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Make hiring process for BMU super-specialised hospital transparent
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Ensure justice for Rana Plaza victims
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First light of justice, at last
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Fuel scarcity, unequal cuts deepen power crisis
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Why must MPs get offices in upazila parishads?
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A puzzling policy turnaround
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Can we ever seek justice for sexual violence?
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Laudable HSC results
The results of this year's HSC examinations published on Thursday are foremost a matter of pride. The success rate of the examinees rose
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Union Health centres in poor condition
According to an assessment made by the Directorate General of Family Planning and USAID, most of the 3,590 Union Health and Family
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, ISI behind terrorism in Bangladesh: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu alleges that Jamaat-e-Islami and Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence are involved in terrorist activities in Bangladesh.
19 August 2016, 11:04 AM
‘Rise High Bangladesh’ at CUET
On the second day of its campus activation programmes, the export idea contest 'Rise High Bangladesh' reached Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) on August 18, 2016.
19 August 2016, 10:42 AM
Armed and dangerous
A report published in this paper on August 18 exposed the history of the growth of jihadi groups over the years. Today, the threat posed by militancy brooks no repetition.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Recover govt land
The alleged grabbing of several hundred crore worth of government land in Cox's Bazar by influential quarters is unacceptable.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Kaliganga devours 50 houses
Erosion by the river Kaliganga took a serious turn devouring about 50 dwelling houses at Barta village under Chandahar union in Singair
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Slain NY imam laid to rest in Habiganj
Bangladeshi expatriate imam Maulana Alauddin Akhonjee, who along with his assistant was shot to death in New York of the US on Saturday, has been laid to eternal rest at Gospara village in Chunarughat upazila.
18 August 2016, 12:02 PM
Youths exuberant as campus activation programme kicks off
With the name of Rise High and a promise of doing the same, The Daily Star has joined hands with the flourishing global brand Crown Cement. The objective is to deal with the well-known notion that despite manufacturing various unique items we fail to escalate the goods into exportation. By incentivising youths to think about the issue, not only will out-of-the-box ideas surface but it may also end up being a study on which other countries apart from the already-known ones can be potential importers of our goods.
18 August 2016, 09:59 AM
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 3
The country's four maritime ports have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number 3 as the land depression over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining area of Bangladesh moved northwestwards further and lies over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal of India.
18 August 2016, 07:03 AM
A land of teenage mothers
Though Bangladesh is often cited as a role model for the impressive achievements in maternal and child health and gender parity at primary education...
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Twin foot bridges
The Dhaka Chittagong highway has been expanded from 2-lane to 4, but the pedestrian-crossing bridge near Dania College in Jatrabari was constructed before the expansion.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bamboo bridge lone link for thousands for decades
It could be a charming feature in a work of literature: a bamboo bridge that has for 50 years been the primary connection for thousands of villagers to the outside world. But in Mymensingh's Bhaluka upazila, for the residents of 15 villages such a bridge is not charming. It's an obstacle to modern living.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Video of youths protesting Rampal project before Indian envoy goes viral
A video of a demonstration before the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh against the proposed Rampal power plant project goes viral on the popular social media Facebook.
17 August 2016, 12:39 PM
OIC secretary general due tonight
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day visit.
17 August 2016, 11:43 AM
Legal notice seeks judicial probe into Bangabahadur’s death
A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice requesting the government to form a judicial inquiry committee to probe the death of the Indian wild elephant, Bangabahadur.
17 August 2016, 07:27 AM
Killings of Bangladeshis in US
Two Bangladeshi expatriates, an Imam and his assistant, were killed by an assailant outside a mosque in Queens in New York City on August 15.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Good yield of jute
We are heartened by the news of a good yield of jute and also of the farmers receiving remunerative prices this year.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Stop inhuman acts with tea workers
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque asked the authorities of Baikunthapur Tea Garden to stop unfair
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Meals on schedule but treatment scant
Complaining about hospital food is a cliché worthy of cinema. On-screen, less than tasty food might well be tolerated in light of its
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM