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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
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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
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022, 04:58 AM
Rohingya Influx
Fishing trawler ‘smuggling sarees’ to Bangladesh seized in India
Indian customs officials intercepted a fishing trawler “smuggling sarees and other garments worth about Rs 3.3 crore” to Bangladesh, from South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
12 September 2020, 06:47 AM
Tongi factory worker, critically burnt while melting iron, dies
One of the five workers, who sustained severe burns while melting iron at a steel mill factory in Gazipur's Tongi area early Friday, has died at hospital.
12 September 2020, 06:33 AM
IMF 2020 Annual Meetings Youth Fellowship Contest announced
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is inviting youths aged between 20 and 32 years from across the world to enter the IMF Annual Meetings Youth Fellowship Contest.
12 September 2020, 05:40 AM
Backlash in Pakistan as police appear to blame woman for gang rape
Comments by the lead police investigator suggesting that the victim of a gang rape in Pakistan that occurred along one of the country's most secure highways was to blame have spurred cries of outrage.
12 September 2020, 05:02 AM
Afghan peace talks to open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered war
Talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents start in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday with the goal of bringing an end to nearly two decades of a conflict that has laid waste to the country and killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians.
12 September 2020, 04:43 AM
Dancer Evan Shahriar arrested on suspicion of trafficking women
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested dancer Evan Shahriar from the capital’s Niketan suspecting him of being part of a female trafficking ring.
11 September 2020, 18:15 PM
Govt will bring vaccine from any available source: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government will bring Covid-19 vaccine from wherever its available in the world for the welfare of people.
11 September 2020, 17:25 PM
Couple killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Netrakona
A man and his wife were killed after a battery-run auto-rickshaw they were in was hit by a truck on the Mymensingh-Durgapur road in Netrakona’s Purbadhala upazila this afternoon.
11 September 2020, 17:19 PM
US to continue support on Rohingya crisis: US defence secretary to PM
The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bringing about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.
11 September 2020, 17:05 PM
Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis
At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
11 September 2020, 16:14 PM
1 killed, 12 hurt in clash over fishing in Brahmanbaria
One person was killed and 12 others injured in a clash between two groups over fishing from a water body on a piece of land in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila.
11 September 2020, 15:44 PM
Wildfires scorch US West Coast, at least 16 dead
Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched US West Coast states on Friday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 16 people, state and local authorities said.
11 September 2020, 14:18 PM
DNCC drive against illegal billboards, banners from Sept 15
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will launch a mobile court drive from September 15 to remove illegal billboards, signboards, banners, festoons, project signs and shop signs from its areas.
11 September 2020, 14:00 PM
Man murdered in broad daylight in Bogura
A twenty-four-year old man was murdered in broad daylight in Bogura’s Kahaloo upazila today.
11 September 2020, 13:57 PM
TikTok owner plans to spend billions in Singapore after US ban
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of video-sharing app TikTok, is planning to make Singapore its beachhead for the rest of Asia as part of its global expansion, according to people familiar with the matter.
11 September 2020, 13:15 PM
Brazilian state to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses
The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, officials have said.
11 September 2020, 12:59 PM
Woman raped in Noakhali: UP member among 5 arrested
Police today arrested five people including a union parishad member in a case filed over the rape of a woman in Noakhali's Senbag upazila.
11 September 2020, 12:08 PM
Paltan blast: 4 ‘Neo JMB’ men arrested in Dhaka
A team of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested four members of banned militant group "Neo JMB" from Dhaka’s Uttara in connection with a blast that took place in the capital's Paltan area on July 24.
11 September 2020, 12:02 PM
West Bengal preparing to send back 650 Bangladeshis
The West Bengal state government has started the official procedure to send back 650 Bangladeshi prisoners who have completed their sentences but are still languishing in different jails in the state.
11 September 2020, 11:07 AM
Fake Covid-19 certificates: HC order on Sabrina's stay petition Monday
The High Court will deliver its order on a petition of JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on Monday that sought a stay on trial proceedings against her in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates.
11 September 2020, 10:47 AM