The many worlds of Ghulam Murshid
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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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To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
11 August 2026
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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