Rid Geneva Camp of drug trade
26 April 2026, 18:30 PM Editorial
For how long will traffickers go free?
25 April 2026, 19:00 PM Editorial
Ensure justice for Rana Plaza victims
24 April 2026, 19:52 PM Editorial
First light of justice, at last
24 April 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Why must MPs get offices in upazila parishads?
22 April 2026, 19:14 PM Editorial
A puzzling policy turnaround
23 April 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Can we ever seek justice for sexual violence?
22 April 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial

We need all the support

We reiterate the business community's call to foreign friends and development partners for continued support in our journey to
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Good initiative

People of Dharan and Gazipur villages in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet set up an example by repairing a 400-foot-long road through
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Roadside hog plum orchards create extra income in Pirojpur

The verges of the Pirojpur's highways have taken a new look over the past several years.
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Wild elephant tranquilised

The wild elephant that entered Bangladesh from India on June 27 is tranquilised on a cropland at village Koyra under Kamrabad union of Sarishabari in Jamalpur.
11 August 2016, 11:25 AM

Priyabhashini recognised as freedom fighter

Sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini has been recognised as a freedom fighter.
11 August 2016, 07:41 AM

Bangladeshi workers left in limbo in Afghanistan

Twenty-Five Bangladeshis were lured with offers of fat salaries by an Indian national who had worked for 6 years in different re-rolling mills in Bangladesh.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Discrimination and marginalisation of ethnic minorities

The constitution of Bangladesh guarantees equal rights for all, but in reality particular communities, especially the ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, are discriminated against and continually pushed to increasing marginalisation.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM

300 Pabna girls say no to early marriage

Around 300 girl students of Bhangura BL Bari School and College vowed to resist early marriage and dowry at a meeting at the school on Wednesday.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Sub-standard drugs still floating in market: DGDA

Ten pharmaceutical companies continue marketing their sub-standard products violating a High Court order, according to Directorate General of Drug Administration.
10 August 2016, 14:35 PM

Exposed live wires on the roads

Last year a woman and a child died due to electrocution when a puddle on the road came in contact with an exposed live wire during rain.
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Lax handling in jail of high risk prisoners

That the high-risk prisoners should be allowed to meet with relatives in violation of the jail code and without ascertaining the veracity of the relationship with the prisoners is surprising.
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Returnee expat, relative missing from Dhaka

A Malaysia expatriate along with his relative went missing, one hour after his arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Fish farming brings smile to Halim

Sometimes a youth's education doesn't run smoothly. Sometimes there are unavoidable obstacles which cause
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Recognise ethnic minorities as indigenous people'

Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples yesterday with a
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM

‘Rise High Bangladesh’ campaign launched seeking innovative export ideas

Bangladesh’s leading English newspaper The Daily Star in association with Crown Cement launches a campaign named “Rise High Bangladesh” aiming to encourage innovative export ideas of country’s young generation.
9 August 2016, 15:12 PM

Santu Larma calls indigenous youths to march for rights

Indigenous youths should come forward spontaneously to strengthen the ongoing struggle for their rights, urges Bangladesh Adivasi Forum President Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma.
9 August 2016, 09:26 AM

TIB report on ACC

Transparency International report, according to which a meagre 37 percent of the accused are convicted in graft cases, is disappointing.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Another hike unjustified

With the public hearing regarding another round of gas price increase underway, businesses have already expressed their concerns about its possible impacts.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Schools on boats

Refusing to bow down to the forces of nature, twenty two boats turned into schools, libraries and computer labs are moving across the Chalan Beel region, a large wetland in Bangladesh, illuminating the lives of many impoverished children with the light of education.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Death of terror-suspect dent investigation process

Investigation into the Sholakia attack has made little progress. Meanwhile, the only attacker caught alive from the scene was killed reportedly, in a gunfight between law enforcers and militants taking the tally of terror-suspects killed in such gunfights with law enforcers in the past 2 months to 19.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM