Dried fish season begins in Kuakata
12 November 2025, 12:37 PM
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Tobacco cultivation expands in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat amid profit lure
9 November 2025, 13:58 PM
Environment
Govt looks to implement new pay scale in phases
23 October 2025, 18:25 PM
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State runs on laws, not emotions
23 October 2025, 18:15 PM
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ACC may get power to probe Bangladeshis abroad
23 October 2025, 18:12 PM
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RPO amendment: Alliance candidates must use own party symbols
23 October 2025, 18:10 PM
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Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad rebrands as ‘Jatiyo Chhatro Shokti’
23 October 2025, 17:38 PM
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'Is it really possible to hear 800 cases within 4-5 hours?'
23 October 2025, 16:58 PM
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Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case
23 October 2025, 16:51 PM
News
'Time granted to war criminals, but not to a freedom fighter': ZI Khan Panna
23 October 2025, 16:30 PM
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BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi man after three days
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) last night returned the body of a Bangladeshi national, three days after he was shot dead by its personnel along Panchagarh's Bhitargarh border
12 March 2025, 04:15 AM
Eminent entrepreneur Manzur Elahi no more
He breathed his last at a Singapore hospital at 9:31am (Singapore Time)
12 March 2025, 03:29 AM
Minimum fitra fixed at Tk 110 per person
The minimum Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 110 per person, while the maximum at Tk 2,805.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt reinstates Ziaur Rahman’s Swadhinata Padak
The government has reinstated the Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) posthumously given to president Ziaur Rahman in 2003, reversing its 2016 decision to cancel the honour.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh air second worst in the world
Bangladesh was the world’s second most polluted country in 2024, with average smog levels exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines by more than 15 times, according to data compiled by Swiss air quality monitoring firm IQAir.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Violence against women: Protest march foiled by police
Police and anti-rape protesters clashed when the latter tried to break a police barricade and submit a memorandum to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his residence.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Hastily buried in unmarked graves
The Daily Star investigates how July uprising protesters were disappeared in unmarked graves
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
There’s no need for constituent assembly
It has been seven months since the interim government took office. During this time, the caretaker administration has been working to revive the political process and strengthen state institutions. Meanwhile, participants in the July uprising have floated a new political party.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Celebrating a life devoted to Bangladesh
Today marks the 90th birthday of Prof Rehman Sobhan, a name that resonates with the core values of integrity, wisdom, and dedication to the development of Bangladesh.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Retired teacher, son assaulted over land
A retired school teacher and his son have been injured in an attack by a neighbour over a land dispute in Moishani village of Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Int’l Crimes Tribunal: Complaint filed against Sheikh Helal, 5 others
A complaint was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday accusing former Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Helal Uddin and five others of shooting at protesters during July Uprising in Khulna.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Flawed excavation project puts canal on deathbed
Gorer Khal, a 19.2-kilometre-long canal crisscrossing across Baniachong upazila of Habiganj, used to be a vital lifeline for the region’s agriculture, communication and flood management.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Complex attestation rule reduces worker deployment: BAIRA
Members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies have claimed that complications in attesting demand letters for recruitment are causing a decline in the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
JS, constituent assembly polls can be held together
The next national election could be held simultaneously as both legislative and constituent assembly polls, said National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Ensure gender-inclusive public facilities
Gender-inclusive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) is not just a women’s issue but a critical development priority, said speakers at a roundtable discussion yesterday.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt to launch dedicated helpline to report violence against women
The government plans to appoint 100 percent female staff in the call centre so that women feel free to file complaints
11 March 2025, 13:18 PM
BTV must be modernised, made popular: Mahfuj Alam
The adviser also stressed the importance of making its content more appealing to the younger generation
11 March 2025, 11:44 AM
Govt to launch police command app, hotline to tackle violence against women
Initially, station-level police officers will not have access to the app
11 March 2025, 11:06 AM
'Insufficient water supply even during Ramadan'
They began the protest around 11:30am in the Dampara area of the city, chanting slogans against the irregular water supply.
11 March 2025, 10:51 AM
BGB protests border killings at commander-level talks with BSF
The courtesy meeting has been held at the Banglabandha-Phulbari Integrated Check Post on the Bangladesh-India border.
11 March 2025, 09:16 AM