Japanese firm gets contract for upgrading airport security

A project to improve safety and security in the country's airports was awarded to Sumitomo Corporation, Japan.
15 November 2015

Indian held with smuggled gold

Customs authorities detained an Indian national with four gold bars, weighing around 4kg, in the capital's Shahjalal International Airport yesterday afternoon.
15 November 2015

Swedish deputy minister in town

Swedish Deputy Minister for Employment Irene Wennemo arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to see developments and progress made in the country's labour market.
15 November 2015

Dutch Queen due tomorrow morning

Queen of the Netherlands Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti arrives in Dhaka tomorrow morning on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.
15 November 2015

Indian citizen held with gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain an Indian national with gold weighing four kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
15 November 2015

PM gave chances to terrorists

BNP yesterday accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of providing some derailed people, militants and terrorists the chance to create
14 November 2015

Climate change to displace 28 percent population

Nearly 28 percent of the country's population would be displaced as a consequence of climate change, according to a research of
14 November 2015

Dhakaites mourn fallen Parisians

Residents of Dhaka yesterday expressed solidarity with Paris following militant attacks on the French capital on Friday.
14 November 2015

RMG worker’s slit-throat body found in Ctg

Police recovered the slit-throat body of a RMG worker from her house at Mohammadpur of Chittagong EPZ area yesterday.
14 November 2015

Dhaka reaches out to Paris

Bangladesh is deeply shocked by the series of terrorist attacks in Paris and has expressed solidarity with France in the fight against
14 November 2015

ISIS claims responsibility

Claiming responsibility for the assault on Paris, the Islamic State jihadist group has said the Friday's attacks are just the “beginning of the storm”.
14 November 2015

Obituary

Justice AKM Nurul Islam, a former vice-president of Bangladesh, died of old-age complications at Apollo Hospital in the capital yesterday.
14 November 2015

Death anniversary

Today is the 44th death anniversary of two Liberation War martyrs, Dr Azharul Haque and Dr Humayun Kabir.
14 November 2015

Appeal for help

Md Tofazzal Hossain, a security guard, has been suffering from leukaemia for a month.
14 November 2015

Hurt Taiwanese couple flown back home for better treatment

A Taiwanese couple, who were attacked during a recent robbery in their Uttara residence in Dhaka, was flown back
14 November 2015

2 qualify in Bogra regional round

Two contestants from the Bogra regional round of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef-2016 qualified for the next
14 November 2015

Last session of teachers training held in Ctg

The second and last session of teachers' training under this year's “English in Schools-EIS” programme aiming to improve English
14 November 2015

RU teachers protest charge sheet delay

Rajshahi University Teachers Association will be holding a rally on the campus today at 10:30am marking a year past
14 November 2015

Angkon missing for 15 days

Angkon Mazumder, a 13-year-old boy, has been missing since November 7.
14 November 2015

WOMEN WAGING PEACE

When she first landed in earthquake-ridden Haiti, Rockfar Sultana Khanam, commander of the first ever all-female UN peacekeeping
13 November 2015