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Death anniversary

Today is the third death anniversary of Rawshan Jahan Hossain, wife of M Afzal Hossain, a deputy inspector general (retd) of Bangladesh
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Chehlum

The chehlum of Jaman
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Arson attacks continue

On Monday, a crude bomb blast in the TSC area left a housewife and a university student injured and a bus was torched in the Shahbagh
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh denim carves a niche

Denim is showing positive growth in the sprawling readymade garments sector. Going by what has been published in this paper foreign
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

No hartal call for today

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has decided to spare people from hartal for today but continue the blockade, after enforcing shutdown
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The Black Night

The nation recalls today the Black Night of March 25.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Actor Sirajul passes away

Sirajul Islam, the veteran actor and film director who appeared in over 300 films and won the National Film Award in 1985, died of old-
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Daily Star correspondent gets Brac media award

Farhana Mirza, Munshiganj district correspondent of The Daily Star, has got Brac Media Award-2015 for her professional role in reducing
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Save Waliullah

Twelve-year-old Md Waliullah of Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh has been suffering from blood cancer.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

20 missing since beginning of year

According to rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), at least 20 people have been allegedly detained by law enforcement agencies
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Lee Kuan Yew no more

We deeply mourn the sad demise of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, a country he had single-handedly built
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Passing of a great leader

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, dies aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to him who oversaw tiny city-state's rapid rise from a British colonial backwater to a global trade
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Mushfiqur Rahman, a professor the physics department of Rajshahi University, died early yesterday at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Hossain Ahammed, senior member of Chittagong Newspaper Hawkers Union, died of old age-complications on Sunday. He was 58.
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

OMG!

“Many people in my area say they will commit suicide if I don't run in the city polls.”
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Amzad Hossain, a veteran politician and former lawmaker, died due to old-age complications at Bogra Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical
22 March 2015, 18:01 PM

Water concerns all too known

WE are not water-starved; but policy-wise we are evidently bankrupt. We have had a natural abundance of the precious, life-nurturing and growth-yielding resource, especially in the monsoons.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Protestors of stalking are victimised

A twelve-year-old girl who was regularly stalked by a local youth in a village in Habiganj had the courage to file a complaint against him at the Union Parishad.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Approaching DCC polls

We believe that the BNP should participate in the upcoming DCC polls as it presents a good opportunity for the party to engage in the
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Deforestation in Bandarbans

Turning a blind eye to the laws that govern preservation of forest resources, timber merchants in cahoots with unscrupulous forest
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM