Bangladesh
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
Kamaruzzaman execution likely tomorrow: Minister
After a series of preparatory activities at Dhaka jail that sent signals of move to execute war criminal Kamaruzzaman tonight, State Minister Asaduzzaman Khan hints that the Jamaat leader’s execution might take place tomorrow. His family may get chance to meet him in jail for the last time tomorrow.
10 April 2015, 05:57 AM
Annisul gets clock, hilsa for Khokon
Dhaka city polls take full shape with the candidates receiving their polls-sign from the Election Commission offices.
10 April 2015, 05:01 AM
Monuments of Greed
GREED is an ugly thing. To see just how grotesque it can be, just look up from your vehicle and try to get a broad view of the city as it spreads out in front of you.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Electricity will go to every house: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates her government's commitment to reach electricity to every house saying seventy percent people now have access to electricity and much time would not be needed to reach electricity to every house.
9 April 2015, 14:46 PM
13 Bangladeshis returning home from Yemen
Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals, who took temporary shelter in Africa’s Djibouti after evacuation from the war-torn country Yemen, are returning tonight.
9 April 2015, 13:10 PM
EU calls for introducing moratorium on executions
EU calls upon Bangladesh authorities to commute all death sentences in view of the imminent execution of death-row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
9 April 2015, 10:36 AM
HC order on tracing Salahuddin Apr 15
The High Court sets April 15 for delivering verdict on a petition seeking an order on the government to locate “missing” BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed.
9 April 2015, 10:03 AM