Reading Bengal beyond religious boundaries
23 June 2026, 08:46 AM
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Graphic modernity: Bengali artists and the politics of book design
22 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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Echoes of Karbala: A personal journey through Muharram in Old Dhaka
21 June 2026, 08:38 AM
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500 years after Babur's victory / How the Mughal legacy continues to shape South Asia
16 June 2026, 00:01 AM
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The lost world of Dhaka's courtesans and baijis
15 June 2026, 15:18 PM
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Early Bengali advertising / Ghosts, gods, and swadeshi pride
14 June 2026, 17:09 PM
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Love, faith and family: Inside World Cup players’ tattoos
11 June 2026, 16:05 PM
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Can migration help win a World Cup?
11 June 2026, 15:19 PM
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A crime history of Bengal: When rivers became a haven for dacoits
9 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Mohajir manuscripts: Field notes from Dhaka Aliya Madrasa
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Court to decide on charge framing on Mar 18 against 8 accused in blogger Rajib killing
Dhaka court to decide on March 18 whether it will frame charges against eight accused for the blogger's killing
8 March 2015, 06:51 AM
5 killed in Mali nightclub attack
Five people are killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital, Bamako
7 March 2015, 08:58 AM
Noakhali AC land office torched
Miscreants torch the office of assistant commissioner (AC-Land) in Noakhali town by hurling two petrol bombs
7 March 2015, 07:09 AM
Lax hartal underway in Dhaka
City dwellers in Dhaka and elsewhere witness lax hartal on the fifth day of a fresh spell of 120-hour nationwide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance
5 March 2015, 06:49 AM
Global flood toll to triple by 2030
The number of people affected by river flooding worldwide could nearly triple in the next 15 years
5 March 2015, 05:37 AM
Former UK marine 'killed in Syria'
A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia
4 March 2015, 08:00 AM
Kamaruzzaman to file review petition tomorrow
Condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman will file review petition with Supreme Court tomorrow against its verdict that upheld his death penalty
4 March 2015, 07:14 AM
FBI team likely to arrive this week
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials are likely to visit Dhaka this week to help in the Avijit murder investigation, according to a senior police official.
4 March 2015, 00:01 AM
FBI likely to be in Dhaka this week: police
Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police
3 March 2015, 09:34 AM
Registration for female overseas jobseekers begins Thursday
Online registration for Bangladeshi women seeking overseas jobs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will begin Thursday.
2 March 2015, 11:35 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet train service resumes after 4hrs
Rail communications between Sylhet and Dhaka resumes after 4hours of disruption following derailment of freight train carrying oil in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj
2 March 2015, 05:32 AM
No case sees verdict
Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.
1 March 2015, 23:23 PM
UN, US shocked
The United Nations and the USA have strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through a transparent process of law.
28 February 2015, 23:45 PM
Scary recovery
In an overnight raid yesterday, the Rapid Action Battalion seized a huge cache of explosives and bombs from a militant hideout at Halishahar in Chittagong.
28 February 2015, 23:45 PM
Cultural activists to observe hunger strike protesting killings
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will go for a mass hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, protesting the ongoing killings, destruction and anarchy on the street, on March 6
28 February 2015, 13:41 PM
Hostage to hartal
Another round of 72-hour hartal starts tomorrow morning and it is likely to leave the SSC exam schedule in tatters, inflict further loses to businesses, and hurt the economy and the livelihoods of people.
27 February 2015, 23:36 PM
Joy wants arrest of Dr Kamal, Star editor for ‘treason’
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna should be arrested and tried for “treason”.
26 February 2015, 22:11 PM
Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre
Pakistan government tightens cellphone control, making sure the name, number and fingerprints of Pakistani citizens are on record
26 February 2015, 08:51 AM
Feni land office torched, UP chairman held
Miscreants set fire to a land office in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni
26 February 2015, 06:49 AM
Seven more bodies found in Padma
Seven more bodies floating kilometres downstream from the site of Sunday's launch accident in the Padma were recovered yesterday, raising the death toll to 78.
25 February 2015, 21:45 PM