50 thousand Bangladeshi women trafficked to India every year!

According to a 2018 study by Border Security Force of India (BSF), and various reports and estimation of NGOs - around 50,000 Bangladeshi girls are trafficked to or through India every year.
12 November 2021, 02:53 AM

Bickering is always there in UP polls: Home Minister

At least six people were killed and 18 others were injured in separate clashes during the second phase of the union parishad elections in 835 unions today.
11 November 2021, 17:04 PM

Despite no opposition parties, why rampant violence, deaths in UP polls?

The second phase of UP elections, held in 835 union parishads, has yet again been marred by violence, disruptions, and even deaths.
11 November 2021, 15:12 PM

Monipuri weavers eyeing winter to revitalise business

The Monipuri weaver community is now busy trying to revitalise their business after it stalled during the pandemic. They are hoping that this winter will mend their stifled business.
11 November 2021, 08:52 AM

Diesel price hike: Agro production cost goes up in Rajshahi

Agriculture production in the Rajshahi area has gone up by 30 percent because of rising diesel prices.
11 November 2021, 03:03 AM

Diesel price hike: Only the public's burden?

Diesel price was increased by Tk 15 per liter, in response to which transport owners observed three days of nationwide strike resulting in substantial economic loss and severe public suffering, and ultimately the solution was to put the burden on the public -- by raising public transport fare.
10 November 2021, 15:00 PM

Are vaccination centres safe for students?

Long queues, mismanagement at the vaccination centres and difficulties in registrations make the Covid-19 vaccination programme for schoolchildren complicated and risky.
10 November 2021, 11:22 AM

Risky Job of a police constable, frustration everywhere

Gun in hand, uniform on his body – this is how we see police constables everyday.
10 November 2021, 03:17 AM

Lavlu, Chanchal & Brindabon together after 11 years

After a long 11 years Salauddin Lavlu, Chanchal Chowdhury and Brindabon Das are returning to small screen. Chanchal Chowdhury, Shahnaz Khushi, A K M Hasan, Masum Bashar and many others are acting in the drama “Shanda-Panda” written by Brindabon Das. Let’s hear the story from the actors and the director at “Star Shooting Spot”.
9 November 2021, 16:25 PM

BRTA runs mobile courts to stop charging extra bus fares

BRTA runs mobile courts to stop charging extra bus fares Star Newsbytes Today, the BRTA conducted mobile courts at the various streets in the capital following allegations of overcharging passengers on CNG-powered buses.
9 November 2021, 14:16 PM

Ctg’s Manoharkhali canal now a sewerage

Due to the occupation of influential locals, Chittagong’s Manoharkhali canal has now turned into a sewerage. Up until 15 years ago, Sampan Boats used to use the canal as a travel route.
9 November 2021, 02:55 AM

Govt increases bus fares yet conductors demand more

To ease the protest against increased diesel prices, the government has agreed to raise fare of public buses by 27%. However, on the first day after the public bus services resumed operation, passengers are complaining that bus conductors are demanding even more than the increased prices -- leading to tension and verbal abuse between passengers and the bus staff.
8 November 2021, 17:10 PM

Muffin from Rajshahi: Is this the country’s smallest cow?

A cattle farm owner of Rajshahi has collected a Bhutanese dwarf cow, popularly known as Bhutti, which he claims to be the smallest living cow of the world.
8 November 2021, 02:55 AM

Fire guts 12 cotton-laden trucks at Bangladesh-India border

On Sunday, 12 trucks -- waiting in a parking lot near Petrapole Port -- were burnt to the ground after a fire broke out. These trucks were carrying cotton bound for Bangladesh. According to local sources, no one got injured in the incident.
7 November 2021, 17:01 PM

How are the Sundarbans robbers faring post surrender?

Organized robber gangs were once perhaps more feared than the Royal Bengal Tigers by the local residents, forest officers, and tourists throughout the mangrove forest of Sundarbans. However, with strong incentives of the law enforcement agencies, between 2016 and 2018 at least 328 robbers of 32 groups surrendered, and the government announced the Sundarbans as robber-free in 2018.
7 November 2021, 15:29 PM

CU admission test held in unsafe under-construction building

CU authorities took 5,000 candidates’ admission test in an unsafe under-construction building.
6 November 2021, 16:59 PM

Why toll for Bangabandhu and Muktarpur bridges raised up to 50%?

Tolls to use Bangabandhu and Muktarpur bridges, currently the two largest and busiest in the country, are being raised 10 to 50 percent, according to the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, to manage maintenance and repair costs. But why is this being done now? What are the new tolls for different types of vehicles? Have the authorities followed proper procedure and contacted other stakeholders before deciding this raise in toll?
6 November 2021, 15:14 PM

5 killed in Soarighat shoe factory fire

Five people have been killed in a fire at a tin-shed shoe factory in the capital's Soarighat. The victims were sleeping in the factory and could not get out once the fire broke out.
5 November 2021, 16:50 PM

Rise in sea levels: Khulna, Satkhira to have 120,000 climate refugees

Due to increasing global temperature, sea levels are rising, as ice is melting in the earth’s Polar Regions.
5 November 2021, 15:21 PM

Fuel price hike, transport strike put people in misery

To protest the price hike of diesel and kerosene, an indefinite transport strike began across the country on Friday morning. Due to the lack of public transport, common people are in a state of insufferable misery.
5 November 2021, 13:13 PM