifinal berth.
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Man City to face Liverpool in FA Cup quarterfinals
Manchester City will face Liverpool in a blockbuster FA Cup quarter-final, while quadruple-chasing Arsenal travel to Southampton.
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Padel to feature at Asian Games in 'significant moment'
The racquet sport of padel has hailed "a significant moment" in its rapid growth after being included as a medal event at the Asian Games in Japan this year.
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‘Home conditions don’t mean we will be playing on bad wickets’
Bangladesh ODI captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz said the team needs to play as many matches as possible on true wickets in the lead-up to the World Cup.
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আলোচিত
নেপালে আরএসপি পারল, বাংলাদেশে এনসিপি কেন পারল না
জেন-জি অভ্যুত্থানের মধ্য দিয়ে সামনে চলে আসা নেপালের আরএসপি নির্বাচনে এককভাবেই লড়ে অভাবনীয় জয় নিয়ে এখন সরকার গড়ার পথে। অন্যদিকে বাংলাদেশে এনসিপির ফল হতাশাজনক।
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‘ফ্যামিলি কার্ড’ কর্মসূচি স্বচ্ছ ও নিরপেক্ষভাবে বাস্তবায়ন হবে: অর্থমন্ত্রী
‘ফ্যামিলি কার্ড’ কর্মসূচি স্বচ্ছ ও নিরপেক্ষভাবে বাস্তবায়ন হবে: অর্থমন্ত্রী
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Politics
Acting Krishak League president Jahangir arrested
The police have arrested Bangladesh Krishak League’s acting president Sheikh Md Jahangir Alam from the capital’s Adabar area in connection with a case of attacking and assaulting people during the
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BNP PP meeting tomorrow
A parliamentary party meeting of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party will be held on Wednesday at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban ahead of the first JS session on March 12.
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7 Jhenaidah SAD leaders held over vandalism, arson
THE police arrested seven leaders of the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July Uprising in 2024, from different areas in Jhenaidah on allegations of bus arson and vandalism at
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Business
Govt forms committee to prepare crisis plan amid global war risks
The panel will work to safeguard Bangladesh’s economy from potential global disruptions
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Bhutan seeks free trade agreement with Bangladesh
The development came on the final day of a two-day visit to Dhaka by a commerce secretary-level delegation from Bhutan
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UAE oil giant ADNOC’s Ruwais refinery shut as precaution after drone strike
Abu Dhabi state oil giant ADNOC has shut its Ruwais refinery, a source said on Tuesday, after a fire broke out at a facility within the complex following a drone
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Editorial
End this meaningless war without delay
Escalation in US-Israel war on Iran deeply alarming.
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A war in the Gulf, an empty wallet in a Bangladeshi village
How women bear the brunt when remittance flow shrinks
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Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant: Who's responsible for the delays, cost overruns and mismanagement?
It was originally planned that the first unit of the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant would generate 1,200 megawatts of electricity in 2023, and the second unit would produce another
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Teacher shortage, poor pay, other failures fuel tuition trap
THE education system is caught in a paradox where a booming coaching industry quietly fills the gaps. Academics and guardians report that teachers across the spectrum often supplement their income
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Building empathetic society must be priority
GROWING incidents of public brutality signal the troubling normalisation of violence and a gradual erosion of empathy. In three incidents on March 9, three people were killed in public view.
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Entertainment
Aamir Khan’s ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ set for SonyLIV streaming debut
A sports comedy-drama starring Aamir Khan is finally heading to streaming nearly a year after its theatrical release.
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The spin-off age: How supporting characters now lead the narrative
For most of film and television history, supporting characters existed with a clear narrative function: assist the protagonist, provide comic relief, move the plot forward, and quietly exit when the
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Channel i launches folk music show ‘I Folk Fever’
Veteran singer Sabina Yasmin recently completed the recording of her episode at the Channel i studio on Monday afternoon.
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Woman arrested after gunfire hits Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after gunfire struck the Beverly Hills residence of pop star Rihanna, according to Los Angeles police.
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Health
Prof Prabhat made new health directorate chief
The government has appointed Prabhat Chandra Biswas, a professor at Dhaka Medical College (DMC), as the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The Health Services Division
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