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10 April 2024
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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Trump threatens 'obliteration,' Iran calls White House 'mentally retarded'
US President Donald Trump threatens to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American," in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions on Tehran as "mentally retarded."
26 June 2019
San Francisco first major US city to ban e-cigarette sales
San Francisco becomes the first major US city to effectively ban the sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes, as concerns grow over a sharp rise in vaping among youths.
26 June 2019
US border chief quits amid outcry over child detainees
The acting head of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announces his resignation amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas.
26 June 2019
Microbus cylinder blast injures 16 in Chattogram
At least 16 people suffer burn injuries after the gas cylinder of a microbus explodes on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar highway in Chattogram’s Patia.
26 June 2019
DIG Mizan suspended: Home minister
Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman has been suspended from his post, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.
25 June 2019
Man beheaded by ‘drug addict’ in B’baria
A “drug addict” allegedly beheads a man while sleeping at a Hindu temple in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
25 June 2019
Man gets life term in Feni rape case
A Feni court sentences a person to life term and four others to 14 years imprisonment for raping a school girl in 2013.
25 June 2019
No harmful substance in 14 brands’ milk
Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) submits a test report to the High Court saying that it has not detected any health hazardous substance in 14 brands’ pasteurised milk.
25 June 2019
Primary schools to be turned into recreation centres to check dropout
The primary schools across the country are being turned into recreation centres to check dropout rate of children, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen tells parliament.
25 June 2019
Star Day At a Glance | Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on June 25, 2019
25 June 2019
Nasim seeks govt action against loan defaulters, money looters
Awami League lawmaker Mohammed Nasim in the parliament calls upon the government to take action against the loan defaulters and those who looted money from banks.
25 June 2019
Hajj flights to begin July 4
The first Hajj flight for pilgrims is to depart Dhaka for Jeddah on July 4.
25 June 2019
Man discharged from ‘false’ case
A tribunal in Dhaka finally discharges Sazzadul Haque from a “fake” case filed by a 26-year-old woman against him for torturing her for dowry.
25 June 2019
Speedy Trial (amendment) bill placed in JS
The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is placed in parliament today for extending its validity until 2024.
25 June 2019
Steel production cost to raise due to proposed VAT: Millers
The production cost of MS rod will go up by TK 10,350 per tonne due to proposed value added tax (VAT) and tax system in FY 2019-20, steel millers say.
25 June 2019
3 Bangladeshis held in Kolkata for ‘militant link’
Kolkata police claim to have arrested four people including three Bangladeshis for their alleged link with militancy.
25 June 2019
PM orders structural survey of road, rail bridges
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered a countrywide structural survey of rail and road bridges and culverts to find if they need to be repaired.
25 June 2019
Bangladesh condemns KSA airport attack
Bangladesh strongly condemns the attack carried out at Abha International Airport of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Houthis, leaving at least a civilian dead and injuring several others.
25 June 2019
SpiceJet to launch 8 int’l flights daily
India’s budget carrier SpiceJet announces it will start eight new daily international flights in July including between Dhaka and Mumbai, and Dhaka and New Delhi.
25 June 2019
Roads and Highways Department chief engineer gets ‘integrity award’
Ebne Alam Hasan, chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has been given “Integrity Award” for 2018-19 fiscal year for his performance in the outgoing fiscal.
25 June 2019