Bangladesh

Trucker burnt in Comilla petrol bomb attack

A trucker burnt when miscreants hurl a petrol bomb at his vehicle on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla.
13 April 2015, 04:25 AM

337 more heading home from Yemen

A total of 337 stranded Bangladeshis have headed for home after evacuation from the war-torn country of Yemen.
12 April 2015, 12:05 PM

War crimes: Several appeals to be disposed of by Dec, says AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses hope that several appeals filed by convicted war criminals will be disposed of this year.
12 April 2015, 09:33 AM

Tabith, Mahi demand army deployment

BNP-blessed mayoral aspirant Tabith Awal and Bikolpo Dhara Bangladesh-backed candidate Mahi B Chowdhury urge Election Commission to deploy army ahead of Dhaka city polls scheduled for April 28.
12 April 2015, 08:35 AM

SC clears way for Rizvi’s remand

The Supreme Court clears the way for police to take BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed on remand for interrogation in a vandalism case.
12 April 2015, 07:47 AM

Driverless train travels 27km backward in Rajbari

It was a bizarre sight when Rajbari people found a train running backward for 27 kilometers, crossing one station, and all this without the driver.
12 April 2015, 06:28 AM

Political turmoil ate up $2.2b in 3 months

Bangladesh suffers a financial loss of around $2.2 billion in the last three months due to political turmoil, according to a World Bank report.
12 April 2015, 06:07 AM

Adivashi new year procession faces obstruction

Law enforcers obstruct indigenous people of Khagrachhari from bringing out a procession marking ‘Biju’ festival as they failed to show the copy of the permission for holding the programme.
12 April 2015, 05:17 AM

Kamaruzzzman buried

Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, who was executed at Dhaka Central Jail last night for his 1971 war crimes, is buried at his village home in Sherpur.
12 April 2015, 04:27 AM

5 killed in Tangail road crash

Five people are killed and eight injured, three of them critically, when a bus hit a stationed truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.
12 April 2015, 04:15 AM

Al Badr organiser Kamaruzzaman executed

On a July morning in 1971, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman marched into Sohagpur, a remote hamlet, and unleashed cold-blooded savagery.
11 April 2015, 18:02 PM

PM inaugurates Mawna Flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited 450-metre Mawna flyover on Dhaka Mymensingh highway through unveiling its plaque.
11 April 2015, 13:31 PM

LIVE: Execution of War Criminal Kamaruzzaman

For the latest developments of execution procedures of death row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, stay tuned with thedailystar.net
11 April 2015, 13:23 PM

Border killings: Dhaka raises concerns with New Delhi

Dhaka raises concerns with New Delhi over the killing of two Bangladesh nationals by the Indian Border Security Force in Jessore.
11 April 2015, 12:03 PM

10 more returning home from Yemen

10 more Bangladeshis who were stranded in war-torn Yemen are due to arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti this evening.
11 April 2015, 10:35 AM

Kamaruzzaman opted not to seek mercy

Death row war criminal Kamaruzzaman opted not to seek presidential clemency when jail officials inquired him of his decision yesterday, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan says.
11 April 2015, 10:01 AM

Family meets Kamaruzzaman

Family members of death row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman met him at the Dhaka Central Jail amid speculation that he might be executed today.
11 April 2015, 05:59 AM

BSF kills 2 Bangladeshis in Jessore

Indian Border Security Force guns down two Bangladeshi cattle traders and injures three others along Doulatpur border in Benapole of Jessore.
11 April 2015, 04:25 AM

Rubel among top ten bowling performances in World Cup

Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain gets him among the top 10 who performed the best in bowling attacks during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Australia and New Zealand.
10 April 2015, 12:42 PM

272 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen: Indian HC

Bangladesh has so far evacuated 272 Bangladesh nationals, including five women and five children, with the assistance of an Indian ship.
10 April 2015, 08:10 AM