Author Sankar passes away
21 February 2026, 03:45 AM
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Former BRAC University Pro-VC Salehuddin Ahmed passes away
19 February 2026, 19:10 PM
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Journalist Ali Mahmud passes away
11 February 2026, 03:29 AM
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Mohammad Badrul Ahsan’s death anniv observed
7 February 2026, 10:03 AM
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Md Shahidul Islam Pannu’s death anniv
26 January 2026, 03:43 AM
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Bangladesh loses a truth-teller of 1971
25 January 2026, 18:29 PM
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Ex-adviser M Hafizuddin Khan no more
22 January 2026, 03:58 AM
Ex-caretaker govt adviser M Hafizuddin Khan no more
21 January 2026, 22:48 PM
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Mohammed Mohsin passes away
16 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Jayasree Kabir passes away
16 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Prof Anisuzzaman’s daughter Shuchita Zaman passes away
Shuchita Zaman, the youngest daughter of National Professor Anisuzzaman, passed away this morning. She was 53.
7 April 2023, 07:40 AM
Janaza of Rokia Afzal Rahman today
The namaz-e-janaza of noted entrepreneur Rokia Afzal Rahman will be held in the capital’s Gulshan Azad Masjid today after Asr prayers.
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Goodbye, gentle soul
On meeting Rokia Afzal Rahman for the first time, one would most likely be disarmed by her demeanour.
5 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Sufia Chowdhury passes away
Sufia Chowdhury, wife of retired professor Abdul Mannan, breathed her last at her residence in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur on Tuesday. She was 72.
5 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Rokia A Rahman: Epitome of grace and gentleness
Rokia Afzal Rahman breathed her last in a Singapore hospital early today.
5 April 2023, 11:36 AM
A stalwart supporter of free media, women entrepreneurs
The chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star, Rokia passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Mt. Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore this morning.
5 April 2023, 06:26 AM
Death anniv of Abdul Mannan observed
The 18th death anniversary of Abdul Mannan, an Awami League leader and organiser of the Liberation War, was observed in Tangail yesterday.
4 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Hedayetullah passes away
S Hedayetullah, managing director of Taj Jute Backing Ltd and chairman of Vincent Group, passed away on March 31, said a press release.
1 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Chonpara’s Bazlu dies at DMCH
Bazlur Rahman alias Bazlu, a member of local union parishad in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, who was arrested by Rab in a drug and arms case, died while undergoing treatment under the custody of Dhaka Central Jail.
31 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Nur-E-Alam Siddique passes away
Nur-E-Alam Siddique, whose name is etched in the history of the nation’s struggle for freedom, passed away early yesterday.
29 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Nila Khan dies
Nila Khan died of old age complications yesterday in Bangkok. She was 83
23 March 2023, 17:02 PM
Death anniv of Rebeka Mohiuddin observed
The 5th death anniversary of Rebeka Mohiuddin, an organiser of the Liberation War and an activist of the country’s women rights movement, was observed yesterday.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Death anniv of Shamsul Huq today
Today [March 19] is the second death anniversary of Shamsul Huq Chowdhury, who retired as a senior officer in 1991 from the Karnaphuli Paper Mill Ltd, an enterprise of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.
18 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Jamil Khan’s death anniv today
Today is the 11th death anniversary of Shawkat Jamil Khan, a senior photojour-nalist of The Daily Star.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Death anniv of Subhash Chandra Dhar
Today is the 3rd death anniversary of Subhash Chandra Dhar.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Ashraful Islam passes away
Prof Ashraful Islam, retired vice-principal of Tejgaon College, passed away on March 10 due to cardiac failure. He was 77.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Sabrina Islam’s death anniv
The second death anniversary of Sabrina Islam Chowdhury, wife of Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Mercantile Bank Limited, was observed yesterday, said a press release.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Sufia Showkat passes away
Sufia Showkat, mother of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Detective-Cyber and Special Crime unit-South Division) Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, passed away early yesterday. She was 71.
28 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Sayeda Habib passes away
Sayeda Habib, mother of The Daily Star Head of Reporting Wasim bin Habib, passed away yesterday.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Khaleda’s personal secretary Mahbub Al Amin Dew passes away
Dew was suffering from cancer for a long time and breathed his last at 10:30pm while undergoing treatment at a private hospital
24 February 2023, 18:03 PM