‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
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15 February 2024, 09:55 AM Crime & Justice
Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
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9 February 2023, 06:36 AM Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
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31 January 2023, 06:44 AM Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
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29 January 2023, 05:41 AM Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
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17 January 2023, 16:26 PM Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
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14 January 2023, 16:13 PM Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
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10 January 2023, 06:15 AM Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
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22 December 2022, 13:55 PM Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
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4 October 2022, 04:58 AM Rohingya Influx

India Army gifts 20 trained horses and 10 dogs to Bangladesh

The Indian Army has gifted 20 trained horses and 10 dogs to the Bangladesh Army.
10 November 2020, 08:39 AM

Money laundering case: 'Casino kingpin' Samrat shown arrested

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the "casino kingpins" in Dhaka and his close aide Enamul Haque Arman have been shown arrested in a Tk 195 crore money laundering case.
10 November 2020, 08:27 AM

Death of police official at hospital: ‘It was murder’, says Tejgaon Deputy Commissioner

Ten employees of a hospital were placed on seven-day remand each in a case filed over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim, who was assaulted by the hospital staff when he was admitted yesterday with some mental health complications.
10 November 2020, 06:56 AM

Brazil halts trials of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

Brazil's health regulator said Monday it had suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine after an "adverse incident" involving a volunteer recipient, a blow for one of the most advanced vaccine candidates.
10 November 2020, 06:50 AM

Money laundering case: GK Shamim, 7 bodyguards indicted

A Dhaka court today framed charges against GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, and his seven bodyguards in a money laundering case.
10 November 2020, 06:32 AM

Inside look at Kiva Han

In conversation with Samit Bin Salam
10 November 2020, 06:10 AM

Connery's original James Bond handgun set for $200,000 auction

The late Sean Connery's Walther PP pistol used in the first-ever James Bond movie will go up for auction next month in Los Angeles -- and is estimated to fetch $150,000 to $200,000.
10 November 2020, 05:29 AM

Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition

The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorney General William Barr authorizing the Justice Department to probe unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.
10 November 2020, 05:02 AM

One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days: study

Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.
10 November 2020, 04:51 AM

Over 50 'beheaded' after insurgents storm traditional ceremony in Mozambique

Suspected militants beheaded more than 50 men and teenagers participating in a male initiation ceremony in Mozambique, local media says, in the latest violent incident in the insurgency-hit northeast.
10 November 2020, 04:42 AM

Police official dies after ‘assault by hospital staff’

A senior assistant superintendent of police died at a hospital in Dhaka after he was allegedly assaulted by hospital staff.
9 November 2020, 19:37 PM

Rab Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam transferred to expats’ welfare ministry

Sarwoer Alam, an executive magistrate at Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) headquarters, has been transferred to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment as senior assistant secretary.
9 November 2020, 19:27 PM

Azerbaijan says it downed Russian helicopter by accident, apologises

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has said in a statement that Azeri forces downed a Russian helicopter near its border with Armenia by accident, expressing apologies to Moscow and readiness to pay compensation.
9 November 2020, 18:24 PM

Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper

US President Donald Trump has said Defense Secretary Mark Esper had been "terminated" and that Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will be acting Secretary of Defense starting immediately.
9 November 2020, 18:13 PM

Rising number of accounts takes banks closer to people

Globally, about 1.7 billion adults remain unbanked.
9 November 2020, 18:00 PM

PM brings JS resolution on discussing Bangabandhu’s life, works, and philosophy

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has brought a resolution under section 147 of the rules of procedure of Jatiya Sangsad, paving the way for discussion on the political life, works and philosophy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark Mujib Borsho.
9 November 2020, 17:03 PM

SI Akbar held near border

At a press conference, Mohammad Farid Uddin, superintendent of police in Sylhet, has said one of their teams detained SI Akbar while he was fleeing to India. But in several video clips that went viral on Facebook, it appeared that Akbar was detained by the people of the Khasi community in India’s Meghalaya before he was handed to a Bangladeshi citizen in Kanaighat.
9 November 2020, 16:10 PM

Cox's Bazar court grants bail to 21 yaba dealers including ex-lawmaker Bodi’s step-brothers

Twenty-one yaba dealers including two step-brothers of former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi, who surrendered in Cox’s Bazar last year, have secured bail from a local court.
9 November 2020, 15:49 PM

Petition seeks SC stay on HC verdict allowing lawyer to practice without enrolment certificate

Two Supreme Court lawyers today filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking a stay on a High Court verdict allowing a lawyer to practice in court without any enrolment certificate.
9 November 2020, 15:16 PM

The Daily Star GENIUS | First Round, Match 6

In our sixth match, three top schools of the country battle for quizzing supremacy. Who will march on to join the victors in the next round? Tune in, with quizmaster Ashraful Haque Emu, and let's find out.
9 November 2020, 15:09 PM