Millions mourn
The entire city stood in solemn tribute to Bangladesh’s first female prime minister yesterday.
31 December 2025, 21:00 PM
31 December 2025, 21:00 PM
Political parties must tolerate dissent and embrace diversity
Justice and accountability for the egregious human rights violations of the past is crucial, but the challenge lies in ensuring this is not done by repeating patterns of reprisal and retaliation, warned Sara Hossain, a senior lawyer at the Supreme Court, as she spoke about the role of political parties in protecting human rights.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Unsafe storage, system failure behind airport fire: probe
Automatic fire detection, suppression systems recommended
8 November 2025, 18:10 PM
8 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Journalists trapped in legal maze
More than a year since July uprising, at least 296 journalists and media managers remain entangled in cases linked to deaths and violence
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Ministry drops independent commission from journo protection law
A draft ordinance prepared by the information ministry has omitted any reference to an independent media commission as proposed by the body tasked with media reforms.
28 October 2025, 18:11 PM
28 October 2025, 18:11 PM
NCP weighing its paths to JS
Nearly half of the NCP’s central leaders favour forging an alliance with the BNP ahead of the 13th national election in February.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to form paramilitary force for airports
Named Aviation Guard Bangladesh (AGB), the force would comprise 7,650 personnel
29 September 2025, 18:02 PM
29 September 2025, 18:02 PM
Govt plans sweeping overhaul of NHRC
The government has drafted an ordinance to unshackle the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from a 15-year bar on probing members of the security forces.
20 September 2025, 18:21 PM
20 September 2025, 18:21 PM
AL govt’s secret surveillance state
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Police: Equipped to inflict heavy casualties
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
9 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Hasina’s final days before the fall
A desire for power, intolerance for dissent, and failure to see the writing on the wall undid Hasina's iron-fisted rule
4 August 2025, 18:11 PM
Experts question training flights above mega city
Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.
21 July 2025, 18:24 PM
2 years lost, life shattered
He was around 15 when he was picked up, a ninth grader.
15 June 2025, 19:20 PM
Enforced disappearance: Anti-terror law abused most to frame victims
The fallen Sheikh Hasina government abused the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 the most to prosecute victims of enforced disappearance, found the commission investigating enforced disappearances.
15 June 2025, 18:37 PM
Enforced disappearances: Commission finds 16 secret detention centres
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found 16 secret detention centres across the country so far.
4 June 2025, 18:52 PM
Budget targets ex-citizens’ laundered assets
One of the main targets of this government is the recovery of stolen assets, or assets that have been pilfered abroad through capital flight.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM
The story of Hamid’s exit
Security footage obtained and analysed by The Daily Star shows that Hamid's car reached the barrier gate of the VIP terminal at 12:46am on May 8
24 May 2025, 18:01 PM
Licence to fly: Pilots faked flying records
CAAB inquiry finds, regulator yet to take action
11 May 2025, 18:09 PM
Licence to fly: Regulator repeatedly ignored red flags
CAAB’s own inquiry finds irregularities by training academies, raising questions about aviation safety
10 May 2025, 18:13 PM
Waiver that stole justice
“They made us sign a waiver stating that we would never file any case before they handed over my brother’s body.”
5 May 2025, 18:05 PM
World press freedom day: 266 journalists face criminal cases so far
Fears for physical safety and instances of judicial harassment are still profoundly visible -- only the actors have changed.
2 May 2025, 18:01 PM
How our media got politicised
How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?
6 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport
Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials
8 March 2025, 18:00 PM
A walk through relics of power and paranoia
Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM
‘This is where I was held captive’
When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.
12 February 2025, 20:00 PM
Former army officers move to float new political party
Some former army officials are planning to bring forth a political party in March under the coordination of Brig Gen (retd) Md Shamim Kamal.
5 February 2025, 18:24 PM
Libya boat capsize: Families search for bodies of loved ones
As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.
3 February 2025, 19:14 PM
Libya tragedy: 56 migrants were aboard capsized boat
Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.
2 February 2025, 18:00 PM