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