Rohingya genocide case to proceed
Reuters, The Hague
22 July 2022 Rohingya Influx
Need 1 week to assess situation
Star Report
22 July 2022 Bangladesh
Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh
Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh
‘You cannot remain silent’
Staff Correspondent
21 July 2022 Bangladesh

Murderers go unpunished

In 2007, a villager was killed as two groups clashed over the theft of a cow in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet. It took one year to complete the investigation of the murder case. Another seven years was taken to finish the trial. The pursuit of delayed justice resulted in nothing; in the verdict delivered in 2015, no one was punished.
21 March 2018

MARCH 22, 1971: Yahya postpones March 25 Nat'l Assembly session

Pakistan's president Yahya Khan declared postponement of March 25 National Assembly saying it was deferred to create unity among
21 March 2018

Four killed as train hits van in Feni

Six people were killed in two accidents involving as many trains in Feni and Rajshahi yesterday.
21 March 2018

From LDC to Developing Nation: Celebration starts today

The government has chalked out a two-day programme from today to celebrate the country's eligibility to graduate to a
21 March 2018

A war for oil

This month 15 years ago, an unjust and illegal war was unleashed on Iraq by the US-led coalition that has fundamentally changed the world and made it even more risky. This most important event in modern time has fragmented the whole Arab land, obliterated much of its history and culture and changed lives for tens of millions, probably forever. The Daily Star revisits this war on Iraq from today with a 12-part series.
21 March 2018

The Daily Star Special Series on Iraq Invasion

The invasion of Iraq by the US led coalition that started 15 years ago this month is a war whose lessons we should never forget. It not
20 March 2018

'Technical Glitch': Biman flight returns 15 min after take-off

A Biman flight to Saidpur had to return to Dhaka and make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following a technical issue yesterday.
20 March 2018

Plane Crash Victims: Identities of rest three confirmed

The identities of the three remaining Bangladeshi victims of the US-Bangla aircraft crash were confirmed yesterday.
20 March 2018

March 21, 1971: Bhutto arrives, meets Yahya

A significant development of the day was the arrival of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Dhaka. The chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party had been asked by President Yahya Khan to come to Dhaka and join the negotiations the regime was conducting with the Awami League.
20 March 2018

Shot during raid, inspector dies

The police inspector who was shot by armed criminals in the capital's Pirerbagh early yesterday has died at a hospital.
20 March 2018

Draft National Defence Policy: PM to head nat'l security body

The draft national defence policy provides for the formation of a national security committee headed by the prime minister to make necessary recommendations for the government to ensure state security.
20 March 2018

Mosquitoes farmed, in fact

Mosquitoes have developed no new “hyper-reproductive capacity” but they are being farmed in Dhaka. When Dhaka-dwellers are finding it hard to cope with the growing mosquito menace, eleven organisations have been found helping the insect population to rise by the millions every day.
20 March 2018

Wait for bail not over yet

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who landed in jail on February 8 upon conviction in a graft case, has to wait for one and a half months more to know if she can enjoy her bail secured from the High Court a week ago.
19 March 2018

March 20, 1971: No force can stop Bangalees

The fourth meeting between Pakistani president Yahya Khan and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had begun, but under
19 March 2018

The Daily Star Special Series on Iraq Invasion

he invasion of Iraq by the US led coalition that started 15 years ago this month is a war whose lessons we should never forget. It not only
19 March 2018

Mother in coma, son receives father's body

Ever since the news of Pilot Abid Sultan's death in the US-Bangla plane crash came, all Tamjid, his only son, tried to do was make sure his mother was in a stable condition.
19 March 2018

They come home, dead

A small dot appeared in the sky above Dhaka and it gradually got larger. The plane carrying the bodies of Bangladeshi victims of last week's crash in Kathmandu arrived around 4:00pm yesterday.
19 March 2018

Abducted Businessman: Freed after eight days in captivity

Eight days after being abducted from the capital's Basundhara Residential Area, businessman Sazal Chowdhury was freed in Daudkandi area of Comilla early yesterday.
18 March 2018

Captain's wife suffers stroke

A week after US-Bangla Airlines pilot Captain Abid Sultan lost his life in the plane crash at Nepal airport, his wife suffered a stroke yesterday morning.
18 March 2018

Pilots open up in private

The recent US-Bangla plane crash has suddenly brought out some bone-chilling allegations from a number of pilots of compromising flight safety by private airlines.
18 March 2018