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Two Bangladeshis among 12 killed in Riyadh airport attack, 300 more injured

1 HOUR(s) • World
The Iran-backed Houthis have unleashed a wave of strikes against the kingdom on an unprecedented scale, targeting Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers since a truce in their long-running war with Yemen's Riyadh-backed government unravelled in July.

The missing daughters of colonial Bengal

7 HOUR(s) • In Focus
Colonial Bengal’s newspaper archives reveal how social stigma, child marriage and sexual violence shaped the lives of girls.

Dipankar Gupta speaks / The history of caste is not what we think

9 October 2026 • In Focus
As India's agrarian caste system collapses, assertive subaltern identities are actively reshaping contemporary democratic politics and power.
The fading echoes of jatra
10 October 2026 • Weekend Read
And still, my father lives
9 October 2026 • Wisdom
Unsafe pesticide use in Bangladesh: Are we poisoning our food in the name of productivity?
Rehmuna Nurain & Bareesh Hasan Chawdhury
10 October 2026 • Unheard Voices
From al-Andalus to the Mughals: How empires become identity
Sahasranshu Dash
8 October 2026 • In Focus

Star Interactive / Eight firms, one family, Tk 1,200 cr ‘siphoned off’

9 October 2026 • Investigative Stories
Eight development projects went to firms owned by one family. Documents show payments far ahead of the work, missing records, and a road that is mostly paid for, though the construction work has not yet begun.
Interactive / A city changes. Plastic remains
2 October 2026 • Environment
Use of single-use plastic started in Bangladesh in the 1980s
Our very own mango revolution
3 October 2026 • Weekend Read
The mango harvest season in Bangladesh typically ends in August. But in Chapainawabganj, one of the country’s major mango-producing districts, markets were still bustling with golden-hued Katimon mangoes.