• A pointer on govt apathy to public health
  • Ensuring salary and benefits for teachers
  • Destruction of a vibrant part of Dhaka
  • Padatik’s fest ends with staging of two plays
  • Farmers not getting benefit of high prices of aromatic rice
  • Islamist attack on Yemen army checkpoint kills 13
  • Barisal SBMCH extension fails deadline
  • Tigers’ India tour still only a hope
  • Dhaka, KL sign MoU on Padma Bridge
  • Govt asked to scrap rental power deals
  • Azad’s family must not be made to pay for his crime
  • Doctors’ fees and test charges
  • Genesis of US-Bangladesh relations
  • Dhaka Art Summit begins tomorrow
  • 3.55 lakh farmers to get seed, fertiliser
  • 19 killed in two Afghan suicide attacks
  • Inadequate knowledge blamed for debate about women dev
  • Sakib in, Knight Riders win
  • Next budget at Tk 1.89 trillion
  • JS panel repeats requests for action against 62 drug cos
  • Building capacity for better management
  • Inter-ministerial body works out plan for Destiny probe
  • BUET teachers say being threatened, vow to continue strike
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Destruction of a vibrant part of Dhaka

A bulldozer pulls down a structure in Korail slum in the capital Dhaka on April 4. — Indrajit Ghosh
ON WEDNESDAY, April 4, parts of Korail slum were evicted. The eviction drive was carried out by a Dhaka district magistrate, two battalions of police and a large group of hired labourers. Two bulldozers... Full story

Genesis of US-Bangladesh relations

THE Bangladesh government observed 40 years of diplomatic relations with the United States of America, which began on April 4, 1972. To mark the day Bangladesh ambassador to the United States... Full story

Insecure in the security state

IN ORDER to understand the roots of contemporary police repression in the United States, readers need to return to the Vietnam War era and the attempt of the government to squelch political activism through... Full story


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