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FBI team likely to arrive this week
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials are likely to visit Dhaka this week to help in the Avijit murder investigation, according to a senior police official.
4 March 2015, 00:01 AM
FBI likely to be in Dhaka this week: police
Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police
3 March 2015, 09:34 AM
Registration for female overseas jobseekers begins Thursday
Online registration for Bangladeshi women seeking overseas jobs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will begin Thursday.
2 March 2015, 11:35 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet train service resumes after 4hrs
Rail communications between Sylhet and Dhaka resumes after 4hours of disruption following derailment of freight train carrying oil in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj
2 March 2015, 05:32 AM
No case sees verdict
Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.
1 March 2015, 23:23 PM
UN, US shocked
The United Nations and the USA have strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through a transparent process of law.
28 February 2015, 23:45 PM
Scary recovery
In an overnight raid yesterday, the Rapid Action Battalion seized a huge cache of explosives and bombs from a militant hideout at Halishahar in Chittagong.
28 February 2015, 23:45 PM
Cultural activists to observe hunger strike protesting killings
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will go for a mass hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, protesting the ongoing killings, destruction and anarchy on the street, on March 6
28 February 2015, 13:41 PM
Hostage to hartal
Another round of 72-hour hartal starts tomorrow morning and it is likely to leave the SSC exam schedule in tatters, inflict further loses to businesses, and hurt the economy and the livelihoods of people.
27 February 2015, 23:36 PM
Joy wants arrest of Dr Kamal, Star editor for ‘treason’
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna should be arrested and tried for “treason”.
26 February 2015, 22:11 PM
Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre
Pakistan government tightens cellphone control, making sure the name, number and fingerprints of Pakistani citizens are on record
26 February 2015, 08:51 AM
Feni land office torched, UP chairman held
Miscreants set fire to a land office in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni
26 February 2015, 06:49 AM
Seven more bodies found in Padma
Seven more bodies floating kilometres downstream from the site of Sunday's launch accident in the Padma were recovered yesterday, raising the death toll to 78.
25 February 2015, 21:45 PM
Tomorrow’s SSC exam now to be held Mar 7 due to hartal
The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal
25 February 2015, 09:41 AM
Over 18kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 2 held
Customs intelligence detain two passengers and seize 161 gold bars, weighing over 18 kilogrammes, from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka
25 February 2015, 06:05 AM
Amnesty calls on UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes
Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities
25 February 2015, 05:59 AM
Don't take action against Star
Reporters Without Borders has requested the authorities concerned not to take any judicial action against The Daily Star for publishing a photograph of a poster of banned militant organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir.
24 February 2015, 22:41 PM
Editors worried over media freedom
The Editors' Council has expressed serious concern, saying it has become difficult for the press and the national media to work independently and in an unbiased manner.
24 February 2015, 22:41 PM
Controversy over two leaked calls
A day after the leak of two phone conversations of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, the organisation abruptly postponed its planned mass procession yesterday afternoon.
23 February 2015, 22:05 PM
Death toll reaches 70
The death toll in Sunday's launch disaster in the Padma in Manikganj rose to 70, and the ill-fated vessel, MV Mostafa, was salvaged yesterday.
23 February 2015, 21:59 PM