Obituary

M Nurul Islam’s death anniv today

City Desk

29 August 2026 • Obituary

Anwari Kabir’s death anniv today

City Desk

29 August 2026 • Obituary

RANGPUR FAMILY MURDER / Ganapati, wife, daughter were killed on roof

Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

28 August 2026 • Obituary

National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's death anniversary

Nazrul’s 50th death anniv observed / Nazrul’s 50th death anniv observed

BSS, Dhaka

28 August 2026 • Obituary

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Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80

Reuters

26 August 2026 • Entertainment

Tawfique Nawaz's janaza at Azad Mosque tomorrow

Star Online Report

19 August 2026 • Obituary

Ranjit Baowali no more but struggle for Bhobodoh remains

Dipankar Roy

7 August 2026 • Obituary

ASK mourns death of founding member Khursheed Erfan Ahmed

2 August 2026 • Obituary

Chief Justice Mahmud Husain’s death anniv

City Desk

2 August 2026 • Obituary

Latifur Rahman’s sixth death anniv today

Latifur Rahman, founder chairman of Transcom Group and a key figure in Bangladesh’s business and media sectors, is being remembered today on his sixth death anniversary.

1 July 2026

Strings go still for master puppeteer

Long before children’s entertainment became available at the touch of a screen, generations of Bangladeshi children gathered around television sets to watch puppet characters tell stories and bring folklore to life.

30 June 2026

Entrepreneur, ex-MP Selima Ahmad dies

Selima Ahmad, founder and president of the Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI), passed away at a Bangkok hospital yesterday. She was 65.

22 June 2026

Death anniv of Habibur Rahman today

Today is the seventh death anniversary of Md Habibur Rahman, former managing director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC.

21 June 2026

Poet Al Mujahidi passes away

Ekushey Padak-winning poet, writer, and editor Al Mujahidi passed away while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 83.

20 June 2026

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Ekushey Padak-winning poet Al Mujahidi dies at 83

The poet and editor made wide-ranging contributions to literature over a career spanning decades

19 June 2026

Former state minister and BNP leader Harun Al Rashid dies at 87

The five-time Brahmanbaria-3 lawmaker died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital

18 June 2026

Death anniv of Habibur Rahman Milon

Today is the 11th death anniversary of Habibur Rahman Milon, a journalist and columnist, said a press release.

14 June 2026

Yawer Sayeed passes away

Yawer Sayeed, founder and managing director of AIMS of Bangladesh Limited, the country’s first private-sector asset management company, died yesterday in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

14 June 2026

Justice Latifur Rahman’s death anniv

Today is the ninth death anniversary of Latifur Rahman, former chief justice and chief adviser to a caretaker government, said a press release.

6 June 2026

Tofail Ahmed laid to rest with state honour

Tofail Ahmed, a key figure in the mass uprising of 1969 and an organiser of the Liberation War, was laid to rest in his ancestral village in Bhola yesterday.

3 June 2026

Tofail Ahmed: a life tied to the nation’s history

Veteran Awami League leader, a key figure in the mass uprising of 1969 and an organiser of the Liberation War Tofail Ahmed passed away yesterday. He was 82.

2 June 2026

Zia’s 45th death anniv today

The BNP will observe the 45th death anniversary of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman today.

30 May 2026

MM Murshid passes away

MM Murshid, a prominent figure in the country’s insurance and financial sector, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on May 20, aged 87, said a press release.

24 May 2026

Md Yusuf Hossain Humayun no more

Md Yusuf Hossain Humayun, a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court and former president of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, breathed his last at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 90.

24 May 2026