Obituary

Tawfique Nawaz's janaza at Azad Mosque tomorrow

Star Online Report

19 August 2026 • Obituary

Ranjit Baowali no more but struggle for Bhobodoh remains

Dipankar Roy

7 August 2026 • Obituary

ASK mourns death of founding member Khursheed Erfan Ahmed

2 August 2026 • Obituary

Chief Justice Mahmud Husain’s death anniv

City Desk

2 August 2026 • Obituary

Justice Abu Sayeed’s death anniv today

City Desk

2 August 2026 • Obituary

Death anniversary of Chief Justice AB Mahmud Husain today

Star Online Report

1 August 2026 • Obituary

Jamiruddin Sircar passes away

Staff Correspondent

13 July 2026 • Obituary

Family finds Bobi Begum, missing for 25 years, at her grave

Our Correspondent, Narsingdi

13 July 2026 • Obituary

Professor Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq passes away

Staff Correspondent

6 July 2026 • Obituary

Abul Quasem Fazlul Haq, writer and academic, passes away

DU Correspondent

5 July 2026 • Obituary

Goodbye, gentle soul

On meeting Rokia Afzal Rahman for the first time, one would most likely be disarmed by her demeanour.

5 April 2023

Rokia A Rahman: Epitome of grace and gentleness

Rokia Afzal Rahman breathed her last in a Singapore hospital early today.

5 April 2023

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

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

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

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

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

Nila Khan dies

Nila Khan died of old age complications yesterday in Bangkok. She was 83

23 March 2023

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

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

Jamil Khan’s death anniv today

Today is the 11th death anniversary of Shawkat Jamil Khan, a senior photojour-nalist of The Daily Star.

12 March 2023

Death anniv of Subhash Chandra Dhar

Today is the 3rd death anniversary of Subhash Chandra Dhar.

11 March 2023

Ashraful Islam passes away

Prof Ashraful Islam, retired vice-principal of Tejgaon College, passed away on March 10 due to cardiac failure. He was 77.

11 March 2023

Sabrina Islam’s death anniv

The second death anniversary of Sabrina Islam Chowdhury, wife of Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Mercantile Bank Limited, was observed yesterday, said a press release.

9 March 2023

Sufia Showkat passes away

Sufia Showkat, mother of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Detective-Cyber and Special Crime unit-South Division) Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, passed away early yesterday. She was 71.

28 February 2023