2 years on, July cases move at a crawl
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Two years after losing her son during the July uprising, Bithy Begum’s long wait for justice has turned her grief into anguish.
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
8 Uprising ICT cases: Prosecution to charge several AL veterans
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal is set to file charges against around two dozen suspects, including several Awami League veterans, in eight cases over crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising in 2024.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
‘Not everything is a crime against humanity’
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
From century-old clan rivalries over local dominance to rape allegations and professional disputes, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has been receiving numerous complaints that fall outside its core mandate.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Inu sentenced to 10 years for crimes against humanity
1 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday sentenced JSD President Hasanul Haq Inu to three concurrent terms of 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
1 July 2026, 00:00 AM
July uprising: Ex-DMP chief, 2 others to die for Rampura killings
29 June 2026, 00:00 AM
International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday convicted five former police officers of crimes against humanity nearly two years after three separate shootings during the July uprising in Rampura.
29 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Shahjahan Khan likely to face trial at ICT soon
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The trial of Awami League leader Shahjahan Khan is likely to begin soon, as the International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation agency has recently submitted a probe report over crimes against humanity.
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Voices of the railway: A journey through Bangladesh’s moving train culture
27 May 2026, 14:38 PM
Vendors, children and familiar calls turned a Dhaka-Noakhali trip into a living memory
27 May 2026, 14:38 PM
ICT-1 witness, Ziaul Ahsan’s lawyer clash over ‘objectionable language’ claim
14 May 2026, 20:41 PM
Nazneen Nahar sought a written apology from prosecution witness Hasinur Rahman, while prosecutors accused her of intimidating witnesses
14 May 2026, 20:41 PM
DU comes back to life
The Dhaka University campus was full of energy and life yesterday as students returned to classes after over three months.
22 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Tofazzal’s death in mob lynching: DU, hall officials failed to take swift action
Tofazzal Hossain, who was beaten to death by a mob, had been held captive at the Dhaka University’s Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall for over three hours, starting at 7:45pm on Wednesday.
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Savagery at DU: They beat him, fed him, then killed him
Tofazzal Hossain was a familiar face to many resident students of Dhaka University. He would often wander about the campus, dorms, and gladly eat if somebody offered him food.
20 September 2024, 01:00 AM
DU dorms finally rid of ‘gono rooms’
The dormitories of Dhaka University no longer have any “gono rooms”, where students, especially freshers, were crammed into usually by the ruling party’s student wing.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Anti-discrimination student movement: Citizens’ platform launched to help achieve goals
A 55-member Jatiya Nagorik Committee was formed yesterday to work towards fulfilling the goals of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement that toppled the Awami League-led government.
8 September 2024, 21:00 PM
Star interview: Campus politics should focus on education
The focus of student politics should be issues relating to academia, said Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, the new vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM
From TSC to flood zones
Sacks and sacks of relief materials are being lined up inside the TSC complex of Dhaka University. They are then sorted, packaged and loaded on trucks, to be carried to flood affected areas.
24 August 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Not sure if they are alive or dead’
“I am not sure whether my sick mother and pregnant wife are alive or dead,” said Abdul Kaiyum, a private job holder in Dhaka, while still in shock.
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Students, teachers call for non-partisan VC
With growing calls for reform across various sectors, a section of Dhaka University students is advocating for a vice-chancellor who is professional, academically distinguished, visionary, and has no direct affiliation with any political parties.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Quota reform protesters to pray for the dead today
Quota reform protesters yesterday said they would pray at mosques and temples for those killed in recent violence.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
BCL leaders beaten up, forced out of most DU halls overnight
Students make hall provosts sign notices banning politics in the halls
17 July 2024, 08:32 AM
Freshers suffer as DU admission process remains manual
An excited Imran Hossain reached Dhaka University from Chattogram earlier this week to secure his admission to the prestigious institution.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
A house of representatives!
With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
An unusual contest in Subarnachar
The upazila chairman election in Noakhali’s Subarnachar today is going to be a battle of ballots between a veteran Awami League leader and a young one.
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Has Chhatra Union lost its past glory?
Bangladesh Chhatra Union celebrated its 72nd anniversary yesterday.
26 April 2024, 18:00 PM
True grit
It was 11:00am on Tuesday.
24 April 2024, 18:00 PM
The bond behind the fried chicken stall in front of Charukala
For over two decades, a business built on mutual trust and respect between two people from different faiths has thrived in front of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts
13 April 2024, 12:23 PM
No home comforts for a section of DU grad students this Eid
When the majority of students are leaving campus to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones, Mizanur Rahman, a Master’s student of Dhaka University is staying back at his dormitory
7 April 2024, 16:51 PM
Subarnachar Rape: Lives sucked into an abyss of trauma
Before she was raped, Joba (not her real name) lived the life of a regular homemaker and bore the identity of a wife, a mother and a woman of her own volition.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Ballot Stuffing Attempt: 2 Star reporters cornered for bearing witness
Around 1:50pm, a group of youths were seen forming an orderly queue to enter the polling centre in Segunbagicha High School under Dhaka-8 constituency to cast their votes.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM