Don't send girls to school, it makes them disobedient!

Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi yesterday made parents promise that they won't send their daughters to school.
11 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Aliss wins it for Dhaka, Afridi for Comilla

In front of the largest crowd of the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League so far, Dhaka Dynamites' little-known off-spinner Aliss Al Islam took a hattrick on debut to halt Rangpur Riders' seemingly inexorable march in chase of a184-run target at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
11 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Cruising to Kolkata thru' river route

Good news for cross-border cruise lovers. Your dream of travelling between Bangladesh and India, while also enjoying the beauty of the mystic Sundarbans and the lush green dots of riverine Bangladesh, is about to come true.
11 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Rights Situation in 2018: 'Extremely alarming'

The overall human rights situation last year was extremely alarming, Ain o Salish Kendra has said.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Rejoinder, our reply

The Farmers Bank has sent a rejoinder to The Daily Star report “Farmers Bank: Dramatic rise in loan default” published on December 21.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM

BB Heist: First conviction, after 3 years

A court in the Philippines yesterday convicted a former branch manager at Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of money laundering, in the first conviction over the Bangladesh Bank reserves heist in which $81 million was stolen nearly three years ago.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM

RMG Workers' Wage: Disparity evident

For the fifth consecutive day, Bangladesh’s garments workers are pursuing protests over “disparity” in their new wage structure.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Man gets 7yrs for distorting PM's photos

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a man to seven years' imprisonment for “distorting” photographs of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Murders after rape attempt

Two men who allegedly killed two five-year-old girls on Monday had lured the children to a flat offering them lipsticks, police said, adding, the culprits wanted to rape them.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Fear grips Rohingyas on no-man's land

Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man's-land on the country's border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day today

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed today.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM

RMG Workers' Pay Disparity: Protest rages on

Garment workers' protests over disparity in their new wage structure once again turned violent yesterday as they clashed with law enforcers and vandalised some factories and vehicles in Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur -- the apparel manufacturing hub of the country.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM

BRTC in trouble over arrears

Anger and frustration among workers of BRTC depots have long been growing over their unpaid salaries, which remain due for up to 16 months in some cases.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Disparities in wages to be solved

Amid continued demonstrations by garment workers over alleged disparity in their new wage structure, the government yesterday assured the workers of addressing the discrimination within a month.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Worker killed in Savar clash

A garment worker was shot dead allegedly by police and at least 36 others were injured in separate clashes between garment workers and law enforcers at Savar yesterday.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Ministers pledge good governance

On their first day in office, new cabinet members yesterday stressed on implementing their election manifesto in the next five years, including rooting out corruption and ensuring good governance at every level of the government.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

'Be careful'

Focusing on good governance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned her new cabinet colleagues that they would be under her surveillance.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

ACC Finding: Illness not needed to get beds in jail hospital

Some prisoners though not sick occupy two-thirds of hospital beds at the Dhaka Central Jail in league with unscrupulous prison officials, the Anti-Corruption Commission found yesterday.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh 2nd largest economy in South Asia

Bangladesh has been ranked 41st among the largest economies in the world in 2019, up from the 43rd position since last year, according to an analysis by a UK based think tank.
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Mob beats 'extortionist' to death in Chattogram

Angry traders and locals yesterday morning beat a former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader to death, for alleged extortion, at Pahartali Railway Bazar in the port city.
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM