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19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Rubaiya Murshed’s ‘Nobody’s Children’: UPL publishes book on struggles of street children
2 July 2022, 13:13 PM
Culture
ACC looking into procurement anomalies at BR
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Dhaka Airport: Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
70 died in political clashes this year
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
101st birthday of DU
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Youth
‘Enough with mere formalities’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
What steps taken for their birth certificates?
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
‘Corruption, anarchy the new norm’
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Dengue cases shot up in June
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Health
Law ministry opens legal aid helpline
The law ministry has opened a national helpline -- 16430 -- to provide legal aid to the poor, especially the labourers, without any cost during the ongoing crisis.
18 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Four flights to take UK citizens home
Four special flights will be operated from Dhaka to London between April 21 and 26 to take back British citizens and their direct dependants.
18 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Mobile courts fine 61 people for ignoring physical distancing directives
Mobile courts under Dhaka District Administration today fined 61 people nearly Tk 71,800 for ignoring government directives on physical distancing in Dhaka and nearby areas.
18 April 2020, 15:04 PM
Sponsored fake news claiming The Daily Star sports reporter ‘infected with Covid-19’
A Facebook page by the name of ‘Bangladesh Sangbadik Samity’ has been spreading a rumour that The Daily Star’s sports reporter Ramin Talukder has been infected with coronavirus and had been attending office till April 12.
18 April 2020, 09:19 AM
Police to go tougher from today in Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is to go tougher with an aim to ensure social distancing in the capital.
17 April 2020, 19:13 PM
April 30 set as ‘final deadline’ for hajj reg
The religious affairs ministry has extended the deadline for registration of intended hajis till April 30, says a notice.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
542 foreign nationals leave Dhaka for home
A total of 542 Canadian and Australian citizens, who were stranded in Bangladesh following outbreak of Covid-19, left Dhaka for their respective countries by separate chartered flights from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Vocational, Madrasa, English Version: No TV classes for 2.8m schoolgoers yet
About 2.8 million students of madrasas, technical and vocational institutions, and English version are deprived of television education although their peers in general stream are receiving lessons to recover losses during the shutdown.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Don’t push them back at sea’
Fortify Rights yesterday called on Malaysia not to push back the ships of Rohingyas adrift at sea, and to deploy urgently search and rescue missions for such boats and ensure their safe disembarkation.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
4 held for storing Covid-19 test kits
Police arrested four people from Bangla Motor area in the capital on Thursday night on charges of storing coronavirus testing kits and other equipment used in combating the virus and selling those at hiked prices.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Special Amnesty for Undocumented Workers in Kuwait: 4,300 Bangladeshis set to return
More than 4,300 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers are waiting to be repatriated from Kuwait, after they applied under a special amnesty declared by the Gulf country to reduce migrant population amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Shabnam Huq’s 20th death anniv
Yesterday (April 17) marked the 20th death anniversary of Shabnam Huq, wife of Arham Masudul Huq, chief executive officer of Dhaka Bank Foundation, says a press release.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Rhino
Last week I wrote about the book African Silences by Peter Matthiessen recounting a series of trips he made in Africa in search of birds and wildlife. Along with other animals, the book taught me about the White Rhino.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Docked on to uncertainty
Sadek Ali, a boatman who plies his trade on the Buriganga, took loans from his relatives to send his only son to Brunei two months ago. This, he hoped, would bring his family better days, and finally allow him to retire from after a 20-year long career.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Garment workers in Gazipur stage demo for due salaries
Workers of a garment factory stage demonstration on Dhaka-Sreepur road in Sreeur upazila of Gazipur demanding their due salaries for three months.
17 April 2020, 12:21 PM
Four arrested for selling price-hiked protective gear, storing Covid-19 test kits
Ramna Police arrests four people from the Bangla Motor area in Dhaka on charges of storing Covid-19 testing kits and other equipment used in combating the virus and selling those at hiked prices.
17 April 2020, 05:16 AM
SCBA to provide interest-free loans to lawyers in need
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has decided to provide interest-free loans to law professionals who are in need of financial support to keep up with the economic pressure stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Relief Misappropriation: ACC to expedite probe into cases
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will expedite investigation of cases filed over misappropriation of government relief.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Eye in the sky
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) is using a drone (unnamed aerial vehicles) in the port city’s Kotwali area to find people who are still going out from their residences without emergency.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM
24,103 tonnes of VGF rice for 3 lakh fishermen allotted
The government yesterday allocated 24,103 tonnes of rice to around 3 lakh families of fishermen who are now out of work amid a ban on catching fish fry.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM