14 pipe bombs recovered; man with suspected JMB links held
Our Correspondent, Savar
7 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Quader incited uncontrollable Chhatra League
Staff Correspondent
7 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
IBB suspends official after Shahabuddin complaint
Staff Correspondent
7 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Suspected JMB member arrested over umbrella, pressure-cooker bombs
Star Online Report
7 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Crude bomb-like objects, bomb-making materials recovered in Savar raid
Our Correspondent, Savar
9 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Jagannath University bus attacked in Manikganj, 10 students injured
JnU Correspondent
9 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Fake uniforms, IDs and job notices found as DB arrests alleged scammer
Star Online Report
10 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Two arrested over alleged rape of visually impaired 60-year-old woman in Jhalakathi
Our Correspondent, Pirojpur
10 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Transport workers withdraw Dinajpur blockade after nine hours
Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
11 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice
Prime suspect among five held over Pallabi shooting
Star Online Report
11 HOUR(s) Crime & Justice

Meghalaya police likely to produce BNP leader Salahuddin before court by next Saturday

Meghalaya police are likely to produce BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed before a Shillong court by next Saturday and seek time from the court to question him for trespassing, Meghalaya police said.
15 May 2015

Assaulted female activist not intimidated (video)

In a one-to-one conversation with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Chhatra Union activist Ismat Jahan Joe tells of her account of the day when students were thrashed away by cops while trying to lay a siege to Dhaka police headquarters protesting the April 14 sexual assault on women.
15 May 2015

N Korean man held with booze, Viagra in Dhaka

Customs officials detained a North Korean national with cache of alcohol and Viagra pills from a Banani restaurant in Dhaka.
15 May 2015

700 migrants rescued off Indonesia

Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.
15 May 2015

Father ‘slaughters’ 3 daughters in Cox’s Bazar

Father allegedly slaughters his three minor daughters following a family feud over his extramarital affair at Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
15 May 2015

Three 'human traffickers' held in capital

Rapid Action Battalion detained three suspected human traffickers and rescued seven victims from a hotel in the capital's Fakirapool last night.
14 May 2015

Business partner remanded

The business partner of a man, whose wife and uncle were killed in Pallabi two days ago, was remanded by a Dhaka court yesterday.
14 May 2015

Boy abducted from Dhaka rescued in Dinajpur

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued a six-year-old boy of Dhaka city from Birampur upazila in the district on Wednesday, five days after his abduction.
14 May 2015

Man dies falling from tree

An elderly man died after falling from a tree at Ewazpur village in Charfashion upazila of the district yesterday morning. The deceased was
14 May 2015

Lightning kills two

Two people were killed by lightning in Sunamganj district yesterday. The deceased are Lutfar Miah, 45, of Laxmipur village in Jamalganj
14 May 2015

Three arms peddlers held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged arms traders with two shutter guns and 122 bullets in Khajra union of
14 May 2015

BACK TO THE DARK AGES

In the last few weeks, there seemed to form a large divide between people, both offline and online.
14 May 2015

FFs, campaigners for war crime trials among accused

A lawyer representing two of the 50 eminent citizens who expressed concern in a statement over Dhaka-based British journalist David
14 May 2015

1,466 Bangladeshis in Malaysia detention centres

Out of 13,321 immigrants in 12 detention camps, 1, 466 are from Bangladesh, reports the Star’s Bahasa Malaysia portal MStar.
14 May 2015

Clash over land dispute kills college student in Dhaka

A college student is killed and at least five people are injured today in a clash between two groups of locals over a land dispute at Uttar Kalshi of Pallabi in Dhaka.
14 May 2015

No bar on BTRC to monitor international call traffic

The High Court today upholds the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (BTRC) decision to monitor international call traffic.
14 May 2015

Order on contempt against 23 citizens Jun 10

A tribunal in Dhaka fixes June 10 for passing an order regarding the contempt proceedings it had initiated against 23 eminent citizens for issuing statements expressing concern over Dhaka British journalist Devid Bergman’s conviction.
14 May 2015

Toxic fumes from brick kiln damage paddy

Full grown paddies on nearly 100 acres of land have been damaged by the toxic gas emitted from a brick kiln in Chirirbandar upazila of the district.
13 May 2015

World community mounts pressure on Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia to save migrants drifting in sea

Countries in Southeast Asia, notably Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, came under mounting pressure from the international community to provide humane treatment to thousands of Bangladeshi and Rohingya boat people.
13 May 2015

8 get life term for murder

A court here on Tuesday sentenced eight people to life imprisonment for killing a woman in Kishoreganj upazila of the district in 2002.
13 May 2015