Govt must walk the talk on press freedom
2 May 2026, 19:05 PM
Editorial
Is Boeing deal more about geopolitics?
30 April 2026, 20:00 PM
Editorial
Stop the use of toxic chemicals in plastic
1 May 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Take steps to save haor harvest urgently
29 April 2026, 19:00 PM
Editorial
Appoint new ACC without further delay
30 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Bid to reclaim defunct SIBL rings alarm bells
28 April 2026, 19:09 PM
Editorial
Safeguard women migrant workers’ rights
29 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Remove ageing buses from roads
28 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Don’t let investigation delays derail justice for July uprising
27 April 2026, 19:12 PM
Editorial
How long will the National Public Library stay closed to the public?
27 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Editorial
Pumpkins a blessing for Teesta char farmers
Farmers in three Lalmonirhat upazilas are pleased with a bumper pumpkin crop grown on uninhabited chars of the Teesta River. This profitable cultivation has the potential to significantly improve the lot of the impoverished local farmers.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Sand lifting threatens bridge
The unbridled lifting of sand and that too within 50 metres from a crucial bridge on Thakurgaon-Patiadangi road in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila...
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Pre-poll clashes in Patuakhali
With the union parishad polls just a few days away, the news of deadly clashes during election campaign is really worrying.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Footpath eviction drive
It is ironic to find that the latest drive by Dhaka City Corporation (North) to free up public space in front of Bashundhara city market and Purnima cinema hall failed to produce any tangible results.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Technical education for girls
A study by Underprivileged Children's Education Programme (UCEP) has found that a considerable number of girls are unaware of the prospects of technical education despite the government's efforts to prioritise this skill-based education.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Three schoolgirls saved from early marriage
Three schoolgirls were saved from early marriage in Natore town and Sadar upazila on Monday night.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Man-made erosion gobbles riverside village
By age 75 most people aren't looking to start a new life. Sattar Mollah of Pirojpur's Asoa Amrajhuri village in Kawkhali upazila isn't any
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Conviction on weak evidence: Quasem’s family
Family of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali claims that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader was convicted on weak evidence and deposition in war crimes case.
8 March 2016, 08:35 AM
‘Quasem’s verdict is victory of our movement’
Gonojagoron Mancha hailed the appeal verdict of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali and said it was an achievement of the movement they were all in.
8 March 2016, 07:17 AM
Assault on the Chief Justice
The Chief Justice is far more than an individual. He is an institution, and of the three pillars of the state, he represents one of the most
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
International women's day
The world has been celebrating International Women's Day since 1910 when it was launched at the International Conference of Working
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Early marriage bid foiled, one jailed
A woman was jailed for one month by a mobile court at Monirambari area in Muktagachha upazila of the district on Sunday for trying to
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Taqi's murder
Everything about the Taqi murder case screams of injustice, an injustice that is beginning to question the credibility of the administration.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Vulnerability of minority communities
If it is true that a nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members, we are very far from it.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Withdraw cases against Star editor
Journalists and human rights activists formed a human chain in the district town yesterday demanding withdrawal of all the cases filed
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Tenant identification information
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has asked all those living within the metropolitan area to provide 'identification information' to them by
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Murdered FF's body exhumed after 40 yrs
A freedom fighter's body was exhumed in former Indian enclave Shalbari village in Boda upazila of Panchagarh yesterday, 40 years after
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Cops crushed to death
The heart-rending scene of two cops crying over their colleagues' death has touched the human within us. On March 3, a truck loaded
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM
No school buildings for students for three years!
It is a shame that students of nine government primary schools in Jhenidah are being compelled to attend classes under the open skies or in makeshift huts...
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Construction workers must get recruitment cards
The demand by rights activists that the government make it mandatory for employers to issue recruitment cards to construction workers should be a wake up call to address the exploitations in this sector.
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM