Ctg public servants want selection grade, time scale back

Some public servants of Chittagong yesterday made a six-point demand including reinstating selection grade and time
21 November 2015

Maulana Bhashani: The lessons of freedom

Maulana Bhashani’s political pedagogy of emancipation provides essential lessons on anti-imperialism, grassroots empowerment, and democratic accountability today.
20 November 2015

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

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

Microsoft to help train rural girls in info tech

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, Shornokishoree Network Foundation, and Microsoft
20 November 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BGB deployed in Dhaka

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deployed in Dhaka for 12 hours to maintain security in the capital.
18 November 2015

'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

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

Deepto TV to go on air Nov 18

In a bid to win back the majority of Bangladeshi television audiences from the serials of Indian TV channels, Deepto TV will go on air with the theme "Aloy Vuban Vora" from November 18, the organisers said yesterday.
16 November 2015

Hafiz Ibrahim's wife accuses judge of contempt of court

An accused in a money laundering case yesterday filed a contempt of court petition with the Supreme Court against a lower court judge
16 November 2015