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22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Rohingya genocide case to proceed
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Need 1 week to assess situation
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Wasfia 1st Bangladeshi to conquer K2
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men
22 July 2022, 03:00 AM
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Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Electricity crisis may worsen
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Human Trafficking: Higher rate of conviction may curb it
Experts yesterday said a higher rate of conviction in human trafficking cases could be an effective way to curb the crime in the country.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Defrauded in Vietnam
After arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, they found that the Vietnamese company that sponsored their visas had no jobs for them. After a week, they were asked to work for a furniture factory though they were promised jobs at the seaport.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Flood engulfs over a third of Bangladesh
Around 37 percent of the country’s total area has been flooded, said Prof AKM Saiful Islam, of Buet’s Institute of Water and Flood Management, after analysing satellite images.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Swollen rivers wreak havoc
Floodwater has destroyed embankments in many areas, inundating villages and causing people immense sufferings.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hajj begins today
Pilgrims were quarantined in the Muslim holy city of Makkah yesterday ahead of the dramatically downsized hajj as Saudi authorities strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the pilgrimage.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
3,000 dead and counting
The number of deaths from Covid-19 infection in the country reached the grim milestone of 3,000 yesterday, with 35 new deaths.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
No end to their trauma in sight
Like any other teenage student, Tarek Aziz would attend classes or hang out with friends on the campus. He would also go to a movie or play cricket or football in his spare time.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
2 yrs After Movement: Roads just as risky as before
In the last two years after the road safety movement, the enactment of a tougher road transport act and the formation of a taskforce to curb road crashes have been the most talked about issues in the transport sector.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Keep up progress in agriculture for food security
Putting emphasis on keeping up Bangladesh’s progress in the agriculture sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has been providing all kinds of assistance for ensuring food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Wasa’s Legacy: A decade of failure, inefficiency
On September 26, 2007, The Daily Star ran a report with a headline “Living with dirty, stinky wasa water”, highlighting the innumerable sufferings of Dhaka city dwellers.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Tackling outbreak first priority now
Tackling the Covid-19 epidemic is now the first priority and issues like corruption come after that, the new director general of the health directorate said yesterday.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Testing: Lab relying on volunteers
Four months into the pandemic, a major coronavirus testing facility is still functioning with volunteer technologists who have begun to go on strike demanding payment.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Stay ready to help flood victims
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the administration to stay ready to extend all kinds of assistance to the flood-hit people as the flood may prolong this time.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Locked up in KL: Rayhan said nothing that breaks law
Bangladesh High Commission in Malaysia said it would do everything necessary for Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested by Malaysian immigration on Friday for speaking on mistreatment of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Selling Bulls Online: A relief for female farmers
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of most farmers who have reared cattle for months for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and are now facing a scarcity of customers.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed bribed Chisty, got loan
Bribe and take a loan -- that is how Mahbubul Haque Chisty operated the now defunct Farmers Bank as its former audit committee chairman.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Another 54 die from Covid-19
The death toll from novel coronavirus infections continued to rise in the country as the health directorate reported 54 deaths yesterday.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
No visible plan 4 months into outbreak
Four months into the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the government still appears to have no noticeable plan to contain the spread of the virus.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Thousands of hectares of farmland damaged
The dreams of thousands of farmers in the flood-hit areas of northern Bangladesh have been shattered as their crops and seedbeds washed away by floodwater.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Give drainage to Dhaka city corporations
Waterlogging in Dhaka is turning into a severe problem due to the lack of coordination among the responsible government organisations, their unhealthy competitions and culture of blame, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM