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Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023, 06:44 AM
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PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023, 05:41 AM
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'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023, 16:26 PM
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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023, 16:13 PM
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10 January 2023, 06:15 AM
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The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022, 13:55 PM
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
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The Daily Star GENIUS | First Round, Match 5
In the contest of knowledge, speed and presence of mind, who among the three participants will come out on top? Join us, with quizmaster Ashraful Haque Emu, to find out.
2 November 2020, 14:49 PM
‘In past two years, 63 migrant workers have returned mentally ill’
In the last two years at least 63 migrants, of them 58 female workers, returned to the country in a “mentally ill” state, according to Brac Migration Programme.
2 November 2020, 14:24 PM
Israeli settlers pray for Trump re-election at biblical tomb
Jewish settler leaders have prayed for US President Donald Trump’s re-election, citing his support for Israel, during a ceremony at a biblical tomb in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint of conflict with the Palestinians.
2 November 2020, 14:04 PM
Don’t pay heed to rumours, call 999 to verify truth: Police
Police Headquarters (PHQ) today asked the country inhabitants for not to pay heed in any propaganda, lies and rumors and suggested to verify the truth by calling on national emergency number 999.
2 November 2020, 14:02 PM
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince condemns terror attacks, hate speech during call to Macron
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan has expressed his condemnation of recent terrorist attacks in France during a phone call with the country’s President Emanuel Macron, Reuters reports citing UAE state news agency WAM.
2 November 2020, 13:59 PM
20 hurt as RMG workers, Ansar members clash in Savar
At least 20 people of A-One BD Ltd inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were injured in a clash between the agitating workers of the factory and the security guards in Savar today.
2 November 2020, 13:49 PM
Municipalities elections to begin in December: CEC
The Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda today said that elections to municipalities would be held in phases from December.
2 November 2020, 13:36 PM
Trump and Biden seek battleground state votes on last full day of campaign
US President Donald Trump hunts for support in four battleground states while Democratic rival Joe Biden focuses on Pennsylvania and Ohio during the final day of campaigning in their race for the White House.
2 November 2020, 13:07 PM
CNG driver sent to jail for raping 8th-grader in Bogura
A 27-year-old CNG driver was sent to jail in a case filed over the rape of an eighth-grader in Bogura today.
2 November 2020, 13:01 PM
Biman extends flight suspension on five routes till Nov 30
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended suspension of regular flight operations on five routes till November 30 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
2 November 2020, 12:43 PM
Murder, rapes rising for lack of law and order: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said injustice and the number of murders and rapes have gone up in the country due to a lack of rule of law and good governance.
2 November 2020, 12:00 PM
Asian markets mixed as focus turns to US election
The Asian market was mixed on Monday following last week’s painful global sellout, and attention was focused on the US presidential election against the backdrop of rising virus infections across the country and Europe.
2 November 2020, 11:43 AM
DNCC finds mosquito larvae in 94 houses on first day of drive
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today found Aedes mosquito larvae in 94 houses and establishments on the first day of a 10-day combing operation to destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes.
2 November 2020, 11:26 AM
BGB arrests Rohingya youth with 31 gold bars
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a Rohingya youth with 31 gold bars at Palongkhali area under Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday evening.
2 November 2020, 11:22 AM
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday’s election, as his rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since the spring.
2 November 2020, 10:58 AM
Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake
In what one rescue worker called “a miracle,” extraction teams brought two girls out alive Monday from the wreckage of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.
2 November 2020, 10:46 AM
Covid-19: 25 die, 1,736 infected, 1,961 recover in 24 hours
Twenty-five people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.
2 November 2020, 10:02 AM
Petition filed challenging legality of marital rape
Four human rights organisations -- BLAST, BRAC HRLS, Manusher Jonno Foundation and Naripokkho -- have filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the marital rape exception clause in section 375 of the penal code.
2 November 2020, 09:57 AM
Freedom of speech must not be abused with misinformation: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all concerned to highlight the facts of any incident alongside protesting the spread of rumours and misinformation in the name of freedom of speech.
2 November 2020, 09:56 AM
US Election 2020: Trump will lose ‘both Senate and White House’
Usually a day before the US election, it can be predicted who is going to win. But the current President Donald Trump won the 2016 election despite the survey results saying otherwise.
2 November 2020, 09:44 AM