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Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Environment
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
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Country
Vikram Doraiswami likely to be next Indian envoy to Bangladesh
Senior career diplomat Vikram Doraiswami is likely to be India’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh, succeeding Riva Ganguly Das.
12 July 2020, 07:01 AM
Rohingya man killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
A Rohingya man, allegedly involved in yaba smuggling, was killed in a reported gunfight with paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox’s Bazar early today.
12 July 2020, 06:13 AM
SC asks lower courts to hear complaint cases
The Supreme Court (SC) has asked all Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals, Chief Judicial Magistrates and Chief Metropolitan Magistrates across the country to receive filing of complaint cases.
12 July 2020, 05:21 AM
Winning against colour discrimination
Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bridge condition precarious as earth displaced from approach road
The bridge on the Dhaleswari river at Charabari in Tangail Sadar upazila lies in a vulnerable condition as earth got displaced from one of its approach roads due to heavy rain for the last few days and increasing current on the river.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Fallout: Exotic fruit grower in hot water
Shawkat Ali had been doing good business selling fresh plum, widely known as aloo Bukhara, grown in his nursery in Muktagachha upazila since 2013.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Agreement signed with Regent Hospital under health ministry high-ups’ directive: DGHS
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a letter says it took the initiative to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Regent Hospital after being directed by high officials of health ministry.
11 July 2020, 17:28 PM
Over 60pc local newspapers have shut down amid pandemic: BIJN survey
At least 275 out of 456 local newspapers (60.31%) -- published from the different upazilas, districts and divisional cities across the country -- have shut down completely amid the fallout from Covid-19 pandemic.
11 July 2020, 17:02 PM
Woman gang-raped in Savar
A housewife is reportedly gang-raped by four youths in Mugrakanda area of Savar, on the outskirt of the capital Dhaka.
11 July 2020, 14:59 PM
Don’t harass journos, migrant workers: Civil society to Malaysian govt
Twenty-one civil society organisations working on migration and development expressed deep concern over the Malaysian government’s “harassment of journalists and migrant workers”.
11 July 2020, 14:28 PM
Human hauler driver killed in Bagerhat road crash
A human hauler driver is killed after his vehicle turned turtle on the Khulna-Mawa highway in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat.
11 July 2020, 13:47 PM
Bangladeshi youth shot dead inside Indian territory
A Bangladeshi citizen has been “shot dead” and another injured inside Indian territory near Utma border in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.
11 July 2020, 13:07 PM
3 brothers of Cumilla local councilor held over sand trader murder
Police have arrested another brother of a local ward councillor in Cumilla Sadar upazila in a murder case filed against 10 people, including the councilor.
11 July 2020, 12:36 PM
Buriganga launch capsize: Moyur-2 launch supervisor sent to jail after 3-day remand
Abdus Salam, a supervisor of the Moyur-2 launch, is sent to jail after a three-day police remand for his interrogation was completed in connection with a case filed for the death of 34 people in Buriganga launch capsize that took place on June 29.
11 July 2020, 10:55 AM
70,000 people marooned as new flash floods hit Lalmonirhat
Hundreds of chars and low-lying areas along the Teesta and Dharla Rivers have been inundated as Teesta waters began flowing above danger level since yesterday afternoon, leaving around 70,000 people of 17 unions of Lalmonirhat district marooned.
11 July 2020, 10:53 AM
Flood situation worsens in Sunamganj, Sylhet
The flood situation in Sunamganj and Sylhet have worsened a week after improving following a previous bout of flash floods, as the most important river flowing through the districts -- the Surma -- was overflowing.
11 July 2020, 10:35 AM
Rape accused killed in Noakhali ‘gunfight’
The prime accused in a case filed for the gang-rape of a mentally challenged girl in Noakhali was killed in a gunfight earlier today, police say.
11 July 2020, 10:28 AM
Dhaka-Barishal flights to resume tomorrow
Regular flight operations between Dhaka and Barishal will resume tomorrow while ensuring health guidelines, officials inform The Daily Star.
11 July 2020, 08:59 AM
Woman killed, 4-year-old injured in Bandarban gunfight: Army
A woman is killed and her four-year-old child injured during a ‘’gunfight between a group of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity and patrol teams of Bangladesh Army’’ in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban yesterday, according to a regional press release from army.
11 July 2020, 08:53 AM
Bogura journalist assaulted by ASI
A local journalist has been physically assaulted by an assistant sub-inspector under Shajahanpur Police Station in Bogura.
11 July 2020, 07:23 AM