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
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What has changed since the USA ’94 World Cup? Almost everything
7 June 2026, 19:27 PM
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Historic Six-Point Movement: The photographs they suppressed
7 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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The Tofail Bhai I knew
6 June 2026, 14:51 PM
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Enam Hospital kept cured in for bills
The authorities of Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar outside the capital yesterday released two patients who
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Maulana Bhashani: The Lessons of Freedom
I shall begin with a story, to which I will return again. In 2013, on the occasion of the 37th death anniversary of Maulana Bhashani, I
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Dense fog disrupts Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry service for 4hrs
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) yesterday halted ferry service on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
HWY blocked protesting postponement
Hundreds of jobseekers blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in front of Rajshahi University's (RU) main gate for
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Microsoft to help train rural girls in info tech
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, Shornokishoree Network Foundation, and Microsoft
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Iceland's Sagas
Which is the most book-loving nation in the world? A strong contender is Iceland, the remote island nation in the
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Fresh attack on Bangladesh?
In the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks on two foreigners
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
UNSC resolution planned to declare war on ISIS
World powers are poised to forge a single resolution at the United Nations Security Council to declare a common war against ISIS and
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
BIWTA to introduce prepaid cards for ferrying vehicles
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will introduce experimentally a digital system for vehicles to
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM
4 Daily Star reporters get DRU award
Four senior reporters of The Daily Star received “DRU Best Reporting Award-2015” in four categories in print media yesterday.
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Members close ranks against terrorism
Pacific-rim nations closed ranks against terrorism yesterday at the end of a summit that was darkened by last week's attacks in Paris, but still Washington and Moscow sparred over how to deal with Syria and the Islamic State fighters sheltering there.
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Nat'l unity must for saving democracy: Dr Kamal
A united nation is necessary to keep democracy in the right track, as the Liberation War has proved, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Initiative to protect their rights lacking
Around 1.60 crore mentally and physically challenged people in Bangladesh are deprived due to lack of proper initiatives to protect their rights in both national and international level, said speakers at a national consultation programme yesterday.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Anonymous group shows how to find IS online
Anonymous has released a guide to catching Islamic State (IS) extremists, and claims that it has already found thousands of extremists online.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Remove recruitment barriers
The government yesterday requested a 25-member visiting Saudi delegation to remove barriers to hiring Bangladeshi professionals such as doctors, nurses and teachers and skilled and semi-skilled male workers in sectors including construction and agriculture.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
BGB deployed in Dhaka
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deployed in Dhaka for 12 hours to maintain security in the capital.
18 November 2015, 11:45 AM
'Act of terror' downed jet
President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance yesterday as Moscow confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.
17 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Jaago to take street children of 32 dists to parks tomorrow
Jaago Foundation has organised a daylong programme tomorrow for underprivileged children in 32 districts of the
17 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Rocket shell unearthed in Ctg
Workers found an old rocket shell in Panchlaish Police Station compound in Chittagong while digging a hole for a deep tubewell yesterday
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
RMG workers in Ashulia strike daylong for meal allowance hike
The workers of Green Life Composite Ltd at Tongabari in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital yesterday went on a daylong strike
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM