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The invisible Mintis of Karwan Bazar
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Rice price nearly doubles from farm to shop
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Malaysia to resume hiring Bangladeshis in late August
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Heat cost country up to $1.8b in lost productivity
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‘Our families don’t even know if we are alive’
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Bangladesh feels no pressure over US trade pact
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BB cuts policy rate for first time in 6 years
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US eases Bangladesh travel advisory, citing lower risk
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ACC case backlog keeps growing
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Feasibility study for 2nd Jamuna bridge underway: Transport minister
Shaikh Rabiul Alam says multiple alignments under review to ease congestion on Jamuna Bridge
26 April 2026, 21:24 PM
Rajshahi education directorate suspends college demonstrator after assault incident
Aleya Khatun suspended pending probe; police searching for BNP activist accused of sandal attack
26 April 2026, 21:23 PM
JS passes bill scrapping duty-free car benefit for MPs
Bill was passed by voice vote after the law minister moved it in parliament
26 April 2026, 19:48 PM
Ex-deputy education minister Golam Sarwar Milon no more
Veteran politician passes away after cardiac arrest
26 April 2026, 17:36 PM
Appeal filed against BNP nominee for reserved women’s seat
Both sides present conflicting claims over timing of resignation from Bandarban council post
26 April 2026, 17:07 PM
DU student found dead, teacher and student detained for questioning
Police examine suspected suicide case as note indicates possible link
26 April 2026, 16:45 PM
'I just want to see her face once': Father’s plea after Bangladeshi student killed in US
Bristy's family awaits body
26 April 2026, 15:55 PM
Anwar Pasha appointed new NID registration director general
NID wing is responsible for maintaining Bangladesh’s national identity database
26 April 2026, 14:54 PM
Primary teacher recruits stage sit-in at Shahbagh, demand appointment letters
Recommended candidates protest delays amid allegations of question leaks, widespread cheating
26 April 2026, 13:56 PM
BRTA publishes new bus fare chart
Bus fares raised nationwide following fuel price increase
26 April 2026, 01:34 AM
No need to panic over possible attacks
Urging people not to panic over a recent Police Headquarters alert regarding possible extremist attacks on key installations, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit yesterday said its cyber intelligence team is actively working on the matter.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh to overtake India in per capita GDP
When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) database on April 14, one data point quickly made its way through financial markets and newsrooms.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Be ‘servants and friends of the people’
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged public administration officials to move beyond a bureaucratic mindset and serve as “servants and friends of people”, saying their integrity, efficiency and accountability are key to the government’s success.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Sufia Kamal National Public Library: Modernisation project lies incomplete 3 years on
The modernisation project of the Sufia Kamal National Public Library at Dhaka’s Shahbagh lies incomplete even after more than three years since the work began in 2022.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Power outages stretch to 10 hours in Gazipur
Load shedding in Gazipur has intensified amid a widening gap between electricity demand and supply, disrupting public life and commercial activity across the industrial district.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Roumari upazila in Kurigram: Erosion devours 120 hectares of cropland
Fresh erosion by the Brahmaputra has swallowed at least 120 hectares of cropland in over the past two weeks, leaving more than a hundred homesteads, educational institutions, and rural infrastructure newly at risk and deepening anxiety among riverbank communities.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
3-month fishing ban in Kaptai Lake begins
A ban on fishing for three months in Kaptai Lake started yesterday to ensure proper reproduction and growth of fish in the lake.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Fuel queues start to ease after supply boost
After nearly two months of what felt like never-ending queues at filling stations in Dhaka, pressure at petrol pumps has finally started to ease.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Brothers in arms, bound for life
On the occasion of The Daily Star’s 35th anniversary celebrations, members of the Bangladesh War Courses Foundation visited the newspaper’s Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam and presented him with a token of appreciation and pride for his role in the 1971 Liberation War.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Dreams of PhDs end in Florida
Bangladesh’s embassy in Washington confirmed the developments, with Press Minister Golam Mortoza describing the case as “extremely heartbreaking” in a Facebook post.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM