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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024, 09:55 AM
Crime & Justice
Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023, 06:36 AM
Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023, 06:44 AM
Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023, 05:41 AM
Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023, 16:26 PM
Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023, 16:13 PM
Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023, 06:15 AM
Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022, 13:55 PM
Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022, 04:58 AM
Rohingya Influx
Training aircraft crashes in Rajshahi, none injured
A training aircraft of the Rajshahi-based Galaxy Flying Academy Limited crashed while hard landing at Shah Makhdum Airport this afternoon.
9 January 2021, 11:16 AM
Abul Hosen Charitable Trust signs MoU with Shishu Hospital to donate Tk 1.4cr
Abul Hosen Charitable Trust today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dhaka Shishu Hospital to donate Tk 1.4 crore.
9 January 2021, 11:11 AM
Man stabs wife, her sister to death in Dhaka’s East Nakhalpara area: police
A man allegedly stabbed his wife and her sister to death in Dhaka’s East Nakhalpara area this afternoon.
9 January 2021, 10:48 AM
Trump says he will look at creating his own platform after Twitter ban
US President Donald Trump said he will look at building his own platform after Twitter suspended him on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters.
9 January 2021, 10:26 AM
626 children raped, 60% increase in child marriage in 2020: MJF
Despite the closure of educational institutions and the absence of public gatherings during the pandemic, 626 children were reportedly raped between January and December 2020, revealed Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) at an online press conference this morning.
9 January 2021, 10:13 AM
The lethal legacy of Donald Trump: American fascism
If there was any doubt that America has been encroaching fascism, it ended on Wednesday with the white nationalist coup in the US Capitol. The image of an American flag replaced with a Trump flag symbolises the “F-word” to its very core. At this point, America might as well wake up and prepare for another historically horrible political event infiltrated by Donald J. Trump, the most unhinged leader in the nation’s history.
9 January 2021, 10:01 AM
Covid-19: 692 positive out of 12,908 samples tested in 24 hours, 22 dead
Twenty-two people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
9 January 2021, 09:43 AM
Biden calls Trump ‘unfit’ but doesn’t endorse impeachment
US President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn’t “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time.
9 January 2021, 09:04 AM
4 held while trying to snatch away auto-rickshaw on highway in Feni
Police arrested four alleged members of an inter-district gang of muggers while they were trying to snatch an auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Sadar upazila of Feni early today.
9 January 2021, 08:15 AM
Freedom of speech ends when someone spreads misinformation, hurts others: Joy
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said everyone has the right to freedom of speech, but that freedom ends when someone spreads false information that ends up hurting others.
9 January 2021, 08:08 AM
Capitol Riot: FBI arrests Arkansas man from photo inside Pelosi’s office
The FBI on Friday arrested an Arkansas man who was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office following the storming of the Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters, authorities announced.
9 January 2021, 07:38 AM
Raped, murdered O-level student laid to rest in Kushtia
The O-level student, who was raped in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area and was pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital on Thursday, has been buried at her village home in Kushtia Sadar upazila this morning.
9 January 2021, 07:19 AM
6,686 killed in 4,891 road accidents in 2020: Jatri Kalyan Samity
At least 6,686 people were killed and 8,600 were injured in 4,891 road accidents across the country in 2020, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
9 January 2021, 06:40 AM
China to provide Covid-19 vaccines free of charge to its people: official
China will provide Covid-19 vaccines free of charge once they become available to general public, government authorities said today.
9 January 2021, 06:31 AM
Ward-level AL leader in Natore arrested for rape, circulating video
A ward-level leader of Awami League was arrested last night on charges of raping a woman in Naldanga upazila of Natore, and circulating a video of the incident through social media.
9 January 2021, 06:28 AM
Dhaka Trade Fair 2021 to be held in March at new venue
The 26th edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2021 is going to be held in March at its newly built permanent venue -- the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre -- at Purbachal.
9 January 2021, 05:48 AM
Hospital fire kills 10 infants in India
Ten infants were killed as a fire broke out at the neonatal care section of a hospital in Bhandara district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of today, doctors said.
9 January 2021, 04:36 AM
Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of US Capitol
A laptop was stolen from the office of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, one of her aides said on Friday.
9 January 2021, 03:22 AM
North Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites US hostility
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal as he disclosed a list of high-tech weapons systems under development, saying the fate of relations with the United States depends on whether it abandons its hostile policy, state media reported Saturday.
9 January 2021, 03:16 AM
Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account, cites 'incitement of violence' risk
Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters.
9 January 2021, 03:09 AM