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‘Posting photo with wife not a crime’

Shahriar Islam Shaon, who has been arrested in a case filed by just-married actress Mahiya Mahi, has once again claimed…

May 31, 2016 / 1 Comment / Read More

National Film Award, 2014 awarded to 29

Twenty-nine artistes and film professionals have received the National Film Award, 2014 in 26 categories for their outstanding contributions to…

May 11, 2016 / No Comment / Read More

Meril-Prothom Alo Award-2015 conferred

The Hall of Fame auditorium of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre buzzed with glitzy showbiz celebrities as the 18th edition of…

April 29, 2016 / No Comment / Read More

Soumitra Chatterjee – Bengal’s Last Renaissance Man

Soumitra Chatterjee – Bengal’s Last Renaissance Man By Amitava Nag on 18/06/2017 For more than five decades, Soumitra Chatterjee has remained a quintessential part of Bengali cultural life. Soumitra Chatterjee in Charulata. “I have always been in doubt about my work. I always thought that…

June 18, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Swedish art gallery satire ‘The Square’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund celebrates with his trophy during a photocall on May 28, 2017…

May 29, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
Lal Kach festival in Bangladesh – in pictures
Meril-Prothom Alo Puroshkar-2016 conferred

About 5,000 Bangladeshi workers jobless in Bahrain

A group of workers are seen leaving country for working abroad. File photo: Abdus Salam Parliamentarian Caucus on Migration and Development chairman M Israfil Alam on Wednesday said thousands of Bangladeshi workers have been faffing around on the streets in Bahrain without jobs as they…

June 21, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Dream sours for workers in Singapore

Mohammad Ashadul Islam placed all his hopes for a better life for his family in…

June 20, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
Stones for Construction of Ram Mandir Start Arriving in Ayodhya
Bangladeshi killed in California

Tamim chosen in ICC’s team of tournament

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Monday was selected in the best XI of the ICC Champions Trophy for his outstanding batting in the competition. The ICC jury members chose 11 players from five countries and gave the responsibility of the captaincy to winning captain Sarfraz…

June 19, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Tigers receive low-key reception

Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza (C) speaks to media at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…

June 17, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
Paks thrash England to reach final
Ruthless India set up Tigers semi date

64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup

64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup New documents reveal how the CIA attempted to call off the failing coup — only to be salvaged at the last minute by an insubordinate spy. By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian June 20, 2017 Declassified documents released last…

June 21, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Arundhati Roy Returns to Fiction, in Fury

 Books June 5 & 12, 2017 Issue Arundhati Roy Returns to Fiction, in Fury After…

June 1, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
How Did Savarkar, a Staunch Supporter of British Colonialism, Come to Be Known as ‘Veer’?
The Mughal emperor is controversial not so much because of India’s past but rather because of India’s present

Govt mulls withdrawing ban on errant refineries

The government actively considers withdrawing a ban it had imposed last year on the operation of six private refineries for supplying natural gas condensate to petrol pumps illegally. Natural-gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids present as gaseous components in the raw natural…

February 27, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Bangladesh needs to enlist allies to ensure security

Bangladesh needs to enlist allies to ensure security Manjurul Ahsan Bangladesh would need to develop…

February 24, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
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Rampal – A looming suicidal act রামপাল বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্র যেন আত্মহত্যা