The painted cosmology of Tikoil village
12 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Slow Reads Special
The proclamation that gave Bangladesh its statehood
10 April 2026, 11:54 AM
In Focus
Reviving Bengal’s oldest songs: The Charyapada today
10 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Slow Reads Special
How the British shaped the way we dress today
9 April 2026, 11:00 AM
In Focus
Annapurna Devi and the gendered silences of classical music
7 April 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
'Islamisation in Bengal has no parallel in South Asia'
6 April 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Kedarnath Majumdar: The forgotten historian of Bengal
5 April 2026, 14:30 PM
In Focus
Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings
2 April 2026, 16:05 PM
In Focus
Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism
31 March 2026, 12:58 PM
In Focus
Does South Asia need secularism?
30 March 2026, 00:44 AM
In Focus
Auto-owners besiege Thakurgaon municipality
Owners and drivers of diesel-run three-wheelers and battery-run auto-rickshaws, with their vehicles, besieged Thakurgaon Municipality
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
4 missing in Pabna
Four people, including three of a family, have been missing for the last ten days since May 10 in Pabna as plainclothes men
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Patients suffer in Bogra clinics, hospitals
Medical technologists and pharmacists of the district observed a two-hour work abstention for the last two days in their respective work
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Roanu heads towards Bangladesh
After battering the Indian coast for last two days, the first cyclone of the monsoon is heading north to Bangladesh.
19 May 2016, 12:57 PM
3 high-ups of edu ministry made OSD
Three officials of the education ministry have been withdrawn and punitively made officer on special duty (OSD) today.
19 May 2016, 12:05 PM
138 children raped in last 4 months: Report
A total of 138 children were raped during the first four months of the current year, according to a report revealed by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum.
19 May 2016, 06:12 AM
Crops, houses damaged as storm hits different areas
A college student was killed and a number of houses and vast croplands were damaged as storms lashed Panchagarh and Jhenidah districts on Tuesday.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Digital driving licence to be costlier by 50%
The cost of digital smart card driving licence is likely to go up by about 50 percent following Cabinet Purchase Committee's approval of a tender proposed by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
18 May 2016, 14:11 PM
Lightning kills 3 cows
Three cows were killed by lighting in Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon district on Monday evening. Locals said a thunderbolt struck the
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
200 families homeless as Jamuna erosion serious
Erosion by the Jamuna River has rendered over 200 hundred families under five unions of two upazilas homeless in the last five days.
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
5 more anthrax infected, IEDCR team visits spot
Five more anthrax infected patients have been identified in Koira Soratol village under Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district, bringing the
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Transport strike in 21 districts withdrawn
Transport owners and workers withdraw their 48-hour strike in 21 districts of the country's south western region.
16 May 2016, 13:03 PM
Mobile phone users to get call drop compensation from June
Mobile phone operators will give free minutes to its users as compensation for every case of call drop and network failure from June 1.
15 May 2016, 09:04 AM
Khulna div transport strike causes public suffering
Commuters are facing untold sufferings as transport owners and workers enforced a 48-hour strike in 10 districts of Khulna division.
15 May 2016, 05:10 AM
48-hr transport strike in Khulna from tomorrow
Transport owners and workers calls a 48-hour strike in 10 districts under Khulna division tomorrow demanding the withdrawal of two compensation cases filed against the owners of Chuadanga ‘Deluxe Paribahan’ and ‘Green line Paribahan’.
14 May 2016, 11:51 AM
35 sued over Cox's Bazar Ansar camp attack
Thirty five unknown persons are sued in connection with the killing of an Ansar member who was gunned down allegedly by robbers inside Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
14 May 2016, 06:37 AM
Anwara Bahar Choudhury - Breaking traditional shackles
The Daily Star looks at the life of a great Bengali Muslim educationist who dedicated her whole life for the education and empowerment of women.
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Lightning takes 17 more lives in 11 districts
At least 17 people were killed after being struck by lightning during the storm at different parts of the country, raising the death toll from such incidents to 49 in two days.
13 May 2016, 07:48 AM
Lightning kills 8 in 5 dists
Eight people were killed and nine others injured by lightning in Rajshahi, Gazipur Nilphamari, Dinajpur and Natore districts yesterday,
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Lightning kills at least 17 countrywide
At least 17 people are killed, struck by lightning, when a sudden thundershower prevailed over Dhaka and other parts of the country.
12 May 2016, 14:57 PM