City Univ resident student dies from asthma attack

A residential female student of City University in Khagan of Savar died on Sunday night allegedly due to negligence of the university authorities.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh safest for foreigners

Opposition Leader and Jatiya Party presidium member Raushan Ershad last night told parliament that Bangladesh was the world's safest country for foreigners for they were respected and provided security.
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Hearing on indictment of AL MP's son Rony deferred

A Dhaka court yesterday could not decide whether to frame charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, the son of an Awami League lawmaker, over the killing of two people in the capital as he was not produced before it due to security reasons.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Gonojagoron Mancha to rally celebrating Mojaheed, SQ Chys’ executions

Activists of Gonojagoron Mancha will hold a rally this afternoon celebrating the execution of two war criminals Al Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
22 November 2015, 05:27 AM

32 lakh kids take exams today

Class-V students of schools and madrasas across the country will sit for the primary and ebtedai terminal examinations in 7,052 centres this morning.
21 November 2015, 19:11 PM

British Council holds career summit

A career summit was organised in the capital yesterday aiming to connect Bangladeshi graduates who studied in the UK
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Enam Hospital kept cured in for bills

The authorities of Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar outside the capital yesterday released two patients who
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Ctg public servants want selection grade, time scale back

Some public servants of Chittagong yesterday made a six-point demand including reinstating selection grade and time
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Maulana Bhashani: The Lessons of Freedom

I shall begin with a story, to which I will return again. In 2013, on the occasion of the 37th death anniversary of Maulana Bhashani, I
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Dense fog disrupts Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry service for 4hrs

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) yesterday halted ferry service on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

HWY blocked protesting postponement

Hundreds of jobseekers blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in front of Rajshahi University's (RU) main gate for
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Microsoft to help train rural girls in info tech

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, Shornokishoree Network Foundation, and Microsoft
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Iceland's Sagas

Which is the most book-loving nation in the world? A strong contender is Iceland, the remote island nation in the
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Fresh attack on Bangladesh?

In the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks on two foreigners
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

UNSC resolution planned to declare war on ISIS

World powers are poised to forge a single resolution at the United Nations Security Council to declare a common war against ISIS and
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM

BIWTA to introduce prepaid cards for ferrying vehicles

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will introduce experimentally a digital system for vehicles to
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM

4 Daily Star reporters get DRU award

Four senior reporters of The Daily Star received “DRU Best Reporting Award-2015” in four categories in print media yesterday.
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Members close ranks against terrorism

Pacific-rim nations closed ranks against terrorism yesterday at the end of a summit that was darkened by last week's attacks in Paris, but still Washington and Moscow sparred over how to deal with Syria and the Islamic State fighters sheltering there.
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Remove recruitment barriers

The government yesterday requested a 25-member visiting Saudi delegation to remove barriers to hiring Bangladeshi professionals such as doctors, nurses and teachers and skilled and semi-skilled male workers in sectors including construction and agriculture.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Nat'l unity must for saving democracy: Dr Kamal

A united nation is necessary to keep democracy in the right track, as the Liberation War has proved, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM