OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM
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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
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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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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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Country
Panchagarh municipality gets first female mayor
Jakia Khatun, Panchagarh district unit general secretary of Mohila Awami League, has been elected as the first female mayor of the municipality on December 28.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM
40 beehives in one house!
A two storey house under construction in Sadar upazila of Rajbari has become home to thousands of live bees that made nearly 40 hives in and outside the house.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Youth lands in jail for raping minor girl in Gaibandha
A Gaibandha court yesterday sent a young man to jail in connection with a case for raping a 10-year-old girl in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur upazila in December last year.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM
2 bridges: Built a year ago, still no approach roads
Two bridges over the Jinjiram and Dharani rivers in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila lie almost unused for the last one year due to lack of approach roads on both sides of the structures.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Bridge on Kacha River in Pirojpur: Wait gets stretched to a year and half
Thanks to slow progress in construction work, people of Pirojpur will not see their much-awaited bridge on the Kacha river inaugurated this month.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Fire guts 6 houses
At least six houses were gutted when a devastating fire broke out at bordering Dharmapur village in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila yesterday.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Man lands in jail for damaging Bangabandhu mural
A man was sent to jail yesterday, a day after his detention, for his alleged involvement in partially damaging a mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Winter clothes sales slump in the north
Small-scale sellers and street vendors of winter clothes in Dinajpur and Rangpur are witnessing poor sales compared to that in the same month in previous years.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Won in the war, lost in the battle for living
Eighty-year-old valiant freedom fighter Dilip Kumar Dey has been earning a living by performing popular Bangla songs like Eto sur ar eto gaan jodi konodin theme jai in markets, schools, colleges and bus stands for the last few decades.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Woman killed in broad daylight
A woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight by one of her relatives allegedly over a trivial matter in Joypurhat town yesterday.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Chapainawabganj growers eye bumper mustard yield
Framers and agriculture officials in Chapainawabganj are expecting a bumper yield of mustard in the current season due to favourable weather.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Poachers on the prowl in Lawachhara National Park
Poaching of wildlife is alarmingly on the rise in Lawachhara National Park under Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
One held over rape of 13-year-old in Bogura
Police have arrested a man in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Bogura's Shibganj upazila.
31 December 2020, 15:52 PM
Narayanganj mosque fire: CID prepares charge sheet against 29
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has prepared a charge sheet against 29 people over the fire explosion at Baitus Salah Jame Masjid in Narayanganj which killed 24 people on September 4.
31 December 2020, 15:36 PM
President Abdul Hamid, PM Sheikh Hasina greet nation on New Year’s Eve
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the people of Bangladesh on the eve of the New Year.
31 December 2020, 15:23 PM
55-year-old sent to jail for raping 8-year-old girl in Savar
A Dhaka court today sent a 55-year-old man to jail on charge of raping an eight-year-old girl in Savar’s Aichanodda.
31 December 2020, 13:29 PM
Pabna transport strike postponed till Monday
Transport owners and workers in Pabna have postponed their indefinite transport strike till Monday following request of the local administration, Habibur Rahman Habib, president of Pabna district unit of Transport Owners Association, confirmed to The Daily Star.
31 December 2020, 13:29 PM
Question leak: Bank official among 3 remanded
A Dhaka court today placed three people, including a bank official, on different terms of remand in connection with question leak of different university admissions and bank recruitment tests.
31 December 2020, 13:20 PM
JS body forms 3 sub-committees to probe various irregularities in roads and highways sector
A parliamentary body today formed three separate sub-committees to investigate three different issues including finding out irregularities and corruption in realising toll from all bridges across the country including Dhaleswari River.
31 December 2020, 12:44 PM
Wrongful imprisonment: HC orders police to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation
The High Court today directed the inspector general of police to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation to Md Arman, a technician at a Benarasi Palli in Mirpur, in 30 days as police personnel have wrongly arrested him and kept him in jail for around four years instead of the original accused in a drug case.
31 December 2020, 11:12 AM