Why Chittagong never became a maritime city
24 August 2026
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The many worlds of Ghulam Murshid
23 August 2026
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Operation Jackpot: How Bangladesh’s naval commandos struck at Pakistan’s lifeline in 1971
21 August 2026
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The Yellow Butterfly: How Sheba shaped my world growing up
18 August 2026
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What Bangladesh’s historic Test victory in Australia means for Bangladeshi-Australians
17 August 2026
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Remembering Sumit Sarkar, a historian who questioned orthodoxy
17 August 2026
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The unfinished histories of Partition
16 August 2026
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In conversation with William Dalrymple / ‘Britain didn't conquer India’
15 August 2026
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Sheikh Mujib’s killing: What the newspapers told and what they omitted
15 August 2026
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Mirrors of Empire / The bureaucrats and intellectuals who shaped the Mughal Empire
14 August 2026
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Dakhil, Vocational Pass rates up
Unlike the other boards, the success rate of madrasa and technical education boards in this year's SSC and its equivalent examinations is higher than that of the previous year.
30 May 2015
Another rally slams police nonchalance
Several rights and socio-political organisations at a rally yesterday protested repeated incidents of sexual assault on females,
30 May 2015
SA initiative against terrorism sought
South Asian countries should undertake comprehensive initiatives to combat militancy and terrorism in the region, said Sammilita
30 May 2015
Scarred for life
During the three month long political violence, at least 95 people around the country were killed and several hundreds were maimed. The Daily Star spoke to some of the victims of arson attacks who continue to suffer and are yet to be compensated.
29 May 2015
Scarred for life
Eighteen-year-old Sharmin Sultana was on her way to the Govt Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam College at Laxmibazar on February 22, 2015. The
29 May 2015
The One Who Heals
In an exclusive interview with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star, Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Coordinator of DMCH's Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, talks about
29 May 2015
Myanmar’s navy finds 727 migrants on fishing boat
Myanmar's navy found 727 people crammed on a fishing boat in its waters, the Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post Friday, adding the would-be "Bengali" migrants had been towed to an island.
29 May 2015
One rally but too much suffering
After crippling traffic jams on workdays, the weekend was supposed to bring Dhaka city commuters some respite. But yesterday did not, especially for those travelling to Shahbagh's Shishu Park, Ramna Park, and adjacent areas through Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.
29 May 2015
130 Indian turtles seized at Dhaka airport
At least 130 Indian pond turtles were seized by Dhaka Customs House at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
29 May 2015
Qulkhwani of Samad tomorrow
The qulkhwani of Mirza Abdus Samad will be held at his Gulshan residence in the capital after Maghrib prayers tomorrow.
29 May 2015
Awareness to fight dangers of right-wing groups must
South Asian leftist leaders at an international seminar yesterday stressed launching a collective struggle to combat communalism in
29 May 2015
New, incumbent committees at loggerheads
The Jatiya Press Club is no longer quiet following an impromptu "election" of the managing committee Thursday.
29 May 2015
Shafiqur president, Quamrul gen secy of Jatiya Press Club
Senior journalist Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman and News Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Quamrul Islam Chowhdury were
28 May 2015
Eviction on Dhaka city footpaths from July 1
Two city corporations of Dhaka will conduct small-scale eviction drives on footpaths at Gulistan and Farmgate on June 1 and 12 to
28 May 2015
Two teachers of DU, Buet made full-time members of UGC
Dr Md Yousuf Ali Mollah of the chemistry department of Dhaka University, and Dr Dil Afroza Begum of the chemical engineering
28 May 2015
Indonesian Buddhists slam violence against Rohingya
A prominent Buddhist in Madura, East Java, Kosala Mahinda has condemned violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, emphasising that such treatment was against the true teachings of Buddhism.
28 May 2015
Probe report submission date extended again
Time for submission of a further investigation report on the abduction of indigenous community leader and activist Kalpana Chakma
27 May 2015
Rohingyas whisked away before Myanmar seized migrant boat
When the Myanmar navy seized a boat used by people smugglers last week, it announced that the 200 people found aboard were mostly Bangladeshis seeking better economic prospects in Southeast Asia.
27 May 2015
Human Rights Watch claims Rohingya migrants beaten, forced onto boats
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that some of the thousands of displaced boat people -- many of whom are still stranded at sea -- were forcibly removed from their homes and put on migrant ships.
27 May 2015
Bangladesh to relocate Rohingya refugee camps to Hatiya Island
The government has planned to relocate thousands of registered Rohingya refugees living in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar for over two decades to Hatiya of Noakhali.
27 May 2015