Bangladeshi mariner stranded on drone-hit tanker
6 December 2025
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Daria-i-Noor, ‘sister’ to Koh-i-Noor, awaits first light in 117 years
8 October 2025
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Nafisa’s HSC result the last memory left with her mother
16 October 2024
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A glimpse into Zahir Raihan's Films
19 August 2024
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Dubai floods / Thousands of Bangladeshis stranded at Dhaka, Dubai airports
18 April 2024
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Natural Disaster
From outlaws to flower growers
14 April 2024
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'Genuine' SSC, HSC certificates for sale!
1 April 2024
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Counterfeiting currency / Learning from YouTube, he sells them on Facebook
28 March 2024
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Why many countries are trying a four-day work week
21 January 2024
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Shaheed Asad: The spark that lit a fuse in 1969
20 January 2024
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NUMBERS 30
Is the number of fire-fighters who have been killed when a high-rise building collapsed after it caught fire in Tehran on Thursday and injured some 75 people, as stated by the media report.
26 January 2017
SRHR for the Disabled
Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) is the concept of human rights applied to the fields of sexuality, reproductive system, and health for both men and women.
26 January 2017
History Teaches Us Nothing
27th January, 1945. Victorious Soviet troops entered into a deserted and destroyed the Polish town Auschwitz.
26 January 2017
MAILBOX
Rocket steamers are not only a means of water transport but these century old vessels have become an indispensable part of the history of Bangladesh.
26 January 2017
Australia zoo urges all to catch deadly spiders as antidote runs low
An Australian zookeeper on Tuesday urges people to catch and donate deadly funnel-web spiders, to help replenish stocks of antidote running low after a spate of spider bites.
25 January 2017
A Day on the Rooftop
When The Daily Star turned 26 years old, last week, we were expecting flowers, good food, a cake with melting chocolate within and of
19 January 2017
About Town
About Town
19 January 2017
No one left for Nasiruddin Shah to idealise
A few months back Nasiruddin Shah was denounced over his remarks on late Rajesh Khanna. The same Nasir was eulogising late Om
19 January 2017
When Heroin was a Medicine
Heroin is considered to be one of the most addictive substances in the world. Currently, its usage is highly controlled as it can cause
19 January 2017
QUIRKY SCIENCE
Feeding is paramount to the survival of almost every animal, and just about every living organism is eaten by another.
19 January 2017
Sailing on Antiques
When the Rocket Steamers service was introduced almost a century ago, it was used mostly by the elite classes and considered the fastest mode of water transport; thus, many believe that it is the reason behind the name.
19 January 2017
A few observations and my suggestions
I have stayed 2 long weeks in Dhaka, a week in Rajshahi, and 2 nights in Sylhet - at The Palace Resort, and am returning to Sydney
19 January 2017
Georges Prosper Remi
Georges Prosper Remi known by the pen name Hergé ([ɛʁʒe]), was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of
19 January 2017
PEARLS OF WISDOM
PEARLS OF WISDOM
19 January 2017
The Trip of a Lifetime: 100 Member Youth Delegation
We had to fly to Kolkata at dawn, so early that most of us arrived at the airport with eyes half-shut. By the time we reached, had lunch and settled into our hotel rooms, it was already late afternoon.
19 January 2017
NUMBERS 6
Six people were killed and 35 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Zimlatali on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in
19 January 2017
MAILBOX
And The City Stopped Moving
19 January 2017
SNAPSHOT
“The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no?
19 January 2017
Rocket Steamers
Amongst the few paddle steamers that exist around the world used for tourism, Bangladesh has six of them, popularly known as 'Rocket
19 January 2017
China puts up Stop sign for Pokemon Go
China will not allow its mammoth mobile online population to play Pokemon Go or other augmented-reality games until it completes a review of potential security risks, a Chinese digital publishing group says.
18 January 2017