OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM
News
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
News
Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
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
News
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
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
2 TV journos beaten up in Bogura while collecting information for report
Two journalists of a private TV news channel were allegedly beaten up by miscreants while they were collecting information on a report covering the irregularities in a state-run rehabilitation project in Bogura Sadar upazila.
30 December 2020, 13:03 PM
New Covid-19 strain: JS body recommends suspending air communications with UK
A parliamentary body today recommended to temporarily suspend air communications with the UK to prevent spread of a new strain of Covid-19.
30 December 2020, 12:32 PM
4 engineering universities divided over joining uniform admission test
Four public engineering universities in principle decided to form a cluster to hold uniform admission test but difference of opinion surfaced over forming admission committee and on exam centre.
30 December 2020, 12:02 PM
Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation announces 2nd essay Competition
Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation is going to organise the 2nd essay competition for the purpose of encouraging research, writing and thinking at all levels of education, according to a press release.
30 December 2020, 10:25 AM
Writ petition seeks HC directive to stop use of Tiktok, Bigo, Likee
A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to stop operations of mobile phone apps -- Bigo Live, Tiktok video and Likee -- in order to “protect youths from social degradation”.
30 December 2020, 09:39 AM
Misappropriation of Tk 34.89cr: PBI asked to probe case against Khokon
A Dhaka court today directed the deputy inspector general of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case filed against Dhaka South City Corporation’s former mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others over embezzlement of Tk 34.89 crore.
30 December 2020, 09:33 AM
HC restrains media from broadcasting, publishing statements of fugitives
The High Court today issued an injunction restraining electronic, print and social media, including Facebook and YouTube, from broadcasting and publishing statements, interviews and conversations of all fugitive convicts and under trial accused, including Proshanta Kumar Halder, till further order.
30 December 2020, 09:29 AM
Security forces ready to face any situation on New Year’s Eve: home minister
Mentioning that no security threat has emerged in the country centring New Year celebration tomorrow (December 31) night, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that security forces are ready to face any situation that may arise.
30 December 2020, 09:23 AM
Parliamentary body on health ministry meeting this afternoon after a 9-month recess
The parliamentary watchdog on health and family welfare ministry that remained invisible for the last nine months, is finally going to hold a meeting this afternoon.
30 December 2020, 08:23 AM
Developing forces to protect independence, sovereignty: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is developing every force to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.
30 December 2020, 08:04 AM
ACC prays to HC for issuing contempt of court rule against Ekattor TV
Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan today submitted a petition to the High Court for issuing a contempt of court rule against Ekattor TV, a private television channel, for connecting Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, as a guest to a live talk show on December 28.
30 December 2020, 07:15 AM
4 killed in microbus gas cylinder blast in Sylhet
Four people were killed and four others injured as the gas cylinder of a CNG-driven microbus exploded after the vehicle hit a goods-laden truck on Sylhet-Zakiganj regional road in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila early today.
30 December 2020, 06:34 AM
One killed as train hits three-wheeler in Cumilla
A man was killed and four others were injured as a freight train hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at a rail crossing in Cumilla this morning.
30 December 2020, 03:59 AM
Success in Darjeeling variety orange, malta cultivation
Abdul Karim in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila has achieved success by growing and selling oranges and maltas of Darjeeling variety.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Country’s ‘lone’ woollen blanket weaver looks for successor
The only known artisan who still makes hand-woven blankets with pure sheep wool in the country is Abdul Khaleq from Nayagola area of Chapainawabganj town.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
DoE fines six brick kilns Tk 10 lakh in Rangpur
The Department of Environment has fined six brick kilns Tk 10 lakh for running their businesses without clearance certificates and permission.
29 December 2020, 17:33 PM
AL unit leader accused of torturing brick kiln workers in Bandarban
An Awami League unit leader allegedly ordered the torture of three brick-kiln workers in Sadar upazila of Bandarban as they demanded their arrears.
29 December 2020, 17:12 PM
Tomorrow’s lottery for govt school admissions cancelled
Lottery for admissions to the 683 government schools across the country from class I to IX, which was scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education said.
29 December 2020, 17:04 PM
Mujib Barsha: Webinar lauds Bangabandhu’s leadership, Hasina’s dev focus
Speakers at a webinar organised by the Bangladesh Embassy in Amman, Jordan lauded Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s leadership quality and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s politics of development.
29 December 2020, 16:21 PM
Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh awards Star journalists Jamil Khan, Rafiul Islam
Journalists of The Daily Star Mohammad Jamil Khan and Rafiul Islam received Best Reporting Award 2020 from the Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh (CRAB) for best investigative reports on narcotics and human rights respectively.
29 December 2020, 15:15 PM