Stop trafficking of youths into war
10 May 2026, 17:43 PM
Editorial
Khulna city needs its bus service back
10 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Editorial
A free press cannot exist without editorial autonomy
9 May 2026, 18:21 PM
Editorial
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
Pakistan's statement on hanging of war criminals
We are outraged by Pakistan foreign ministry's statement expressing 'deep concern and anguish' over the execution of two war criminals who...
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Golam Akbar Chowdhury passes away
Politician and social worker Golam Akbar Chowdhury died of old-age ailments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital yesterday. He was 86.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka lodges strong protest
Terming it a brazen interference in Bangladesh's internal affairs, Dhaka yesterday strongly protested Islamabad's statement on Sunday's execution of two war criminals.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Obituary
M Afzal Khan, former managing director of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, died at his city residence yesterday. He was 86.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Another turn of the wheels of justice
SQ Choudhury and Ali Ahsan Mojaheed have got their comeuppance. And we express our satisfaction at the conclusion of the process of justice for which the nation has been waiting for the last 44 years.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Knowledge fair on climate change adaptation begins tomorrow
A two-day national knowledge fair on “Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh” will begin at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Dhaka tomorrow, said a press release.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the 31st death anniversary of Moqbul Hossain, former deputy director of Bangladesh Power Development Board, says a press release.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
A world united against terror
We unequivocally welcome the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council resolution urging the world to unite to defeat IS. The move follows the recent ghastly terrorist attacks in Beirut...
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
HANGED, TOGETHER
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged early today for committing crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War.
The two walked the gallows around 12:55am together at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security, Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, inspector general (prisons), told The Daily Star.
21 November 2015, 19:17 PM
Return Golapbagh playground
Green activists and residents of Golapbagh area recently formed a “citizens' rally” to demand the return of their beloved Golapbagh
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Turning wasteland into goldmine
Once a swamp, it is now an innovative fish enclosure and vegetable farm run by thirty enterprising locals, including ten women, of
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Two errant pharmacies fined in Ctg
A mobile court of the Chittagong district administration fined two pharmacies Tk 1 lakh in Lalkhanbazar area of the
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Abul Kashem; a freedom fighter, and a leader of the 1969 mass upsurge, also a presidium member of Gono Forum;
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the 17th death anniversary of Zebunnisa Jahangir Suraiya; wife of Lt Col NAM Jahangir, a Liberation War
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
No stat on workplace deaths, injuries
Although workplace fatalities and injuries are prevalent in Bangladesh, the country lacks official statistics on the
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Preparing for the future
That Bangladesh would be among the worst hit countries in the world for climate change has been a severe cause for concern for environmentalists and policymakers in the country.
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Priests under threat
Coming on the heels of the attack on an Italian priest in Dinajpur on Wednesday, the news that several priests have been threatened with death is very alarming...
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Christians feeling insecure after attacks on priests
Shocked by the recent attacks on two priests and threats to some others, Christians will demonstrate today in the capital and submit a
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shoeb Chowdhury meets White House press secretary
M Shoeb Chowdhury, general secretary of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), Bangladesh, has met Josh Earnest, press
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Dr CS Karim passes away
Dr Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, former adviser to a caretaker government and a nuclear scientist, passed away at the capital's Bangladesh
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM