Headline
Why Dhaka can’t fix its roads
Bangladesh’s roads are killing fields not by accident, but by design.
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Bigg Boss 19: Gaurav Khanna takes the trophy
Television actor Gaurav Khanna has won the 19th season of the popular reality show Bigg Boss. The grand finale, hosted by Salman Khan, was held on Sunday night. After the
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Major Japan quake injures 30
A big quake off Japan injured at least 30 people, authorities said Tuesday, damaging roads and knocking out power for thousands in freezing temperatures.
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Training facilities for women filmmakers sought
Training facilities for women filmmakers are needed to boost their skills, speakers said at a seminar on Monday.
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Probe report deadline set Jan 13, deferred 91 times
A Dhaka court on Monday set January 13 as the deadline for submitting the probe report in a case filed over the 2016 Bangladesh Bank reserve heist...
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Onion prices decline slightly after import resumes
The prices of onions declined by Tk 30-40 per kilogram on Monday after the import resumed, although they remained high at Tk 120 per kg...
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Bangladesh
Graft taints the graft watchdog
Six top officials dismissed this year; two ex-bosses under probe; 245 employees disciplined over 17 years
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Mong Prue Sain: A monarch who fought for freedom
The royal family handed over 33 rifles and ammunition from their own collection to the freedom fighters
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Bangladesh’s betel nut exports snarl as 150 trucks sit idle at Benapole
A deepening bottleneck at the Benapole-Petrapole trade gateway has stranded about 150 export-bound trucks loaded with betel nuts worth an estimated Tk100 crore, exposing Bangladesh’s second-largest betel-nut industry to mounting
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Dhaka’s air quality 2nd worst in the world Tuesday morning
Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 250 at 8:58am on Tuesday morning. Dhaka’s air was classified
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How much influence will July uprising have on election?
The July 2024 mass uprising brought down the Awami League government. In its aftermath, an interim government was formed, under whose authority the Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament) election is set
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16 Days of activism
Rereading Begum Rokeya’s ‘Oborodh Bashini’
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CPJ urges Yunus to free jailed journalists ahead of Human Rights Day
Rights group says murder charges 'lack credible evidence'; cites dire prison conditions at Kashimpur
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International
Australia social media ban set to take effect, sparking a global crackdown
Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use
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RSF says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year
Israeli forces account for 43 percent of the total
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Ukraine to share revised peace plan with US on Tuesday, Zelenskiy says
As the war nears its four-year mark, Kyiv, under pressure from the White House to agree quickly to a peace settlement
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Trump hits the road as cost of living hurts Americans
Trump will return to the campaign-style rallies that brought him a second term in the White House
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Global pilots warn India's rest rule exemption for IndiGo raises safety concerns
IndiGo controls about 65% of India's domestic aviation market
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Technology
ChatGPT surpasses 800 million weekly users
OpenAI has reported that ChatGPT now has over 800 million weekly users, attributing the chatbot's popularity to its rapid adoption in workplaces.
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PulseTech raises $3m to combat counterfeit medicines
PulseTech, one of Bangladesh’s fastest-growing B2B health-tech companies, has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Vietnam’s early-stage venture capital firm Ascend Vietnam Ventures and Singapore-based accelerator
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Bangladeshi student wins place in elite CERN research program
Zareen Tahsin Anjum, a postgraduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Dhaka, has earned rare international distinction by securing a place in the highly competitive
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Google Drive to add AI summaries for Drive folders
Google is adding a new feature to its Drive cloud storage service that uses its Gemini AI to provide automatic summaries of the contents within a folder.
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Meta launches new support feature for Facebook
Meta has launched a new centralised support hub feature within its Facebook and Instagram apps, combining various help and security tools into a single location.
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AI designs space device that converts Moon dust into energy
Blue Origin, an American astronautics company, has recently unveiled a prototype device designed with the help of AI to convert Moon dust into a usable energy source, at Amazon’s re:Invent
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Sport
Hazlewood ruled out of Ashes after injury setback
"Really flat for him. A couple of setbacks that we didn't see coming," McDonald said.
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Amorim hails ‘big improvement’ as Man Utd back on track
Amorim's side recovered from their disappointing draw with lowly West Ham last week thanks to Fernandes' double and goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount at Molineux.
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Rundown Bandarban Stadium gears up for Gold Cup
The Parbatya Zila Parishad Gold Cup Football Tournament 2025 is set to kick off today at the Bandarban District Stadium, a venue that is in urgent need of repairs after
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Tanzid’s quest to find the missing impact
Despite being Bangladesh's most prolific scorer in T20Is over the course of the last 12 months, the jury is still out on Tanzid Hasan Tamim as an impactful performer.
