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At Highgate, remembering Karl Marx

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Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces

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Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka

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My mother’s letter during the Liberation War

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Students protest attack on fellows in Patuakhali

Teachers and students of Char Chaplee Islamia High school in Kalapara upazila of the district formed a human chain on the school

27 February 2016, 18:00 PM

'I am human'

Language represents locality, kinship, clan, lineage and other socio cultural aspects of all human societies around the world. And in our

26 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Derailment halts Mymensingh-Netrokona rail link

Mymensingh to Netrokona rail links are disrupted as a train’s engine derailed at Gouripur outer signal today.

26 February 2016, 09:48 AM

Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory

The authorities of Pran Agro Limited suspended production at a Natore factory yesterday morning following a workers' demonstration

25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Rail link with Sylhet halted for 14 hrs

Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country was restored at around 5:00pm yesterday, 14 hours after it was

25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Labourers start indefinite strike, stage sit-in

Labourers of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fertiliser godown at Mahendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila called

25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg

Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.

25 February 2016, 05:09 AM

Looted rice recovered

Police recovered 189 sacks of looted rice from Ghatail upazila in the district yesterday.

24 February 2016, 18:00 PM

6 bodies recovered from sunken trawler in Shitalakkhya

Rescuers recover six bodies from a sunken sand-laden trawler which capsized after colliding with another trawler in Shitalakkhya of Narayanganj.

24 February 2016, 17:16 PM

Human chains demand withdrawal of cases against Star editor

People from different walks of lives in three districts protest filing of cases against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam on sedition and defamation charges.

23 February 2016, 13:34 PM

US envoy condemns Debiganj priest murder

The United States have condemned the "cowardly acts" in which a Hindu priest was killed and another person injured in Panchagarh on February 21.

23 February 2016, 10:21 AM

14 return home from Indian jail

Fourteen Bangladeshi girls returned home through Benapole check-post on Sunday night after serving three years in an Indian jail.

22 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Five injured in attack at Shikalbaha Power Plant

Five staff members of a private company at Shikalbaha 225 megawatt power plant were injured when they came under attack by a co-

22 February 2016, 18:00 PM

3 more cases filed against Star editor

Three more defamation cases are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in four districts.

22 February 2016, 13:07 PM

EU condemns Panchagarh priest murder

European Union Delegation to Bangladesh strongly condemns the killing of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh and urged the authorities concerned to ensure a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.

22 February 2016, 08:07 AM