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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Journalist Alamgir Mohiuddin passes away
Veteran journalist and former founding editor of Naya Diganta, Alamgir Mohiuddin, passed away yesterday. He was 83.
23 August 2025, 18:52 PM
Journalist Rukunuddoulah passes away
Veteran journalist, freedom fighter, and special correspondent of the Daily Sangbad, Rukunuddoulah, passed away yesterday at the age of 74. He breathed his last at 7:30pm at Jessore 250-bed General Hospital.
22 August 2025, 21:12 PM
A life in print ends in tragedy
Police yesterday recovered the body of veteran journalist Bibhuranjan Sarker from the Meghna river in Munshiganj.
22 August 2025, 18:04 PM
Sakhawat Hossain passes away
Sakhawat Hossain, a former marine and mechanical engineer, former engineering manager at ICI Bangladesh Limited, and chief engineer at BIWTC, died on Thursday. He was 87, said a press release.
16 August 2025, 23:24 PM
Educationist Mahfuza Khanam passes away
Renowned educationist, social worker, and women’s rights advocate Mahfuza Khanam passed away in Dhaka yesterday. She was 79.
12 August 2025, 18:07 PM
AGM Shamsul Kamal passes away, aged 89
AGM Shamsul Kamal, founding chief executive officer of the Chittagong Stock Exchange and the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited, breathed his last yesterday at Evercare Hospital.
10 August 2025, 00:16 AM
Justice Abu Sayeed’s death anniv
Today is the 37th death anniversary of former president Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, said a press release.
1 August 2025, 20:21 PM
Azim Uddin Ahmed passes away
Azim Uddin Ahmed, founder life member and former chairman of the Board of Trustees, North South University, passed away in Singapore yesterday. He was 85, said a press release.
1 August 2025, 20:20 PM
Mahmud Husain’s death anniv
Today is the 43rd death anniversary of Chief Justice Syed AB Mahmud Husain, said a press release.
1 August 2025, 20:14 PM
Yasmeen Murshed laid to rest
Yasmeen Murshed, founder chairperson of Scholastica School and former adviser to the caretaker government led by then-president Iajuddin Ahmed, was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard yesterday.
1 August 2025, 20:10 PM
Fifth death anniversary of Amanul Islam
Today is the fifth death anniversary of former adviser to a caretaker government AKM Amanul Islam Choudhury.
26 July 2025, 21:35 PM
19th death anniversary of Novera Deepita
Today is the 19th death anniversary of Novera Deepita, a journalist of The Daily Star and a gold medalist student of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of the University of Dhaka.
26 July 2025, 21:35 PM
Salahuddin Faroque’s death anniv
The 33rd anniversary of death of Md Salahuddin Faroque, the managing director of Modhumita Group, will be observed today, said a press release.
26 July 2025, 21:34 PM
The sculptor who etched the nation’s spirit
Renowned sculptor and painter Hamiduzzaman Khan, whose work etched the spirit of Bangladesh’s Liberation War into the nation’s public memory, is no more. He was 79.
20 July 2025, 18:25 PM
Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury passes away
Sayeed Hossain Chow-dhury, chairman of HRC Group, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday.
15 July 2025, 20:07 PM
Former CEC Shamsul Huda laid to rest in Banani graveyard
Shamsul Huda passed away on Saturday at his residence in Dhaka's Gulshan.
7 July 2025, 16:35 PM
Justice Ansar Ali’s death anniv today
Today is the 30th death anniversary of Justice Muhammad Ansar Ali.
4 July 2025, 20:36 PM
Ahmed Raihan Nizam passes away
Ahmed Raihan Nizam, a former cricketer, and businessman, died in New York on June 29 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. He was 68.
3 July 2025, 21:42 PM
Abul Hussain’s death anniv
The 11th death anniversary of renowned poet Abul Hussain is being observed today, said a press release.
28 June 2025, 19:26 PM
Freedom fighter Habibur Rahman Pintu passes away
Habibur Rahman Pintu, a freedom fighter and father of The Daily Star’s Planning Editor Wasim Bin Habib, passed away in Satkhira early yesterday. He was 84.
20 June 2025, 20:42 PM