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The Daily Star honours high achievers in O- and A-levels

The Daily Star honoured students of Edexcel and Cambridge for their outstanding results in O- and A-level examinations at the Mirpur indoor stadium today.
4 March 2023, 17:40 PM

College student dies as microbus hits bike in Arambagh

He died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 9:30am today
4 March 2023, 07:09 AM

Dhaka's air most polluted in the world for 3rd consecutive day

India's Mumbai, China's Beijing and Thailand's Chiang Mai occupied the second, third and fourth spots in the list, with AQI scores of 203, 198 and 192, respectively
4 March 2023, 04:46 AM

Two burnt in AC explosion at Niketan

The blast took place at around 6:15am at Niketan Society's road-6. The injured were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
4 March 2023, 04:37 AM

RMG workers block Sainik Club-Banani road after bus hits fellow

According to eyewitnesses, around 8:00am today, Nurun Nahar was crossing the road when a bus hit her. The bus later dragged her to Sainik Club rail-crossing
4 March 2023, 04:27 AM

Former UK PM Tony Blair in Dhaka

Sir Tony Blair, executive chairman of Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former prime minister of the UK (1997-2007), arrived in Dhaka last evening.
3 March 2023, 18:42 PM

Mexico to open embassy in Bangladesh

Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard has announced opening an embassy in Bangladesh in the second half of the year
3 March 2023, 18:34 PM

Birth certificate scam: CID nabs gang, including 2 DNCC staffers

The Criminal Investigation Department has arrested five members of a gang, including two staffers of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), on charges of running a scam of birth and death registration certificates issued using forged documents
2 March 2023, 16:33 PM

Sayedabad rail crossing to remain closed till Sunday morning

That means the major road connecting the capital with Dhaka-Mawa and Dhaka-Chattogram highways will be completely cut off for over 2 days
2 March 2023, 11:56 AM

Environment Network calls for cancellation of Adani Power deal

The government signed the deal under conditions that hugely favour Adani Power at the cost of Bangladesh, says Bangladesh Environment Network
2 March 2023, 11:37 AM

LPG price for March Tk 1,422

The government has reduced the price of 12kg cylinder of LPG by Tk 76
2 March 2023, 10:59 AM

US sanctions on Rab may be relaxed: DG

"As we have provided them with evidence and documents, they are now satisfied," says Khurshid Hossain
2 March 2023, 10:45 AM

Dhaka air most polluted in the world this morning

Iraq's Baghdad and Myanmar's Yangon occupied the second and third places with AQI of 238 and 193 respectively
2 March 2023, 03:50 AM

Will act based on home, law ministries' decisions: Shahriar on Salahuddin issue

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam yesterday said they will seek opinions from the home and law ministries and will act based on their decisions regarding BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
1 March 2023, 18:38 PM

Revised primary scholarship results published

The Directorate of Primary Education published the revised results of Primary Scholarship Examinations 2022 last night
1 March 2023, 18:10 PM

Fire at rickshaw garage in Dhaka's Gopibagh under control

The fire that broke out at a rickshaw garage in Dhaka's Gopibagh area around 11:00pm Wednesday has been brought under control nearly after an hour
1 March 2023, 17:35 PM

Quality higher edu a must to build smart Bangladesh

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday inaugurated a branch campus of a Malaysian university emphasizing on quality higher education for building a smart Bangladesh
1 March 2023, 17:12 PM

'I want to return home immediately'

BNP leader Salahuddin tells The Daily Star after his acquittal in India
1 March 2023, 13:48 PM

Dhaka air world's most polluted this morning

China's Wuhan and Nepal's Kathmandu occupied the second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 194 and 191
1 March 2023, 04:50 AM

Metro rail will now stop at Mirpur-10 station

Metro rail has started picking up and dropping passengers at the Mirpur-10 station from this morning
1 March 2023, 04:18 AM