Islami Bank chairman quits

The Islami Bank, the country's largest private bank with over Tk 100,000 crore deposits, saw some sudden, dramatic changes yesterday.
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Rajib now loses his life too

Rajib Hossain, who had lost his right hand after it got stuck between two buses in the city's Banglamotor area on April 4, died early today at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Taken blindfolded, held for an hour

Around 1:30pm yesterday, three leaders of the quota reform movement were in a rickshaw in front of the Dhaka Medical College
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Drainage disaster on the cards

It has been a work in progress in different wards of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to alleviate public sufferings mainly from the deluge during rainy season and its after-effect that causes severe damage to main thoroughfares as well as narrow lanes.
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Four jump to death from runaway train

Four people died and 26 were injured when they jumped off a runaway train in Tongi of Gazipur yesterday.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM

BPO Summit 2018: Outsourcing firms eye 1 lakh jobs in 3 yrs

Bangladeshi young executives sitting in their Dhaka office respond to customer-support calls made to Malaysia's Digi, a sister concern of Telenor, and provide users of the foreign carrier solutions to problems.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM

The returnee well linked to authorities

They don't trust him at all. Most of the Rohingyas who took shelter in no man's land along the Tombru border in Naikhyangchhari believe that Aktar Alam is an “informer of Myanmar police”.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Coal ship sinks in Sundarbans

A vessel sank in the Sundarbans' Passur river with 775 tonnes of coal after it ran aground Saturday night.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Eyewash!

In a sudden move, Myanmar has taken back five Rohingyas from no man's land between Bangladesh and Myanmar, an event the international media has dubbed as the repatriation of first refugee family since the crisis began in August last year.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM

The other side of panta bhaat

For over 5000 years, rice has been the staple food in many parts of the world, including Bangladesh where the agriculture sector
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Rejoinder, our reply

The Roads and Highways Department has issued a rejoinder on a report headlined “4-Lane Dhaka-Chittagong Highway: Up for mending all too soon” published in The Daily Star on April 7.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Iffat 'innocent'

Making a U-turn, the BCL yesterday reinstated its president of Dhaka University's Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit just 48 hours after expelling the unit president, who allegedly assaulted three female students for taking part in demonstrations for quota reform.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Crisis: Myanmar says ICC has no jurisdiction

Myanmar has expressed "serious concern" over an attempt at the International Criminal Court to open a probe into mass deportations of Rohingya Muslims, dismissing the claims and saying the court has no jurisdiction.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Baishakhi smile

Our car has to take a detour from Dhanmondi Road 27 because of traffic congestion in front of Genetic Plaza, the new hub for getting glass bangles -- one of the must wearable accessories for women on Pahela Baishakh.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Responsibility Myanmar's

The UN Refugee Agency has inked a deal with Bangladesh on voluntary returns of Rohingya refugees but said conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive to a safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

US-Bangla Crash: Communication inconsistencies found in probe

The committee probing the US-Bangla plane crash found that there were communication inconsistencies between the pilot and the Air
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Rampal Project: Special kind of construction materials not being used

Lifespan of the proposed Rampal coal-based power plant in Bagerhat is feared to be shortened by almost two-thirds (25 years instead
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Protest Timeline

Protesters bring out a procession from DU central library to press home their five-point demand. They march on TSC-Nilkhet-
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Demo called off

Hundreds of students brought out a joyous rally and paraded through the Dhaka university campus area after hearing the
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM

HC bans 2-finger test

The High Court yesterday banned the controversial two-finger test or 'virginity test' of rape victims, a medical exam victims had to go
12 April 2018, 18:00 PM