Address learning gaps at primary level
8 May 2026, 20:00 PM Editorial
A reform long overdue
9 May 2026, 10:00 AM Editorial
Address urea supply concerns urgently
8 May 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
This recurring road carnage has to stop
7 May 2026, 18:09 PM Editorial
Fix the testing gap, contain measles
6 May 2026, 17:44 PM Editorial
Press freedom should not be elusive
7 May 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Restore NHRC’s functionality
5 May 2026, 19:15 PM Editorial
Improve health services in the hills
6 May 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial

Three schoolgirls saved from early marriage

Three schoolgirls were saved from early marriage in Natore town and Sadar upazila on Monday night.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Man-made erosion gobbles riverside village

By age 75 most people aren't looking to start a new life. Sattar Mollah of Pirojpur's Asoa Amrajhuri village in Kawkhali upazila isn't any
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Conviction on weak evidence: Quasem’s family

Family of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali claims that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader was convicted on weak evidence and deposition in war crimes case.
8 March 2016, 08:35 AM

‘Quasem’s verdict is victory of our movement’

Gonojagoron Mancha hailed the appeal verdict of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali and said it was an achievement of the movement they were all in.
8 March 2016, 07:17 AM

Assault on the Chief Justice

The Chief Justice is far more than an individual. He is an institution, and of the three pillars of the state, he represents one of the most
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

International women's day

The world has been celebrating International Women's Day since 1910 when it was launched at the International Conference of Working
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Early marriage bid foiled, one jailed

A woman was jailed for one month by a mobile court at Monirambari area in Muktagachha upazila of the district on Sunday for trying to
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Taqi's murder

Everything about the Taqi murder case screams of injustice, an injustice that is beginning to question the credibility of the administration.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Vulnerability of minority communities

If it is true that a nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members, we are very far from it.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Withdraw cases against Star editor

Journalists and human rights activists formed a human chain in the district town yesterday demanding withdrawal of all the cases filed
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Cops crushed to death

The heart-rending scene of two cops crying over their colleagues' death has touched the human within us. On March 3, a truck loaded
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Tenant identification information

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has asked all those living within the metropolitan area to provide 'identification information' to them by
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Murdered FF's body exhumed after 40 yrs

A freedom fighter's body was exhumed in former Indian enclave Shalbari village in Boda upazila of Panchagarh yesterday, 40 years after
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

No school buildings for students for three years!

It is a shame that students of nine government primary schools in Jhenidah are being compelled to attend classes under the open skies or in makeshift huts...
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Construction workers must get recruitment cards

The demand by rights activists that the government make it mandatory for employers to issue recruitment cards to construction workers should be a wake up call to address the exploitations in this sector.
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Two to walk gallows for murder in Kushtia

A Kushtia court yesterday sentenced two people to death for killing a youth in Mirpur upazila of the district in 2011.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Community clinics in crisis

Almost all of the 51 community clinics in Gaibandha Sadar upazila, with no physicians, supportive staff and medicine, have become a microcosm of the broken healthcare system of the country.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Vehicles on the wrong side

Traffic rules are one of the most fundamental guidelines of any modern civilisation, which if not followed will cause much of the city life to go awry, endangering lives, as is happening in Dhaka.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

CEC instructs top security for UP polls

The Election Commission instructs law enforcers to ensure top security measures for fair voting in the upcoming Union Parishad elections.
3 March 2016, 10:42 AM

The reluctant election commission

We are surprised to see that the election commission (EC) is yet to take any action on allegations that many candidates were barred from filing nominations for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM