Mizanur Rahman Sinha dies
17 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Kaarina Kaisar no more
16 May 2026, 02:27 AM
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War heroine Tepri Rani given final farewell with state honours
13 May 2026, 22:06 PM
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Remembering Dr Abdul Majid Molla, a scientist behind life-saving ORS
13 May 2026, 17:59 PM
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A towering thespian takes his final bow
13 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Shanti Rani Sarkar passes away
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Former MP Moslem Uddin dies at 88
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Liberation War lensman passes away
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Ex-deputy education minister Golam Sarwar Milon no more
26 April 2026, 17:36 PM
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Begum Fawzia Samad’s death anniv today
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Suraiya Hussain passes away
Suraiya Hussain, wife of the late Justice Syed Muhammad Hussain, passed away in the capital’s Gulshan on April 15.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Khuki no more
Dil Afroze Khuki passed away while undergoing treatment at Mother Teresa Homes in the city yesterday afternoon. She was 63.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Nation pays tribute to Zafrullah
A torrent of tributes poured in from people of all walks of life for valiant freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Home minister mourns Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury's death
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today expressed deep shock and grief at the death of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury
11 April 2023, 19:45 PM
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury no more
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury died tonight at the Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital
11 April 2023, 17:49 PM
Writer, activist Prabir Ghosh dies at 78
Prabir Ghosh, who waged a lifelong battle against all forms of superstition, died at his apartment in Kolkata’s Dumdum-Motijheel area yesterday.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Rokia Afzal laid to rest
Iconic business personality Rokia Afzal Rahman was laid to rest at the capital’s Banani graveyard yesterday.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Prof Anisuzzaman’s daughter Shuchita Zaman passes away
Shuchita Zaman, the youngest daughter of National Professor Anisuzzaman, passed away this morning. She was 53.
7 April 2023, 07:40 AM
Janaza of Rokia Afzal Rahman today
The namaz-e-janaza of noted entrepreneur Rokia Afzal Rahman will be held in the capital’s Gulshan Azad Masjid today after Asr prayers.
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Goodbye, gentle soul
On meeting Rokia Afzal Rahman for the first time, one would most likely be disarmed by her demeanour.
5 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Sufia Chowdhury passes away
Sufia Chowdhury, wife of retired professor Abdul Mannan, breathed her last at her residence in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur on Tuesday. She was 72.
5 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Rokia A Rahman: Epitome of grace and gentleness
Rokia Afzal Rahman breathed her last in a Singapore hospital early today.
5 April 2023, 11:36 AM
A stalwart supporter of free media, women entrepreneurs
The chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star, Rokia passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Mt. Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore this morning.
5 April 2023, 06:26 AM
Death anniv of Abdul Mannan observed
The 18th death anniversary of Abdul Mannan, an Awami League leader and organiser of the Liberation War, was observed in Tangail yesterday.
4 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Hedayetullah passes away
S Hedayetullah, managing director of Taj Jute Backing Ltd and chairman of Vincent Group, passed away on March 31, said a press release.
1 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Chonpara’s Bazlu dies at DMCH
Bazlur Rahman alias Bazlu, a member of local union parishad in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, who was arrested by Rab in a drug and arms case, died while undergoing treatment under the custody of Dhaka Central Jail.
31 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Nur-E-Alam Siddique passes away
Nur-E-Alam Siddique, whose name is etched in the history of the nation’s struggle for freedom, passed away early yesterday.
29 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Nila Khan dies
Nila Khan died of old age complications yesterday in Bangkok. She was 83
23 March 2023, 17:02 PM
Death anniv of Rebeka Mohiuddin observed
The 5th death anniversary of Rebeka Mohiuddin, an organiser of the Liberation War and an activist of the country’s women rights movement, was observed yesterday.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Death anniv of Shamsul Huq today
Today [March 19] is the second death anniversary of Shamsul Huq Chowdhury, who retired as a senior officer in 1991 from the Karnaphuli Paper Mill Ltd, an enterprise of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.
18 March 2023, 18:00 PM