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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
Rohingya Influx
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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Farmers in 2020: Hit hard, yet resilient
They say trouble never comes alone, and to farmers around the country this saying could not have rung truer for the year that passed.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM
India okays Oxford vaccine
India’s drug regulator yesterday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Long road to justice
The family members of Benarasi weaver Mohammad Arman, who was wrongly arrested five years ago, are counting the minutes for his release.
1 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Managing Dhaka’s 26 Canals, Box Culverts : Charge goes to two city corporations
The capital’s city corporations yesterday formally took over the management and maintenance responsibilities of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, raising hope that the city’s long-standing waterlogging problem would be solved.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Schools won’t open now: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said educational institutions will not reopen before the pandemic is contained.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid Food Aid for 50 Lakh People: Seven lakh OMS cards found fake
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has admitted that seven lakh fake OMS cards were distributed during the Covid-19 lockdown in the country last year.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka-Siliguri: Direct bus service on the cards
The New Year brings good news for Bangladeshi travellers.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Economy 2020: Rising from the rubble
The year 2020 began with a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the horizon. The novel coronavirus was spreading in Europe, the destination of over 60 percent exports from Bangladesh, after wreaking havoc in China, its largest trading partner.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Britain first to approve Oxford vaccine
Britain yesterday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid action would help it stem a surge of infections driven by a highly contagious variant of the virus.
30 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Graft rules forest dept
As much as 61 percent of the funds for different forest department projects gets embezzled, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh report.
30 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to import 10 lakh tonnes of rice
The government will import at least 10 lakh tonnes of rice from different countries to boost the food grain reserve amid growing concerns over the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
30 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Healthcare During Outbreak: Vulnerability EXPOSED
“Today we are unable to say what we had been saying until now. We have found three patients...”
These were the words of the then IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora on March 8 after the first detection of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, which changed everything, most probably forever.
30 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ex-DSCC mayor Khokon sued for embezzlement
Dhaka South City Corporation former mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others have been sued on charges of embezzlement of Tk 34.89 crore.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-time Education: New approach, old disparity
When the Covid-19 outbreak led to a closure of educational institutions in late March, students, guardians and teachers alike speculated that the disruption would last a few months.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Relocation: New home for landmine victim Saiful
Seven-year-old Saiful Islam had to seek refuge in Bangladesh along with his parents in late 2017, during the military crackdown in Myanmar against the Rohingya community.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Next Year’s Public Exams Plan: SSC in June, HSC in July-August
The government may defer next year’s Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate examinations by three to four months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Tech heroes triumph in the time of pandemic
Five technology firms and two individuals had the 5th The Daily Star ICT Awards conferred to them yesterday in recognition of their efforts to take Bangladesh’s information and technology sector to a new height, create a solid footing for the industry and establish presence in global markets.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Tk 89,500cr in GDP lost to pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused Bangladesh Tk 89,500 crore in GDP losses at current prices in the last fiscal year, according to a summary report of the government.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Saudi flights suspended for another week
Saudi Arabia yesterday extended suspension of all international flights to the kingdom for another week, adding to the worries of more than 5,000 migrant workers in Bangladesh about their return to that country.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Health watchdog remains invisible
The parliamentary standing committee on health ministry has shown nothing short of indifference to the health emergency caused by the pandemic.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM