Dhaka

Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
31 October 2015, 15:48 PM

British envoy condemns attacks on publishers

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson condemns the double attacks on publishers that killed one and injured three others.
31 October 2015, 15:23 PM

Father’s fear came true

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
31 October 2015, 14:51 PM

Victim takes it to Facebook

In a desperate attempt to seek help, injured blogger Ranadipam Basu, 50, posts a status on his Facebook page minutes after the attackers left him with two other victims locked from outside.
31 October 2015, 14:07 PM

Publisher killed in second attack in Dhaka

Publisher of Jagriti Prokashony is stabbed dead at his Shahbagh office shortly after assailants knifed another publisher of books written by slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two bloggers at his Lalmatia office.
31 October 2015, 13:03 PM

Tk 3-5 lakh charged for leaked questions: DB

The question paper leak syndicate used to take Tk 3-5 lakh from Dhaka and Jagannath university admission seekers.
31 October 2015, 11:54 AM

Avijit’s publisher, 2 bloggers hacked in Dhaka

Unknown assailants stab the publisher of slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two bloggers in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area. The injured are attending to treatments at DMCH with wounds to the head. Condition of publisher Tutul and another are said to be grave.
31 October 2015, 10:05 AM

Khaleda to return to Dhaka by Nov 7

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from London before November 7, her lawyers said during a graft case hearing.
29 October 2015, 08:52 AM

How not to lose your phone in Dhaka streets

As mobile phone snatching has become one of the most common crimes in the city, you never know when you will become the next victim. After questioning several snatching victims and the police, The Daily Star brings to you the best possible tips to avoid ‘mobile snatching’.
29 October 2015, 06:30 AM

Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
29 October 2015, 06:19 AM

Hossaini Dalan blast victim dies at DMCH

A man, who was injured in Hossaini Dalan bomb blasts on the day of holy Ashura, dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
29 October 2015, 04:51 AM

Foreigners’ killing: Orders came from London, says Hanif

There is no doubt that the instruction for killing the two foreigners in Bangladesh came from London, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says.
28 October 2015, 07:25 AM

Money Laundering: BNP leader Mosharraf indicted

A Dhaka court frames charges against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
28 October 2015, 06:34 AM

Hotel staff 'shot dead by employer’

Muggers allegedly shot a restaurant worker to death in Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
28 October 2015, 06:26 AM

Jamaat men clash with cops in Jatrabari, 3 held

Police detain three persons during a clash with activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir at Jatrabari in Dhaka.
28 October 2015, 05:34 AM

Rangpur rope in Jurgensen as coach

The Rangpur franchise has appointed Shane Jurgensen as their head coach for the Bangladesh Premier League's third season starting next month.
28 October 2015, 04:49 AM

US working with Bangladesh to assess foreigners’ killers

The United States is working relentlessly with the Bangladesh government and other key partners to identify the true culprits of the foreigner killings here.
27 October 2015, 06:01 AM

15 EC officials receive death threats

A suspected extortionist demands toll from 15 Election Commission officials and threatens to kill them or kidnap their children if his demand goes unheeded.
26 October 2015, 15:43 PM

Tavella killing: 'Target was any white man'

Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder suspects confess to being hired for killing “a white man” to create anarchy in the country, according to chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
26 October 2015, 04:17 AM

Jubo League activist hacked to death in Noakhali

A local Jubo League activist is hacked to death by miscreants at Showani Togba village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali today morning.
25 October 2015, 15:42 PM