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Bayern standing in the way of Real's 15th UCL title

Real Madridareon a mission to clinch their 15th UEFA Champions League title but face Bayern Munich in a high-voltage clash in the semifinals of the competition. Can Bayern stop Real in their tracks? Real, on the other hand, only have the mighty German in their way and if they make it to the finals, the odds weigh heavily in their favour because Los Blancos have a reputation for not losing finals. The last time they lost a final in Europe was 43 years ago. Since then, they've won all of the eight

30 Apr 2024 1:07 am
Real wary of Bayern in 'European Clasico'

The Munich clash also pits two England superstars against each other.

30 Apr 2024 12:02 am
Cabrera accepts his errors in Palestine tie

Cabrera had previously referred to Salahuddin's comment as his personal opinion.

30 Apr 2024 12:01 am
Proposal sent to extend age limit for govt jobs to 35 yrs

Education minister sends letter to public administration ministry

29 Apr 2024 11:54 pm
Nine AL activists among 33 charged with Tipu murder

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against 33 people, including nine members of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies, in a case filed over the killings of party leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afran Jamal Prity in March 2022.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
PM returns home from Thailand

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Bangkok yesterday after wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Govt in a bind over school closure

The education authorities seem to be going back and forth on the closure of educational institutions amid the ongoing heatwave baking the country.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Dont allow unfit vehicles on roads

Amid rising road crashes, the Police Headquarters has instructed all its field-level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearances to operate.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
IMF Loan: Govt may miss two key targets set for fourth tranche

The government is likely to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revise down two key targets related to Net International Reserves (NIR) and tax revenue collection, set for June this year for the release of the fourth tranche of its $4.7 billion loan, finance ministry officials said.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Int'l day to end corporal punishment: The children grow but scars remain

A few days ago, a post went viral on Facebook, saying Todays children may not comprehend why we were beaten in our childhoods.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Bar pharmas from raising medicine prices at will

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to take effective measures to prevent the pharmaceutical companies from hiking the prices of all types of medicines arbitrarily.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Facebook Post: Man bailed after arrest over excerpt of Lalon song

The man who was arrested for a Facebook post that featured the lyrics of Lalon Shah secured bail from a Shariatpur court yesterday.

29 Apr 2024 11:30 pm
Kolkata hammer Delhi in heatwave-hit IPL

The sports-mad city witnessed a near-packed house at the 66,000 capacity stadium.

29 Apr 2024 11:21 pm
BSRM's two entities sales drop, but profit surges 574%

The two made Tk 333 crore profit in nine months

29 Apr 2024 10:09 pm
DMP wants to close roadside tea stalls by 11pm

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman instructed police to close temporary shops, including tea shops, along roads after 11:00pm to prevent crime, including muggings in the capital

29 Apr 2024 10:02 pm
Farmer electrocuted in Jamalpur

A farmer died after being electrocuted in Jamalpur's Islampur upazila today

29 Apr 2024 9:24 pm
Verdict in Sohel Chowdhury murder case on May 9

A Dhaka court today set May 9 for the delivery of the verdict in Sohel Chowdhury murder case

29 Apr 2024 9:05 pm
Court defers charge framing on 2 cases against Khaleda till July 21

A Dhaka court today deferred until July 21 the hearing on framing of charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with two cases filed over undermining the national flag and observing a fake birthday on August 15.

29 Apr 2024 9:00 pm
'Big games need experienced umpire, respected by players': Sujon adds fuel to Jessy controversy

Abahani coach and Bangladesh Cricket Board director Khaled Mahmud Sujon echoed the same sentiments of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) club officials who disapproved the appointment of umpire Shathira Jakir Jessy for the Prime Bank-Mohammedan fixture in Mirpur on Thursday.

29 Apr 2024 8:39 pm
Finding respite in the heatwave

The scorching heat continues to disrupt lives across the country, forcing people to scramble for ways to find some respite

29 Apr 2024 8:37 pm
aamra technologies entire bandwidth blocked

The IIG operator didnt share Tk 22 crore revenue in time

29 Apr 2024 8:27 pm
Environmental issues to be included in textbooks: minister

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said his ministry has initiated the inclusion of issues related to environmental conservation and climate change mitigation in the curriculum for students from Class 3 to 8

29 Apr 2024 8:05 pm
Comilla univ VC accused of assaulting teachers

VC says it was him who was attacked

29 Apr 2024 8:05 pm
Primary schools closed till May 2 amid heatwave

All primary schools in the country will be closed till May 2 (Thursday) amide the intense heatwave that has gripped the country

29 Apr 2024 7:51 pm
Summit Group brings major changes in top brass

Jafer Ummeed Khan is new chairman of Summit Oil and Latif Khan is new chairman of Summit Power

29 Apr 2024 7:51 pm
One die of electrocution, 3 injured in Munshiganj

A man died of electrocution and three others were injured in separate incidents in Munshiganj today

29 Apr 2024 7:50 pm
Another market in Dhaka goes cashless

Khairul Islam, a vendor selling cosmetics, bags, toys and watches, told The Daily Star that he welcomed the initiative but added that it would take some time for customers to get used to it.

29 Apr 2024 7:27 pm
Jabeur wants 'more respect' for women after reaching Madrid quarters

Jabeur, the 2022 Madrid champion, took a swipe at tournament organisers, telling reporters she believes tennis still has a way to go to achieve gender equality, despite it being the leader in women's sport.

29 Apr 2024 7:20 pm
Forty-day ceasefire offered to Hamas: UK foreign secretary

Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Monday

29 Apr 2024 7:15 pm
Shrimp farmers fear losses for scorching heatwave

Shrimp farmers in Khulna, a southwestern division of Bangladesh that grows shrimp mainly for exports, could be facing serious losses this year as the enclosures used for raising their crustaceans are drying up amid an ongoing heatwave.

29 Apr 2024 7:05 pm
Where did the ship-destroying torpedo come from?

An object resembling a torpedo was spotted floating in the water of the Nijkata canal in Rangabali upazila, near Patuakhali's coastline connecting the Bay of Bengal

29 Apr 2024 7:00 pm
Where did the 'dummy' torpedo come from?

An object resembling a torpedo was spotted floating in the water of the Nijkata canal in Rangabali upazila, near Patuakhali's coastline connecting the Bay of Bengal

29 Apr 2024 7:00 pm
Death of 7th grader: DSCC sacks garbage truck driver, assistants

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today sacked a driver of a garbage truck and two assistant workers over the death of a 13-year-old schoolboy

29 Apr 2024 6:58 pm
'Dummy torpedo' taken to naval base in Patuakhali

A dummy torpedo which was recovered yesterday from the Nijkata Canal in Moudubi area of Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila has been taken to Sher-e-Bangla Naval Base

29 Apr 2024 6:41 pm
China wants to import mango from Bangladesh

Chinese experts will come to Dhaka in June to see mango production

29 Apr 2024 6:15 pm
Difficult to play like this: Sujon after losing 12 players

Abahani head coach Khaled Mahmud Sujon lamented the departure of 10 first-team playersfrom his sideahead of a Dhaka Premier League Super League contest against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at BSKP Ground-4 on Tuesday.

29 Apr 2024 6:02 pm
30 Israeli paratroopers refuse to go to war in Rafah

Israel is preparing a planned ground attack on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 30 Israeli paratroopers have refused to participate in this battle. This was reported by the Israeli broadcaster 'Channel Twelve'

29 Apr 2024 6:00 pm
Allow no unfit vehicles on the roads: PHQ

Amid rising road crashes, the Police Headquarters today instructed all its filed level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearance to operate on roads

29 Apr 2024 5:57 pm
Don't allow unfit vehicles on the roads: PHQ

Amid rising road crashes, the Police Headquarters today instructed all its filed level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearance to operate on roads

29 Apr 2024 5:57 pm
29 Apr 2024 5:45 pm
Renatas Q3 profit grows 21%

The drugmakers nine months profit exceeds FY22s full year figure

29 Apr 2024 5:23 pm
Embezzlement of Tk 70.82 crore: Charges pressed against PK Halder

The Anti-Corruption Commission today pressed charges against 23 people including former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, in a case filed over embezzling Tk 70.82 crore from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited.

29 Apr 2024 5:12 pm
Universal Pension Scheme registrations cross the 1 lakh milestone

The number of registrations in the Universal Pension Scheme has crossed the one lakh milestone today, said the National Pension Authority (NPA)

29 Apr 2024 5:04 pm
Year's highest temperature of 43 degrees Celsius recorded in Chuadanga

This years highest temperature of 43 degrees Celsius has been recorded at Chuadanga this afternoon, the districts local weather office said

29 Apr 2024 4:57 pm
HC orders to close all schools, madrasas till Thursday

However, the order of closure will not be applicable for O level, A level exams, colleges, universities and those schools that have air conditioning systems and where exams are ongoing

29 Apr 2024 4:43 pm
Tearful Thiago Silva to leave Chelsea at end of season

Chelsea means a lot to me. I came here with the intention of only staying for a year and it ended up being four years. Not just for me but for my family, too, Silva said during a tearful goodbye speech.

29 Apr 2024 4:32 pm
Government flip-flops on school reopening amid prolonged heatwave

The ongoing heatwave has made day-to-day life difficult for all, with the government initially taking steps to protect schoolchildren from heat-related illnesses

29 Apr 2024 3:48 pm
We have picked Afif in Shakibs place

We have included Afif Hossain. As Shakib is not in the squad for the first three matches, we have picked Afif in his place,

29 Apr 2024 3:32 pm
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 34,488

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 34,488 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas

29 Apr 2024 3:17 pm
HC forms body for recognition of 'resistance fighters' who protested Bangabandhu killing

The High Court today formed a high-level committee to provide state recognition to the esistance fighters who protested the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members from 1975 to 1979

29 Apr 2024 3:08 pm