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15 February 2024
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9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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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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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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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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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
EC determined to hold fair polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says that they are determined to hold a free, fair and flawless election in Dhaka north and south city corporations using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
28 December 2019
Bholaganj Sada Pathor: The heaven of white stones
Bholaganj Sada Pathor, around 35 kilometres away from the Sylhet city, has turned into a new destination for the tourists. The beautiful place located at the end of Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj highway attracts hundreds of tourists a day.
28 December 2019
Novoair to increase flights on Ctg, Barishal routes
Novoair, one of the private airlines of the country, has decided to increase one more daily flight to Chattogram and Barishal routes from January 19.
28 December 2019
Student alliance organises road march, demands punishment for Nur attackers
Newly formed student alliance ‘Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya’ organises a road march on Dhaka University campus demanding punishment of those involved in the attack of Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on December 22.
28 December 2019
BNP picks Tabith for Dhaka north, Ishraque for south
Tabith Awal and Ishraque Hossain will contest as BNP’s mayoral runners respectively in Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled to be held on January 30.
28 December 2019
Nur now sued under Digital Security Act
Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur has been sued under the Digital Security Act.
28 December 2019
Midday Brief, Saturday, December 28, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 28, 2019
28 December 2019
Cold-related diseases affect 4,196 people in 24hrs
Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,196 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government says.
28 December 2019
BB official, 2 daughters die in Sitakunda road crash
A Bangladesh Bank official and his two daughters are killed and his wife and son are injured in a road accident in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.
28 December 2019
Council elects Raushan chief patron, GM Quader chairman of JP
Raushan Ershad, widow of Jatiya Party founder HM Ershad, is elected as the chief patron of the party during its national council for the next three years.
28 December 2019
90 people killed in Somalia's Mogadishu car bombing: international organisation
At least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an international organisation working in the country says, in one of the most deadly recent attacks.
28 December 2019
Delhi experiences coldest day with temperature dropping to 2.4 degrees
The Indian capital, Delhi, experienced its coldest day of this winter with minimum temperature plummeting to 2.4 degrees celsius in the morning, Met officials said.
28 December 2019
NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils
A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
28 December 2019
PM warns of breaking airport security rules
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges air passengers including very important persons (VIPs) to abide by existing security rules and regulations of the airports of the country, issuing a strong warning that errant passengers will be barred from boarding aircraft in future for violating the laws.
28 December 2019
UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
28 December 2019
‘Drug peddler’ killed in Badda ‘gunfight’
A suspected drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Badda of Dhaka.
28 December 2019
UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya
The UN General Assembly approves a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
28 December 2019
Star day at a Glance, Friday, December 27, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 27, 2019
27 December 2019
Trawler sinks in Bay: body recovered, 10 missing
The body of a fisherman is recovered while 10 others remain missing after a fishing trawler sank almost 20 kilometres away from Matarbari island in Moheshkhali.
27 December 2019
Dhaka city polls: 20-party alliance extends full support to BNP candidates
The 20-party alliance extends its full support to BNP backed aspirants who will vie Dhaka North and South City Corporations election scheduled for next January 30.
27 December 2019