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Miller looks to cement T20 World Cup spot in India series
Miller has been a mainstay in South Africa's white-ball teams across the majority of his career and was part of the team that narrowly lost the most recent T20 World
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আলোচিত
নির্বাচন পেছানো হলে দেশ গুরুতর সংকটে পড়বে: শফিকুর রহমান
আসন্ন নির্বাচনে যদি জামায়াত নির্বাচিত হয়, তবে জাতীয় সরকার গঠন করা হবে বলে মন্তব্য করে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর আমির ডা. শফিকুর রহমান বলেছেন, ‘নির্বাচনে ২০০ আসনে জিতলেও সেই সিদ্ধান্তে কোনো পরিবর্তন
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দাঁড়িপাল্লার জোয়ারের ভয়ে নির্বাচন পেছানোর ষড়যন্ত্র হচ্ছে: হেলাল উদ্দিন
বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী মনোনীত ঢাকা–৮ আসনে দাঁড়িপাল্লা প্রতীকের প্রার্থী অ্যাডভোকেট ড. হেলাল উদ্দিন বলেছেন, ঢাকা–৮সহ সমগ্র বাংলাদেশে দাঁড়িপাল্লার যেই জোয়ার উঠেছে, তাতে প্রতিপক্ষ ভয় পেয়ে নির্বাচন পেছানোর ষড়যন্ত্র শুরু করেছে।
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নির্বাচন বানচালে ৫০ প্রার্থীকে টার্গেট কিলিং করা হবে: রাশেদ খান
গণঅধিকার পরিষদের কেন্দ্রীয় সাধারণ সম্পাদক রাশেদ খান বলেছেন, গণঅভ্যুত্থানের পর নির্বাচন হচ্ছে, এ নির্বাচনে প্রত্যেক দলের প্রার্থীদের নিরাপত্তা দেওয়া সরকারের দায়ি
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টাক সমস্যার সমাধান, ৩০ বছর পর মিলল নতুন ওষুধ
পুরুষদের টাক পড়ার সমস্যা (অ্যান্ড্রোজেনেটিক অ্যালোপেশিয়া নামেও পরিচিত) থেকে মুক্তির নতুন দিগন্ত খুলে যাওয়ার খবর বিজ্ঞানীরা। পাঁচ বছর আগে ব্রণের চিকিৎসায় অনুমোদন পাওয়া ওষুধ ক্ল্যাসকোটারোন এবার পুরুষদের টাকের চিকিৎসায় অভাবনীয়
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Politics
Rajshahi NCP faction demands expulsion of district convener
A faction of the newly formed Rajshahi district committee of National Citizen Party on Monday demanded the permanent expulsion of district unit convener Saiful Islam, alleging that he has links
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Jamaat for level-playing field
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar on Monday said that a level-playing field had not been ensured yet ahead of the national election.
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Shahadat Hossain Selim joins BNP dissolving his party
Shahadat Hossain, chairman of the Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party, joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday, dissolving his own party.
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JP faction announces new alliance NDF
A faction of the Jatiya Party on Monday announced a new political alliance, the National Democratic Front, or the Jatiya Ganatantrik Front, with 18 political parties, though there is a
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Plots on to harm democratic transition: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Monday said that many conspiracies had taken place to undermine the democratic transition of the country.
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Business
Brazil becomes Bangladesh’s top cotton supplier, surpassing India
Brazil has emerged as the main supplier of raw cotton for Bangladesh, one of the world’s top cotton importers and the second-largest garment exporter, surpassing neighbouring India, according to a
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China’s exports top expectations on strong sales to non-US markets
China’s exports topped forecasts in November, driven by a surge in shipments to non-US markets as manufacturers deepen trade ties with the rest of the world in light of President
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Editorial
Failing to deliver
The Khurushkul Ashrayon Prokolpo was launched to shelter 4,409 climate refugee families, making it one of the largest settlements of its kind in Bangladesh. The whole area is divided into
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How Bangladesh's economy is cannibalising its own future
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina frequently claimed that Bangladesh was a "market economy." But is it? A market economy is, by definition, a capitalist economy guided by prices, competition, and
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Can we break the triad of corruption, rights abuse, and injustice?
Every year, the International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on December 9, shortly followed by the International Human Rights Day.
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Ensuring essentials remain within reach
The latest Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data shows inflation rising to 8.29% in November -- a concerning reminder that essential goods are still out of reach for many families
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Towards greater cooperation with Azerbaijan
t is promising to see renewed interest in strengthening relations between Bangladesh and Azerbaijan, as highlighted during Chief Advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus’s recent meeting with the daughters of the Azerbaijani
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Entertainment
Nirab–Pori Moni starrer ‘Golap’ to finally begin shooting in February
The project was first announced in January, with plans to start shooting the following month. However, despite early buzz, production never commenced. Huda explained that the delays stemmed from unresolved
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Behind the curtain of ‘Café de Volte’: a first look at the full ensemble
Cast and crew of “Café de Volte” — a Hunt Inc production — pose ahead of the play’s staging on 7 and 8 December 2025 at 7:30pm at the Studio
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Aupee Karim joins Asian Competition film jury at DIFF
The organisers of the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) have officially announced the jury board for the Asian Films Competition segment of its upcoming edition.
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Wickedly bound by female friendship
"Wicked" has spent two decades dismantling that framework. What began on Broadway as a renegade act of revisionism has now expanded on screen into Jon M Chu’s two-part cinematic saga,
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Health
Sellers not relying on middlemen anymore for fish sales: Study
A 2020 survey presented at BIDS seminar shows 89% of farmers now use auction markets
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