What we have learnt

The heinous terrorist attacks in a Gulshan café and the subsequent attack on an Eid congregation in Sholakia have brought home the reality of a massive lack of preparedness in dealing with terror operations which started with targeted killings and have now taken on a bigger scale.
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Qulkhwani of Faraaz held

The Qulkhwani of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, who was brutally killed along with 19 other hostages in a militant attack at a Dhaka cafe on July 1, is held in Gulshan.
10 July 2016, 15:42 PM

A tribute: Schanberg who first broke Pak atrocities to the world

The Daily Star is paying a tribute to Sydney H Schanberg, a correspondent of The New York Times who upheld before the world the atrocities of Pakistani military in Bangladesh in 1971 through his reporting.
10 July 2016, 08:22 AM

Foreign firms jittery

Japanese firms are reassessing security needs for their citizens in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the deadly attack on an upscale
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Terror attack on Eid congregation

Even before we could barely recover from the gruesome terrorist attack at a restaurant in Gulshan that left 20 hostages, mainly
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Kulkhwani of Faraaz tomorrow

The kulkhwani of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, who was brutally killed along with 19 other hostages in a militant attack at a Dhaka café on July 1, is to be held on July 10 after Asr prayers.
9 July 2016, 14:32 PM

Siblings among 4 tea workers killed by lightning

Four people including three brothers are killed by lightning in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.
9 July 2016, 09:10 AM

Moments of terror that played out in Sholakia

A schoolteacher was on his way to Shaheedi Mosque, about half a kilometre from Sholakia, to join an Eid congregation. Just as he crossed a police checkpoint at the entrance of Azim Uddin High School, he heard a big bang.
8 July 2016, 07:45 AM

Eid prayers held at Sholakia sans its Imam

Eid congregation is held at Sholakia, famed for the largest congregation it holds for Muslims on Eid day, without its Imam after the bomb attack there that left four people dead.
7 July 2016, 09:07 AM

Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated across country

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated today across the country with due fervour and solemnity. President President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greet the countrymen as well as the Muslims across the world on occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr.
5 July 2016, 14:58 PM

Eid under painful circumstances

We are celebrating Eid this year in the backdrop of a tragedy that has shaken the nation, a time our most happy festival comes on the
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Rush for home ahead of Eid

As the rush for going home outside Dhaka starts, the first signs of likely disaster are already showing. On Sunday, a reporter saw
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Dhaka café attack condemned

Different organisations staged demonstrations in Patuakhali, Kushtia and Jhenidah yesterday, protesting Friday's Dhaka cafe attack that
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Shopping gets momentum in Pirojpur as Eid nears

People are thronging different shopping centres in the district town to buy dresses of choice as Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Faraaz, Abinta and Ishrat buried

Slain Bangladeshi victims of the Dhaka café attack, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, Abinta Kabir and Ishrat Akhond are buried this evening.
4 July 2016, 13:24 PM

Families of slain Japanese nationals visit CMH

Relatives of the Japanese victims of the terrorist attack in Dhaka have visited army’s Combined Military Hospital to see the bodies of their dear ones.
4 July 2016, 07:19 AM

The lessons of this tragedy

The Prime Minister has announced two days of national mourning in honour of the 22 victims mercilessly murdered by a terrorist attack on a restaurant in Gulshan.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

A highway to growth

The expanded four-lane highways connecting Dhaka with Chittagong and Mymensingh would make travel faster and easier, and advance trade, export and import, contributing to the GDP.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Grabbing of cane farmland protested

Hundreds of workers of Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gaibandha staged a protest rally in front of the mill's gate yesterday against illegal
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Rain to continue for next 24hrs

The ongoing moderate rainfall with gusty wind is likely to continue till tomorrow in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country as a low is prevailing in the Bay.
3 July 2016, 07:10 AM