Over 12,700 arrested in eight days
Police have arrested more than 12,700 people across the country over the past eight days.
26 April 2025
Why veggies cost less at Karwan Bazar
Every other day, businessman Babul Miah boards a crowded bus from West Shewrapara and heads to Karwan Bazar to buy vegetables for his family..“It’s not convenient to carry seven or eight kilogrammes of vegetables back home by bus,” he said..“But I do it out of necessity. My business
25 April 2025
Killing of Swarna Das: 7 months on, fear still lingers at Lalarchak border
For the past seven months, farmers in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar have stayed away from their land near the Lalarchak border, fearing attacks allegedly by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).
16 April 2025
BGB stands with Swarna’s family on Pahela Baishakh
Earlier on September 3 last year, the 16-year-old girl was gunned down allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar
14 April 2025
Hilsa prices skyrocket ahead of Pahela Baishakh
Consequently, a week before the Bangla New Year on April 14, the demand for hilsa skyrockets
10 April 2025
Patients suffer at understaffed Dhaka hospitals amid Eid
Riyad Hossain, who sustained severe injuries in an alleged mob beating, was taken to Kurmitola General Hospital by law enforcers on Sunday morning.
2 April 2025
When survival becomes an uphill struggle
Samata Begum, 55, stood by the roadside, tears streaming down her weathered face.
24 March 2025
Chicken prices soar ahead of Eid
Prices of different varieties of chicken have increased by Tk 30 to Tk 50 per kilogrammes in Dhaka's kitchen markets
24 March 2025
The disappeared of the July Uprising
The Daily Star found evidence of systematic government efforts to cover up medical records and bodies of the July uprising victims so they can never be found again.
18 March 2025
Families want closure, however painful
When we first started visiting Dhaka Medical College Hospital in January for this story, there were seven protest-related unclaimed bodies freezing in its mortuaries.
15 March 2025
A systematic cover up of bodies
On the afternoon of August 5, 2024, word spread across the country that Sheikh Hasina fled to India. In Gazipur, like elsewhere in the country, thousands poured into the streets in celebration. But there was also anger.
14 March 2025
AL govt sought to hide true extent of massacre
They all had families, desperately searching for them amid a nationwide curfew and internet shutdown at the height of the July uprising. Yet, they were buried as "unclaimed" bodies within one to six days after being shot dead, before their loved ones could find them. Seven months after the July
13 March 2025
Hastily buried in unmarked graves
The Daily Star investigates how July uprising protesters were disappeared in unmarked graves
11 March 2025
Livelihoods, dreams reduced to ashes
Fire guts 35 shanties in Dhaka’s Bhasantek slum
6 March 2025
Mob violence persists amid weak policing
Mob violence has been occurring in the country for years. But the recent spate of mugging and robbery has apparently caused a surge in such incidences.
4 March 2025
Father cried for help, yet son could do nothing
Monim Jamaddar’s phone rang amidst the chaos in front of the hotel in flames. His father Miron’s panicked voice on the other end said, “I’m trapped inside. Smoke is everywhere. I can’t find a way out.”
3 March 2025
Prices of iftar staples hold steady, mostly
This Ramadan, Dhaka residents are finding some comfort in the mostly stable prices of food items and ingredients considered essential for the preparation of iftar meals.
2 March 2025
Illegal parking turns Karwan Bazar into a nightmare
Raisul Islam, an employee of a private office in Panthapath, left for a meeting in Gulshan on Sunday, taking the Panthapath-Tejgaon Link Road.
11 February 2025
6 months of interim govt: Citizens still in fear for safety
Many citizens feel unprotected and vulnerable since law enforcement agencies have not been able to regain control
8 February 2025
Daily struggle of Dhaka dwellers
Dhaka has worn many titles: the city of mosques, the Venice of the east, the rickshaw Capital of the World.
2 February 2025