‘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
Trump hits out at evangelical magazine that called for his ouster
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a leading evangelical Christian publication after it published a scathing editorial that branded him morally unfit to remain in the White House.
21 December 2019
Fog disrupts operations at Dhaka airport for 5hrs
Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport resumes after five and a half hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
21 December 2019
Daulatdia-Paturia ferry services resume after 5hrs
Ferry services on the key Daulatdia-Paturia route resumes after five hours of disruption due to dense fog.
21 December 2019
President, PM mourn death of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mourn the death of Brac founder and chair emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.
20 December 2019
Recognising an innovative education model
The Yidan Prize 2019 (for education) is the latest of many global awards and recognitions earned by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of Brac, for his lifelong contribution to education and development in Bangladesh and 10 other countries, from Afghanistan to Uganda. It is the most prestigious and the largest in value, sometimes described as the Education Nobel Prize. The announcement was made on September 19, in Hong Kong, by Koichiro Matsuura, former Unesco Director-General and the chair of the judging committee for the prize.
20 December 2019
Star day at a Glance, Friday, December 20, 2019
Hello dear readers! How was your day?
Here are the news headlines on December 20, 2019
20 December 2019
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed passes away
Brac founder and Chair Emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed passes away at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka. He was 83.
20 December 2019
2 persons, 4 firms win The Daily Star ICT Awards 2019
The Daily Star accords ICT Awards 2019 to two persons and four institutions, recognising their encouragements and extraordinary achievements in Bangladesh’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
20 December 2019
Afghanistan and Pakistan jolted by strong 6.1 quake: USGS
A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey says, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.
20 December 2019
AL does politics to ensure people’s welfare: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the Awami League (AL) will always stay beside the people as it does politics for the welfare of the people.
20 December 2019
Midday Brief, Friday, December 20, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 20, 2019
20 December 2019
‘Drug peddler’ held with yaba in Dhaka
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of a drug peddler from Dhaka’s Bhatara area and seized some 11,600 yaba tablets from his possession.
20 December 2019
Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment
US President Donald Trump presses his Republican allies to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives.
20 December 2019
Bangladesh wins gold medal in Robot Olympiad
Bangladesh wins a gold, two silver and six bronze medals with one technical award in the 21st International Robot Olympiad (IRO) in Thailand.
20 December 2019
Cold wave likely to improve from Sunday
The mild cold wave sweeping over the country, especially the north-western regions, may improve from Sunday, a meteorologist says.
20 December 2019
Come forward with ideology of Bangabandhu: Hasina to party men
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina describes her party as the country’s “biggest and strongest” political organisation and calls upon its leaders and workers to come forward with principle and ideology of Bangabandhu.
20 December 2019
Death toll in India's citizenship protests rises to 3
The death toll in police firing during violence protests against the divisive amended citizenship law rises to three with one more person succumbing in the southern city of Mangalore in BJP-ruled Karnataka.
20 December 2019
Facebook says investigating data exposure of 267m users
Facebook says it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online.
20 December 2019
Democratic 2020 candidates lash Trump before debating policy
Democratic candidates on the 2020 presidential debate stage quickly attacks Donald Trump one day after his impeachment, saying he is a corrupt president who deserves to be ousted.
20 December 2019
Five-year-old boy murdered in Kishoreganj
Unknown miscreants kill a five-year-old boy at Boro Ghagatia village in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj.
19 December 2019