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Single-screen cinemas on way to extinction

The steady decline of single-screen cinemas in the capital and elsewhere across the country marks a significant shift in the access of people to entertainment, though moviegoing has historically been

Janata Party president Golam Sarwar Milon passes away

Golam Sarwar Milon, president of Janata Party Bangladesh and a former deputy minister, died of a cardiac arrest in Dhaka on Sunday morning. He was 69. Family members said he

Govt boosts surveillance, security

The police strengthened their surveillance and security over threats of attacks by banned extremist organisations on important state establishments, places of religious worship, recreation centres and the capital city’s Shahbagh

Trump evacuated as shooter opens fire at Washington gala event

US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by

Indian photographer Raghu Rai who documented Bangladesh’s liberation war dies

Internationally acclaimed Indian master photographer Raghu Rai, who documented Bangladesh’s war of Independence in 1971, died on Sunday, his family announced. He was 83. A construction engineer by training, Rai,

‘Zero tolerance’ on SSC question paper leaks; fraudsters to face strict action: Mahdi Amin

Prime minister’s adviser on education and primary and mass education Mahdi Amin has said the government maintains a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on question paper distribution, warning that strict legal action will

Government dismisses SSC question paper leak claim as rumour

The government has dismissed a report claiming that the Bangla first paper question paper of SSC examination under all education boards was leaked, describing it as completely false, baseless and

Netrokona-5 MP besieged, car vandalised; BNP blamed

Masum Mostofa, the member of parliament from Netrokona-5 (Purbadhala), was attacked, his car vandalised, and he was briefly held hostage on Friday evening. The incident occurred around 6:00pm at Giripath