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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
Razing elephant habitat: DoE seizes excavator, trucks in Ctg’s Rangunia
Officials of the Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram have seized an excavator, a dump truck and a mini truck while razing hills that were known elephant habitats at Mirerkhil village of Sharaf Bhata union of Rangunia upazila.
18 October 2020, 11:08 AM
Bangladesh invites Modi to join March 26 programme in person
Bangladesh has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh on March 26 next year in person to jointly celebrate the Independence Day of Bangladesh.
18 October 2020, 11:04 AM
Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted
Iran said a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic expired Sunday in line with a 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers from which Washington has withdrawn.
18 October 2020, 10:45 AM
Covid-19: 14 die, 1,274 infected, 1,674 recovered in 24 hours
Fourteen people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
18 October 2020, 10:35 AM
SC clears way to broadcast sponsoring of TV news and headlines
The Supreme Court today cleared the way for television channels to broadcast the sponsored of TV news and headlines.
18 October 2020, 10:31 AM
Death in ‘police custody’: 111 injury marks on Rayhan’s body, autopsy report says
Rayhan Ahmed, who was allegedly tortured to death in Sylhet city's Bandarbazar police outpost, had 111 injury marks on his body and two of his nails were pulled off, according to the autopsy report.
18 October 2020, 09:39 AM
Coursera ramps up online learning features for students
Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms, today announced free versions of Coursera for Campus and upgraded features to address the critical and long-term needs of higher education in Bangladesh and the rest of the world.
18 October 2020, 09:27 AM
Turkish Airways starts issuing return tickets to Italy-bound Bangladeshis
Turkish Airways has started issuing return tickets to Italy-bound Bangladeshi expatriates from today.
18 October 2020, 09:08 AM
4 of a family murdered in Satkhira: One arrested by CID
Criminal Investigation Department has arrested a man in connection with the murders of four members of a family in Satkhira's Kalaroa upazila on Thursday.
18 October 2020, 09:08 AM
Ex-CEO of Farmers Bank, 5 others charged with Tk 30cr embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges against former managing director and CEO of Farmers Bank Chowdhury Mustaque Ahmed and five others in a case filed over the embezzlement of Tk 30 crore from the bank.
18 October 2020, 08:56 AM
Police recover body of housewife in Dhaka's Hazaribagh
Police recovered body of a housewife from Dhaka's Hazaribagh area last night.
18 October 2020, 08:42 AM
Saudi Arabia allows citizens, residents to perform prayers in Al-Haram Mosque - state TV
Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, state television reported early today.
18 October 2020, 08:06 AM
ISPs reach agreement with DSCC, withdraw internet shutdown
Internet service providers and cable operators have withdrawn their decision to shut down their services across the country as they reached an agreement with the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today.
18 October 2020, 08:00 AM
Ayub Bachchu’s 2nd death anniversary today
Today marks the second death anniversary of legendary singer, guitarist, composer and songwriter Ayub Bachchu.
18 October 2020, 07:54 AM
HC rejects petition challenging reappointment of Dhaka Wasa MD Taqsem
The High Court today rejected a writ petition that challenged legality of the process for reappointing Taqsem A Khan to the post of managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
18 October 2020, 07:19 AM
Working to ensure better future for children: PM on Sheikh Russel’s birth anniversary
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is working relentlessly to provide a better future for children so that they can become the leaders of the country.
18 October 2020, 07:11 AM
Lawmaker Nixon Chowdhury seeks anticipatory bail from HC
Independent lawmaker from Faridpur-4 constituency Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, better known as Nixon Chowdhury, today sought anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed on charge of violating the election code of conduct during the Charbhadrasan Upazila Parishad by-election.
18 October 2020, 07:02 AM
Trespassing into Bangladesh: 3 Indians detained by BGB in Kurigram
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday detained three Indian nationals in the border area of Rowmari upazila in Kurigram, on charge of trespassing into Bangladesh territory.
18 October 2020, 07:02 AM
Dhaka air ranks worst again according to AQI
Dhaka, one of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) this morning.
18 October 2020, 06:24 AM
Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Chuadanga
A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Damurhuda border in Chuadanga early today.
18 October 2020, 06:15 AM