CU admin identifies 2 molesters
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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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IEDCR Survey on Covid-19: Herd immunity in some city areas?
The epidemiological study, which found 45 percent of the respondents in the capital to be carrying Covid-19 antibody, indicates that residents in some parts of the city may have developed herd immunity, say experts.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
MP Nixon flouted code of conduct
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, known as Nixon Chowdhury, lawmaker from Faridpur-4, had violated the electoral code of conduct during the local polls and actions will be taken in this regard as per the election law.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Rashid Haider passes away
Renowned writer Rashid Haider passed away at his residence in the capital’s Fuller Road at 8:30am yesterday.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Quizzing for the Stars
The Daily Star GENIUS powered by Walton Smart Fridge is the country’s first online inter-school quiz competition.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Rapists are beasts: PM
Terming rapists “beasts”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has to include the death sentence in the relevant law to save girls from these beasts.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
THE POWER OF WILL
Thirty-year-old Sapna pulls a rickshaw to support her 8-year-old twins and her ailing mother. She toils away not only to feed her family,
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
RMG worker gang-raped in Gazipur
A garment worker was gang-raped in Gazipur and four people were arrested in rape cases in three other districts over the last two days.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Vital law reforms still not done
Lawyers and women’s rights activists all had one common reaction to the cabinet’s decision to incorporate death penalty for rape in the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Scrap puffed up power bills: HC
The High Court yesterday directed the electricity supply authorities to cancel inflated bills prepared between February and June this year, and prepare customised bills based on actual meter-reading for each consumer.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
IEDCR Survey in Dhaka: 45pc carrying coronavirus antibody
Around 45 percent of the people, covered by a survey in the capital, were found to be carrying Covid-19 antibody, according to a study by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Faridpur-4 MP: Cabinet Division seeks actions over violation of election code
The Cabinet Division has sought actions over violations of the electoral code of conduct for local body polls by the Faridpur-4 lawmaker and a newly elected upazila chairman.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Papia, her husband get 27 years in arms case
Much-talked-about expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have been sentenced to 27 years’ rigorous imprisonment in an arms case.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Rapists to face death penalty
Amid countrywide protests denouncing violence against women, the cabinet yesterday approved the draft of Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020, incorporating the provision of capital punishment for rape.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM
New AG’s Appointment: ‘Disappointed’, two top law officials quit
Three days after the appointment of senior lawyer AM Amin Uddin as the new attorney general for the state, two additional attorney generals -- Murad Reza and Momtaz Uddin Fakir -- yesterday resigned without citing any specific reasons.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Advice to Women’: Ananta Jalil backtracks after backlash
Amid countrywide protests over the growing incidents of rape and violence against women, actor Ananta Jalil in a video posted Saturday night blamed “revealing dresses” worn by women for inviting “unwanted sexual advances”.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Remain cautious about spending
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed government officials to refrain from the unnecessary expenditure of public money as she feared a second wave of Covid-19 in the coming days.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Eight held over rape incidents in five districts
At least eight people have been arrested since Saturday in connection with rape incidents in five districts, while a Sunamganj court yesterday remanded six accused in a gang-rape and abduction case.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Killing Old Khowai River: They are all in it together
It is called Old Khowai and as if to justify its name, it is on its deathbed being deserted by all.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Sylhet man dies in ‘cop custody’
The mysterious death of a 33-year-old man, allegedly in police custody in Sylhet city, sparked a protest yesterday.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nightmare in Jordan
Abandoned by her husband and struggling to feed her two children, Nazma Begum thought moving overseas for work would change her life.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM