The Daily Star

Star website faces rising cyber attacks

Several hacking attempts to deface The Daily Star's website have been tracked and blocked since early February.
11 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Star editor gets bail in Magura defamation case

A Magura court grants bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in a Tk 50,000-crore defamation case.
8 March 2016, 06:30 AM

Star editor gets bail in Jessore

Jessore court grants bail to The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a Tk 10-crore defamation case filed by a former Awami League leader of Chougachha Upazila unit. The court sets May 10 for next hearing.
6 March 2016, 08:04 AM

Tomorrow’s nation builders urged to work for the progress of Bangladesh

The Daily Star presents awards to around 2,000 students who achieved outstanding results in O and A levels examinations in 2014 and 2015.
5 March 2016, 11:03 AM

Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards 2015: who won what

The Daily Star Foodiez choice awards 2015 winners have been announced. Did your favourite make the list?
2 March 2016, 09:17 AM

RSF condemns cases against Star editor

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to stop what it said “hounding” The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam over his comment that, like many other newspapers and TV stations, he published information in 2007 that seemed to implicate Hasina in corruption, which could not be verified independently.
27 February 2016, 12:26 PM

Star reporter elected president of Law Reporters Forum

The Daily Star’s senior reporter Ashutosh Sarkar elected president of Law Reporters Forum (LRF) while Didarul Amin, senior reporter of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) elected its general secretary.
26 February 2016, 14:00 PM

It just doesn't add up

We are fighting ceaselessly against the distortion of our history; let us not do the same ourselves. As far as the DS is concerned, when none of the AL leaders, none of the newspapers of the country dared to open their mouths against the Chief of Army Staff's (CAS) tacit intention to create 'our own' brand of democracy, it was only Mahfuz Anam who had the bravado to write a commentary under the heading, “Gen Moeen goes public on politics.”
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt cannot withdraw cases filed by individuals

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday expressed surprise that many foreign organisations were asking the government to withdraw the cases against an editor.
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Pabna court summons Star editor

A Pabna court summons The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 24 in a defamation case.
25 February 2016, 10:07 AM

Media, critical of govt, under severe pressure

Bangladesh has been taken to task by Amnesty International for becoming increasingly dangerous for those speaking their minds.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Jhalakathi court summons Star editor Mar 31

A Jhalakathi court asks The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 31 in a defamation case.
23 February 2016, 07:09 AM

PM lashes out at Star editor

Blasting The Daily Star for running the DGFI-supplied false news against her during the last caretaker regime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Star editor himself could not demonstrate his “courage” by stepping down from his post after admitting his faults.
22 February 2016, 18:00 PM

PM blasts Star editor

Blasting The Daily Star for publishing DGFI-supplied corruption reports against her during the last caretaker regime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the newspaper’s editor could not show "courage" in resigning from his post by admitting his faults.
22 February 2016, 13:35 PM

3 more cases filed against Star editor

Three more defamation cases are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in four districts.
22 February 2016, 13:07 PM

Asia News Network calls for withdrawal of cases against Star editor Mahfuz Anam

The Asia News Network (ANN) demands for immediate withdrawal of the cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, calling it an act of harassment and intimidation against the media in Bangladesh.
22 February 2016, 08:14 AM

Withdraw cases against 2 editors

Human Rights Watch yesterday called for the withdrawal of all criminal charges brought against the editors of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.
21 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Charging Bangladesh editors is dramatic backslide: HRW

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh authorities to immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo. It also urges repeal of criminal defamation and sedition laws, saying those “violate international standards”.
21 February 2016, 06:12 AM

A test for Bangladesh

Through my interactions with him over the last 25 years, I can honestly testify that Mahfuz Anam is a man of impeccable integrity, and a patriotic Bangladeshi of the highest order.
19 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Truth making itself felt

The beehive mentality of surpassing each other in ingratiating themselves with the higher ups, if not checked, may hold the system to ransom.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM