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Politics Foreign travellers can now complete Embarkation and Disembarkation Card online

Business Bangladesh gets first grid-connected agrivoltaics pilot

Politics BFIU directs banks to disclose linked accounts after freeze

Business IFC commits $30.7 million loan to Popular Pharmaceuticals for API imports

Culture A camera, a country, a legacy

Politics Minar keeps his word as ‘Keu Kotha Rakheni’ crosses 100 million

Politics ‘Onneshon’ to take audiences on an inward journey through dance

Business IG Prisons Motaher to become defence adviser at Bangladesh's Permanent Mission to UN

Sports Rear Admiral Moinul Hassan appointed Bangladesh Coast Guard DG

Sports UP chairman in Cumilla admits beating woman with shoes during village arbitration

Politics ‘I will miss all of you’: Fakhrul breaks down before tomorrow's presidential election

Business Moheshkhali terminal runs out of LNG, Bangladesh's gas supply falls below 2,200 mmcfd

Sports Gold mine collapse kills at least 100 people in C.Africa

Business Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians at police post in Gaza, medics say

Politics Oldest human brain cells grown in lab ‘recorded passage of time’

Business Arsenal agree to sign Villa defender Konsa

Technology Playing at Real Madrid 'not for everyone': Bernardo Silva

Sports Senior FIFA official withdraws support from embattled Infantino

Business Villa bolster squad with arrivals of Suzuki and Ruggeri

Politics NCC Bank gets nod for 20 Islamic branches

Business Sadia Haque named UNCTAD advocate for South Asia

Sports UAE halts all trade, financial dealings with Iran

Politics ADFA, ASSEN launch Tk 25 lakh fund for five short films

Business ‘Mayer Jonno’: Raise funds for cancer treatment at Shilpakala

Business ‘A museum of genocide’: ‘Nimojjon’ depicts the darkness of human history

Culture ‘Petrichor: Impressions of Time’ reflects on memory and experience through two artistic voices

Entertainment ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2’ in the works, Zoya Akhtar confirms

Health Cholera vaccination campaign targeting 51.75 lakh people starts Aug 22

Culture Home, through the lens of a photographer

Entertainment Women took the wheel and misogyny took over social media

Politics How should parents react to their child's O’Level results

Environment Journalist, three family members from Kushtia among nine killed in Kolkata hotel fire

International Bodies of Bangladeshis killed in Kolkata hotel fire to be repatriated: Shama Obaed

Entertainment ‘He was supposed to return today’: Savar family mourns trader killed in Kolkata fire

Politics Dengue claims 2 more lives; 671 hospitalised in 24 hours

Politics Dipu Moni granted 12-hour parole to attend husband Tawfique Nawaz’s funeral

International Former chief justice Khairul Haque released on bail after over a year in jail

Politics ‘Indigenous identity and Bangladeshi citizenship are not mutually exclusive’

Politics New ACC chairman pledges independent action, says commission under no pressure

Business World watching Bangladesh’s August 20 presidential election: CEC

Politics Overcrowded prisons need urgent attention

Sports Hasan up 26 places, Shanto into top 20 after Bangladesh’s sensational Darwin Test win

Business Free of FIFA ban, Abahani into a rough rebuild

Sports Kyrgios admits 'huge mistake' after failing test for cocaine

Sports Telecoms turn to AI to save energy, other costs

Business Call drops, mobile packages top user complaints: minister

Politics Oil extends climb on prolonged Hormuz export uncertainty

Politics Afzal Hossain honoured with Srijonkola Gunijon Sommanona 2026

Politics ‘Ali’ wins top honour at Bengaluru film festival

Business 30 injured as madrasa students, police personnel clash in Brahmanbaria

Politics Prisons bursting at twice their capacities

Business Struggling with measles, let alone much else

Politics Deaths at ship-breaking yard: Ferdous Steel fined Tk 5 lakh for operating without clearance

Politics New president to take oath on Friday evening

Environment What indigenous communities can teach us about water

Politics Why does neutral conduct still elude the police?

Politics Is Trump’s Gaza peace plan falling apart?

Politics Australia will go all in to ‘demolish’ Bangladesh in Mackay, warns Donald

Politics 'I'm always ready': Shoriful eyes Mackay return for series win

Politics Suthar shines as India crush Sri Lanka in 600th Test

Business ‘We were comparing it to Argentina’s World Cup games’: Simmons on Bangladesh’s Australia Test triumph

Sports Senegal name former France, Arsenal midfield general Vieira as coach

Sports Trump pauses planned 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days

Sports Banglalink seeks regulator’s nod to launch satellite-to-mobile service

Politics ‘Bokuler Buke Roktokorobi’: Finding empathy in the uncanny

Business Rendezvous Shilpigosthi marks 10 years of celebrating Indigenous culture

Politics ‘Shaone Dala’ and a generation growing distant from its roots

Business Five Bangladeshis confirmed among 9 killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Business 4 major bridges to get advanced monitoring system

Environment Biman failed to collect Tk 886cr in revenue

Politics Ganges Water Sharing Treaty: Dhaka to seek a guarantee clause

Business Hilsa catch falls, debts mount

Politics Sundarbans crackdown drives poisoned shrimp from Mongla markets

Politics In pictures: Buriganga's plastic peril

Politics From Bangladesh to India, Cambodia and the Philippines, why has microfinance failed to live up to its promise?

Politics Trump says no Iran talks planned, claims Hormuz 'new US territory'

Business We must adopt an area-based population strategy

Politics The National Human Rights Commission and other decorative objects

Sports Messi 'at peace', says Inter Miami coach

Sports Musiala diagnosed with neurological disorder

Politics Hockey league to return with first division

Politics Pay scale: When will govt employees get a pay hike?

Business Sheikh Hasina's extradition: What will India consider, and who will decide?

Business Economy shows fragile gains

Politics Eight mutual funds skip dividends

Business Meeting India’s CII: Muktadir hopeful of trade progress soon

Politics What inflation data actually tells us

Politics What inflation data actually tells us

Sports HSBC Bangladesh launches Export Excellence Awards 2026

Sports DU provost body proposes one-hour extension for women’s hall entry

Politics No mutton, no ‘kobul’? Not quite

Politics DCs of Natore, Gaibandha, Rangpur withdrawn

Business Tawfique Nawaz, husband of Dipu Moni, dies in Dhaka

Politics Is Bangladesh’s garment industry ready for the next shock?

Politics Indian umpire in ICU after ball hits him in the face

Business Renshaw call-up signals Australia’s desperation

Politics Bayern's Musiala suffers second on-field collapse in three days

Politics Bezos consortium bought nearly 40 percent of Liverpool: report

Politics Premier League chief says Infantino hit 'self-destruct' with World Cup plan

Business Racist abuse spurred Suzuki as Japan goalkeeper set for Premier League