Bangladesh

Sunil Gavaskar wants Virat Kohli to play one-off Test vs Bangladesh

Sunil Gavaskar feels that Virat Kohli should lead India in one-off Test match against Bangladesh before being rested for three-match ODI series.
16 May 2015, 07:58 AM

Weekend sees unusual traffic

It is the last day of the weekend. But city dwellers have been experiencing bumper-to-bumper traffic on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in Dhaka since morning just like the week days.
16 May 2015, 07:20 AM

Fatima Bhutto slams killing of Bangladeshi bloggers

Fatima Bhutto, grand-daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto criticizes the murder of Bangladeshi bloggers in her article.
16 May 2015, 06:11 AM

2 held with huge haul at Dhaka airport

Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained two passengers along with a large quantity of diabetes medicines and eye drops worth Tk 12 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
16 May 2015, 06:09 AM

Don't push back new boat arrivals: US

The United States urges the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to refrain from pushing back arrivals of new boat carrying Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya at sea.
16 May 2015, 04:36 AM

Fire kills businessman in Noakhali

A businessman is burnt alive as a fire broke out at a shop in Companiganj upazila in Noakhali.
16 May 2015, 04:06 AM

BNP leader visits Salahuddin at Shillong hospital

BNP’s assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony visits Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital in the Meghalaya state of India.
15 May 2015, 15:28 PM

Shakib returns to IPL in style

Bangladesh ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan returns to Indian Premier League with a splendid performance for Kolkata Knight Riders in their match against Mumbai Indians on May 14, 2015.
15 May 2015, 15:03 PM

Lightning, electrocution kill 3 in Dhaka

A man is killed by thunderbolts and two people are electrocuted during the downpour in Dhaka this afternoon.
15 May 2015, 12:54 PM

Paltan building fire under control

Firefighters bring the fire that broke out at a multi-storey building at Paltan in Dhaka under control in an hour-long effort.
15 May 2015, 12:15 PM

Rain brings relief to Dhaka dwellers (video)

After a heat wave, Dhaka city dwellers heave a sigh of relief with a downpour.
15 May 2015, 11:46 AM

Pushbacks endanger thousands in Bay: UN rights body chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urges governments in the South East Asia region to take swift action to protect their lives.
15 May 2015, 11:22 AM

Assaulted female activist not intimidated (video)

In a one-to-one conversation with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Chhatra Union activist Ismat Jahan Joe tells of her account of the day when students were thrashed away by cops while trying to lay a siege to Dhaka police headquarters protesting the April 14 sexual assault on women.
15 May 2015, 10:17 AM

N Korean man held with booze, Viagra in Dhaka

Customs officials detained a North Korean national with cache of alcohol and Viagra pills from a Banani restaurant in Dhaka.
15 May 2015, 10:03 AM

Cop killed in Jessore road crash

A police constable is killed in Jessore Sadar upazila after a passenger bus rammed his motorbike from behind on the Jessore-Magura highway.
15 May 2015, 06:53 AM

US for local solution to migrant issue

The US stress on regional solution to the issue of drifting sea migrants and urge countries to accommodate the people at their vicinity.
15 May 2015, 06:20 AM

700 migrants rescued off Indonesia

Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.
15 May 2015, 05:38 AM

'Give Mushy more time'

Speaking about criticism surrounding Mushfiqur Rahim's Test captaincy, former Bangladesh captain Gazi Ashraf Hossain says: "How will you judge a general's capabilities on the battlefield when you give him a gun without bullets?"
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM

7 rescued, 3 traffickers held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion detains three suspected human traffickers and rescues seven victims in a drive launched in Fakirapol area of Dhaka this evening.
14 May 2015, 15:59 PM

1,466 Bangladeshis in Malaysia detention centres

Out of 13,321 immigrants in 12 detention camps, 1, 466 are from Bangladesh, reports the Star’s Bahasa Malaysia portal MStar.
14 May 2015, 15:06 PM