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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