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Tigers take on Lanka today

Bangladesh, with one win from two Asia Cup T20 games, will take on Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur at 7:30pm today. Sri Lanka
27 February 2016

A Mirpur anticlimax

Wherever India and Pakistan meet on a cricketing plane, it is considered as the mother of all battles. And it was no exception when the
27 February 2016

Mosquitoes go out of control

City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito problems for the last couple of weeks, as the two city corporations have failed to take
27 February 2016

Medicare scare

Medicine cost eats up two-thirds of the money spent by people from their own pockets for health, pushing those with chronic diseases towards poverty, said speakers at a policy dialogue yesterday.
27 February 2016

Top Quote!

"The coming days will be critical, and the world will be watching."
26 February 2016

Scam-hit FIFA gets new chief

Europe's Gianni Infantino on Friday won the presidency of FIFA with a convincing win over Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al
26 February 2016

Gas fire at house kills 2 children

A stroke of a match has torn apart the entire world of Shah Newaz.
26 February 2016

Bowlers do the job

Bangladesh's bowling proved to be too good to handle for UAE last night at Mirpur as the hosts bounced back from their defeat against India in the first
26 February 2016

'Breakthrough' in priest killing

Five days into the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh, police yesterday claimed to have "completely cracked" the case and arrested three "key suspects".
26 February 2016

PM stands by families of slain Habiganj kids

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to build houses for the families of the four children who were
26 February 2016

Family voices dismay over probe pace

A year has gone by since the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy near Amar Ekushey Book Fair, but police are yet to press charges despite making repeated claims they have identified several people involved.
25 February 2016

Accused killed in 'gunfight'

An accused in the Habiganj four-kid murder case was killed in a "gunfight" with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the district's Chunarughat upazila early yesterday, eight days after law enforcers allegedly picked him up. The dead, Bachchu Mia, was a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver who had been traceless since being “detained by plainclothes officials” on February 17, according to his family members.
25 February 2016

Top Quote!

“Even if my son had been involved in the murders, court was there to try him. Why did he have to die without trial?"
25 February 2016

Homage paid to victims of BDR carnage

The nation yesterday mourned the death of 74 people, including 57 army officers, killed during the BDR carnage on February 25-26 in 2009.
25 February 2016

Dropout rate worrisome

Grade eight students accounted for almost half of those who dropped out at the secondary level in the country last year.
25 February 2016

Media was under pressure after 1/11, says Inu

The Daily Star editor's recent comment revealed that the mass media was forced to publish lies and distorted and partial information during the tenure of the 2007-2008 caretaker government, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday.
25 February 2016

Court riled at Tareque Sayeed's absence

A Narayanganj court yesterday expressed discontent when it had to adjourn proceedings of the 2014 sensational seven-murder cases, as police failed to produce Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, a key accused.
25 February 2016

Top Quote

“We had carried out several eviction drives in Gulistan area to make the footpaths hawker-free. But the footpaths were re-occupied that very evening because of a few policemen.”
24 February 2016

Hailstorm, rain take country unawares

At least eight people, including two sisters, died in incidents triggered by a sudden midday hailstorm that caught many off-guard in the capital and elsewhere in the country yesterday.
24 February 2016

SC completes Mir Quasem proceedings

The Supreme Court yesterday set March 8 for delivering verdict on the appeal filed by war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali challenging his conviction.
24 February 2016