‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
10 April 2024
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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Crime & Justice
Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Fighting the virus: Vietnam’s Covid-19 success story
The Vietnamese people are now celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Great Victory on April 30, 1975, the liberation of the South, the reunification of the country and the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19.
4 May 2020
President reappoints Justice Hasan Foez Siddique chairman of BJSC
President Md Abdul Hamid reappoints Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.
4 May 2020
Padma Bridge: 29th span installed, 4.35 km now visible
The 29th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge is installed, bringing 4.350 kilometers of the structure into view.
4 May 2020
Low demand for milk puts cattle rearing community in distress
Pasturers rearing cattle for milk in Chapainawabganj are facing hardship as the demand for their product plunged following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
4 May 2020
Govt extends suspension on public transports till May 16
The government extends the ongoing suspension on all types of public transport till May 16 to check spread of Covid-19 in the country.
4 May 2020
Migrant workers, police clash in Gujarat as India eases lockdown
Hundreds of migrant workers in India’s Gujarat looking to return home amid the nationwide Covid-19-enforced lockdown clash with police near a village in Surat district.
4 May 2020
Shariatpur man tests Covid-19 positive 3 days after ‘fleeing’ from home
A 35-year-old man in Shariatpur reportedly fled his house after his samples were collected to test for Covid-19, three days before his test results comes back positive for the virus.
4 May 2020
Shopping malls, markets to remain open from May 10
The government has decided to allow all markets, shops and shopping malls across the country to remain open till 4:00pm from May 10.
4 May 2020
‘To fight pandemic, govt needs to team up with the private sector’
Bangladeshis have long wanted their own policy dialogue platform, a medium through which they can access the sort of expert, unbiased opinion that is available elsewhere in the world, such as BBC’s Hard Talks or Oxford Union style debates.
4 May 2020
Muntassir Mamoon tests Covid-19 positive
Renowned historian and Dhaka University Professor Muntassir Mamoon has tested positive for coronavirus.
4 May 2020
Full salaries but no bonuses for staff of private medical colleges and hospitals
More than one lakh doctors, nurses and staff of 69 private medical colleges and hospitals will not get any bonus during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, but will get their full salaries.
4 May 2020
SCBA to provide loans to 3,000 of its members
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will provide Tk 30,000 to maximum Tk 75,000 as loans without any interest for three years to its lawyers in need, in order to tackle the ongoing crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak.
4 May 2020
Govt extends shutdown till May 16
The government has extended the ongoing nationwide shutdown for public and private offices until May 16 to contain spread of coronavirus.
4 May 2020
Turkish national found dead in Cox’s Bazar
A Turkish national has been found dead in a room of a residential hotel in Cox’s Bazar town.
4 May 2020
Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70
This year’s minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 70 per person.
4 May 2020
Covid-19 infection cases cross 10,000 mark, 5 more die in 24hrs: DGHS
With this, the number of total infections across Bangladesh now stands at 10,143 -- surpassing the grim landmark of ten thousand.
4 May 2020
Policeman ‘dies by suicide’ in Dhaka
A policeman who recently tested negative for Covid-19 reportedly dies by suicide in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area.
4 May 2020
Second death of doctor with Covid-19 infection
Hematologist Prof Col (retd) Md Moniruzzaman has died with Covid-19 infection at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital.
4 May 2020
India lodges protest over Pakistan SC’s order on ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’
India has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan’s efforts to bring “material change” in Pakistan-occupied territories and asked Islamabad to vacate them.
4 May 2020
Rangpur Kotwali Police Station locked down after OC tests Covid-19 positive
Kotwali Police Station in Rangpur city has been put under lockdown as its officer-in-charge tested positive for Covid-19.
4 May 2020