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Economic jitters felt by stock market

The jitters surrounding the state of the economy are reverberating on the stock ...

Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2

Renowned Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen conquered the treacherous K2 in ...

Rohingya genocide case to proceed

The World Court yesterday rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over ...

Need 1 week to assess situation

Admitting that the Power Division could not impose schedule-wise power cuts acro...

CU admin identifies 2 molesters

The administration of Chittagong University yesterday claimed to have identified...

CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men

Those who sexually assaulted a female student on Chittagong University campus on...

‘You cannot remain silent’

The High Court yesterday came down hard on Bangladesh Railway for mismanagement,...

Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold

Given the current economic situation, the government should consider suspending ...

Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25

All newspapers owned by the members of Newspaper Owners’ Association of Banglade...

IMF’S $4.5B loan: Govt now has cold feet

The government is stalling on taking the $4.5 billion loan from the Internationa...

Electricity crisis may worsen

The government’s plan for one to two hours of daily power cuts is failing, espec...

Rajapaksa ally elected Lanka president

Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri L...

Road crash claims six more lives

A toddler, her mother, and aunt were among six people who died after a bus ramme...

EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it

The BNP yesterday skipped Election Commission’s dialogue seeking recommendations...

Energy crisis: Piecemeal steps won’t solve it

The government has shut down diesel-run power plants and mulls some other steps ...

Inflation at 9-year high

Inflation raced to a nine-year high of 7.56 percent in June, in a development th...