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Community clinics in crisis
Almost all of the 51 community clinics in Gaibandha Sadar upazila, with no physicians, supportive staff and medicine, have become a microcosm of the broken healthcare system of the country.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Vehicles on the wrong side
Traffic rules are one of the most fundamental guidelines of any modern civilisation, which if not followed will cause much of the city life to go awry, endangering lives, as is happening in Dhaka.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM
CEC instructs top security for UP polls
The Election Commission instructs law enforcers to ensure top security measures for fair voting in the upcoming Union Parishad elections.
3 March 2016, 10:42 AM
The reluctant election commission
We are surprised to see that the election commission (EC) is yet to take any action on allegations that many candidates were barred from filing nominations for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Counter-militancy efforts
A very important aspect of countering the onslaught of the militants in Bangladesh, particularly the religious militants...
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Dhaka girl made Danish ‘shadow ambassador’ for Women’s Day
A girl from Dhaka has been selected to become the shadow ambassador for a day with the Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh.
2 March 2016, 09:47 AM
Pirojpur in crisis
The people in half of Pirojpur district, according to a report in this paper on February 28, are facing the worst crisis imaginable – lack of safe drinking water.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Freeing up parking spaces
Dhaka North City Corporation has issued a one month period to all building owners who must remove illegal structures that have sprung up in the...
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Star editor gets bail in Rangpur
Rangpur court grants bail to Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation case filed by ruling Awami League’s Rangpur district organising secretary. The court sets May 26 for next hearing.
1 March 2016, 05:48 AM
Children working in hazardous conditions
We are appalled by the inhumane condition in which children are being forced to work in different sweatshops across the capital. Boys
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Domestic violence continues unabated
The horrific news from Rangpur of 27-year-old Tahmina Begum being doused by kerosene and set on fire by her mother-in-law, leaving
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Save us from the mosquito menace
ONE wonders why the government service providers, particularly those that are supposed to provide the city dwellers with amenities and
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Cessation of Hostilities' in Syria
DESPITE the many questions swirling around the 'cessation of hostilities', brokered by the US and Russia and backed by the UN Security
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Commuters under risk as 14-km road in awful state
People of 15 villages under Jhalakathi Sadar upazila are suffering badly as the 14-km-long Shekerhat-Guaton road is in very bad shape
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
A nearly forgotten chapter of Language Movement
It was on February 29 in 1948 when the people of Pabna observed hartal for upholding the dignity of our mother language, four years
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat Ijtema ends
A three-day long Ijtema, an Islamic congregation in Lalmonirhat town, ended yesterday with the Akheri Munajat joined by thousand of
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Labourers resume work at BCIC godown
Labourers at Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fertiliser godown at Mahendranagar area in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Pure water crisis across half of Pirojpur district
Every morning Sabita Rani Mandal, 45, of Paschim Baniary village of Matibhanga union in Pirojpur's Nazirpur upazila, collects three jars
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
High dropout rate at secondary levels
A report titled 'Bangladesh Education Statistics-2015', prepared by the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Tragedy strikes family
We find it difficult to express our sorrow for the family of Shalin bin Nawaz who, along with his wife, are fighting for their lives due to the
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM