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Govt working to reopen closed factories gradually: PM Tarique
Authorities have been instructed to assess how quickly factories can resume operations to create jobs, he says
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The UAE’s withdrawal from OPEC won’t necessarily
The UAE’s withdrawal from OPEC won’t necessarily have any immediate effects in markets. That’s because world oil supplies are sharply constrained by the war in Iran, which has closed off
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The Unauditable Market
This essay does not open with a crisis. It opens with seven hundred years of institutional continuity. I am not going to shout about the climate. You know how most
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Digital Media Asia 2026 spotlights newsroom reinvention, revenue and evolving audience habits
Media leaders from across Asia and beyond have gathered in the Philippine capital to examine how journalism is evolving amid shifting audience behaviour, platform dynamics and revenue pressures.
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When dreams are shattered
On April 22, the University of South Florida Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office put out an alert requesting the public's assistance in locating two Bangladeshi graduate students
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Beijing seeks joint efforts to boost renewable energy cooperation with Dhaka
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Monday laid emphasis on joint efforts to strengthen renewable energy cooperation and set a certain exemplary model for green development under the Belt
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Bangladesh
Bangladeshi expatriate killed younger brother in Italy, family says
Suspect later confessed during a video call and showed the victim’s body to relatives in Munshiganj
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Florida authorities confirm second body as Bangladeshi student Bristy
Embassy begins process to repatriate her remains; Limon’s body to arrive in Dhaka on May 4
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Child strangled after attempted rape, killed for threatening to inform mother
Police say they have uncovered the circumstances surrounding the killing of a seven-year-old girl in Faridpur. Her body was recovered from a banana grove near Bakhunda Railway Station in Faridpur
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Pre-independence Jamaat and current Jamaat not the same: Golam Porwar
Pre-independence Jamaat and current Jamaat not the same: Golam Porwar
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Jamaat’s opposition to Liberation War is an established truth: Law Minister
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that it has now become an “established truth” through parliamentary legislation that Jamaat-e-Islami was a force opposed to the Liberation
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4 more children die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hrs
Four children died with symptoms of measles-like illness in the country in the last 24-hour period up to 8:00 am today, Friday. Among them, two were from Dhaka division and
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International
Iran sends proposal for negotiations with US to mediator Pakistan
Tehran has sent its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to Pakistani mediators, Iranian state news agency IRNA said on Friday, a move that could improve prospects for
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Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks
The conflict has aggravated Iran's dire economic problems, risking calamity after the war
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Pivotal US-Iran war deadline approaches with no end in sight for conflict
US President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most ​likely to
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US official says Iran war truce 'terminated' hostilities for war powers deadline
A US-Iran ceasefire that began in early April has "terminated" hostilities between the two sides for the purposes ​of an approaching congressional war powers deadline, a senior official of President
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Fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia
Nearly 60 nations hailed progress in the fight to exit fossil fuels as a breakaway conference wrapped up in Colombia on Wednesday -- but now face the harder work of
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287 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Institute yesterday announced that 287 nominations had been submitted for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
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Israeli strikes kill 4 more in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health officials said, as Hamas leaders met mediators in Cairo to discuss ways to reinvigorate a fragile six-month-old
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Sport
Tigers announce unchanged squad for final NZ T20I
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced an unchanged 15-member squad for the third and series-deciding final T20I against New Zealand, scheduled to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
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Man United's Fernandes and the art of the assist as record beckons
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has never fitted neatly into the idea of a "system" player.
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Dhaka Premier League to begin May 4 under single-league format
The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL) 2025-26 season is set to get underway on May 4 and will run until June 11, with matches scheduled across six venues.
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Mamunul bows out as Abahani keep pressure on Kings
Former Bangladesh captain Mamunul Islam played the final match of his professional career as Abahani kept up the pressure on league leaders Bashundhara Kings in the Bangladesh Football League on
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Bangladesh women move up one place in WODI rankings
Australia have maintained their stranglehold at the top of both the ICC Men’s Test and Women’s ODI Team Rankings following the latest annual update.
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Politics
Opposition not in parliament for idle talk or history lessons: Jamaat ameer
At a May Day rally in Dhaka, opposition leader urges stronger government support for migrant workers
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BNP prepares for May Day rally at Nayapaltan
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to address first major party programme since BNP’s election victory
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Jamaat claims it’s different from 1971-version
Addressing a workers’ rally organised by the party’s labour wing at the Cumilla Town Hall Ground to mark May Day, he said that the party should no more be equated
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BNP moves to reign in its ranks
The ruling BNP is planning to restore its chain of command, discipline leaders and activists, and stregthen its organisational structure amid concerns that unruly behaviour by some party members could
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আলোচিত
ইরানে নতুন হামলার আশঙ্কা, জ্বালানি তেলের রেকর্ড মূল্যবৃদ্ধি
ইরান যুদ্ধে নতুন করে সামরিক অভিযানের সম্ভাব্য পরিকল্পনা নিয়ে মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পকে ব্রিফিং দেওয়া হবে— এমন খবরে বিশ্ববাজারে জ্বালানি তেলের দাম
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এই সংসদকে ব্যর্থ হতে দেয়া যাবে না: প্রধানমন্ত্রী
এই সংসদকে ব্যর্থ হতে দেয়া যাবে না বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও সংসদ নেতা তারেক রহমান। বৃহস্পতিবার জাতীয় সংসদ অধিবেশনে প্রেসিডেন্টের ভাষণের ওপর আনীত ধন্যবাদ প্রস্তাবের আলোচনা ও সমাপনী বক্তব্যে
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গত নির্বাচনে ইসলামের স্বার্থে আমরা সমঝোতা ত্যাগ করেছিলাম: ফয়জুল করীম
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের সিনিয়র নায়েবে আমির মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ ফয়জুল করীম বলেছেন, বিগত নির্বাচনে ইসলামের স্বার্থে আমরা সমঝোতা ত্যাগ করেছিলাম।
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Business
Tea garden workers step in to save haor paddy harvest
Labour shortage prompts Rajnagar administration to deploy tea workers; farmers relieved amid flood threat
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Fuel costs and rain send vegetable prices soaring
Traders said rainfall over the past few days has disrupted the regular supply of vegetables. Higher fuel prices have also pushed up transport costs. Together, these factors have driven up
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Dutch-Bangla Bank announces 30% dividend
Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC (DBBL) has declared a 30 percent dividend, including a 25 percent cash dividend, for the year that ended on December 31, 2025.
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Editorial
I do not want to die
An observation by Amartya Sen has become a cultural and political aphorism. In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Sen quotes from a poem by Raja Rammohun Roy to define the
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Feeding Bangladesh, but Losing its Farmers: A Food Security Inflection Point
Where Bangladesh Stands Today: Progress with Untapped Potential
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Armenians in Dhaka: An unwatched film on forgotten citizens
Mehzad Ghalibs, the film maker made a film focused on the Armenian Church of Dhaka. It’s a film on historical anthropology of the urban variety but as it happens the
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The documentary on Armenians
“The title of my documentary which is also my first is 'A Day in the Armenian Church'. In 2015, I first visited the Armenian Church in Dhaka. That visit sparked
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Opinion Revolution in the railway, if...
Last week, I went on a quick trip to three western districts. First Khulna, then Rajshahi, and finally Kushtia. The entire journey was by broad-gauge train. So, this seems like
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Entertainment
Two-day dance festival celebrated at Shilpakala Academy
The programme was organised by the Music, Dance and Recitation Department under the management of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
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Gazi Rakayet’s ‘Manushtike Dekho’ explores resilience and inner strength
He also mentioned the involvement of Valerie Taylor in the film. “I can’t say enough about her. She is a person with a truly generous heart. I have never seen
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Meril-Prothom Alo Awards on TV tonight
The “27th Meril–Prothom Alo Awards 2025” held on 24 April at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Convention Centre, was attended by television, film, and music stars
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Health
Four more suspected measles deaths reported, toll rises to 231
Deaths reported from Dhaka and Sylhet divisions, says DGHS
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Measles deaths climb at ICU-less Mymensingh Medical
The lack of ICU support at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital has added to the concerns and fears of families as the number of children dying with measles symptoms continues to
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