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23 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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News Analysis: Justice Khairul's dubious distinction
23 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Narayanganj 7-murder: HC gives death to 15, life to 11
22 August 2017, 04:50 AM
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PM slams CJ for comparing Bangladesh with Pakistan
21 August 2017, 13:48 PM
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Legendary film star Razzak passes away
21 August 2017, 12:33 PM
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Ericsson staff demo in Dhaka protesting lay off
21 August 2017, 10:38 AM
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2 schoolgirls 'gang-raped'
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Moon Ride on the cards
19 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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What to do when all the carriages are full
19 August 2017, 15:49 PM
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Misery mounts in north; Dhaka at flood risk
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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You can't treat cricketers like beggars: Tamim Iqbal
Following the end of Chittagong Vikings’ BPL game against Sylhet Superstars, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal launches a scathing attack against a ‘franchisee official’ whom he accused of insulting his parents prior to the game.
23 November 2015, 14:15 PM
Bandwidth export starts Dec 1
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) will start exporting bandwidth – 10 gigabits per second – to Indian state of Tripura form December 1.
23 November 2015, 08:47 AM
Oppo R7: The Showstopper
The name Oppo is catching up in Bangladesh – slowly but steadily. By producing high quality stylish smartphones, Oppo has already found a place among android aficionados. After coming up with several revolutionary products, Oppo is now back with a sleek new android smartphone – R7. R7 is a polished iteration of the paper-thin R5 from last year. Unlike the R5, it comes in two other variants. R7 Lite and R7 Plus. Yet another variant was recently announced: R7s. It has a slightly bigger screen and an even bigger battery.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Another step towards justice
One of Bangladesh's many tragedies was the near reversal, within three and a half years of our birth as a country, of the gains of our Liberation War and the coming to power, later, of people who not only opposed the birth of Bangladesh but actively participated in the genocide and crimes against humanity that was the hallmark of the Pakistani forces and their Bengali collaborators.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
HANGED, TOGETHER
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged early today for committing crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War.
The two walked the gallows around 12:55am together at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security, Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, inspector general (prisons), told The Daily Star.
21 November 2015, 19:17 PM
First look of “Bajirao Mastani” unveiled
Powerful, hypnotic, captivating, stunning….one could just run out of adjectives while describing the trailer of “Bajirao Mastani”. At the trailer launching ceremony, the audience along with actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone left speechless after watching glimpses of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus.
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
LIVE: EXECUTION TIMELINE
Read to find the latest updates on the execution process of condemned war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury.
21 November 2015, 16:06 PM
SQ Chy, Mojaheed hanged
SQ Chowdhury and Mojaheed, who tried their best – carrying out genocide and assassinating intellectuals and professionals – to stop birth of Bangladesh 44 years ago, meet their end inside Dhaka jail.
21 November 2015, 14:53 PM
President rejects mercy petitions of Mojaheed, SQ Chy
Death row Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury sought clemency from the president days after the Supreme Court rejected their petitions to review their decision upholding death penalty awarded to them by a special tribunal.
21 November 2015, 05:47 AM
Memories of war scar
She came, she cried and she made the audience cry.
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Turning a swamp into fish farm
“It's a great pleasure to feed the fish each day,” says an enthusiastic Kajol Rani Howlader of Choupala Bazar in Jhalakathi sadar upazila, standing beside an unlikely fish enclosure built on swampy, disused land. “We have thousands of fish and after throwing feed, there are so many that anybody can touch them,” she says.
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
How to quit smoking for good!
It is never easy to give up something with which you’re habituated, therefore quitting cigarettes, after years of ‘togetherness’ must be extremely difficult. The good news is: nothing is impossible in this world just like quitting cigarettes. To give up smoking, you need determination, they say.
20 November 2015, 09:24 AM
[WATCH NOW] SQ Chy: The master of genocide
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, 66, known for ruthless massacre of unarmed civilians, torturing freedom fighters and pro-liberation forces in 1971 is finally close to gallows.
19 November 2015, 11:38 AM
ICC Test Ranking: Shakib Al Hasan, AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn top list
Bangladesh cricket team’s iconic player Shakib Al Hasan topped the list of ICC Test rankings for all-rounders with 384 points, 18 ahead of India’s Ravichandran Ashwin.
19 November 2015, 08:46 AM
Sudden shutdown follows verdict
For the first time in its history, the government yesterday temporarily shut down the internet in Bangladesh, affecting businesses and services heavily dependent on the digital network.
The government said the internet was shut down “mistakenly”.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
[WATCH NOW] Mojaheed: Fall of a war criminal
Al-Badr leader Mojaheed, who publicly insisted that there was no anti-liberation war element in the country, sees his plea to review his death penalty for war crimes turned down.
18 November 2015, 11:35 AM
Govt blocks Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber
The government has ordered blocking popular social networking platform Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber this morning.
18 November 2015, 06:42 AM
Bangladesh, one of the safest countries on Earth: Gallup
Bangladesh is one of the safest countries in the world, according to a poll carried out by Gallup the Washington DC-based opinion pollster.
17 November 2015, 18:37 PM
'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' smashes Bollywood records
Salman Khan's latest film “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” scored the biggest Bollywood opening of all time in India and the U.K., while landing in the top 10 chart in North America.
17 November 2015, 18:00 PM
FB responds to criticism
Facebook has changed its policy on its tools for allowing users to check whether people are safe after disasters, following huge criticism for having turned it on for the attacks in Paris but not in Beirut.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM