Will there be no end to this farce?
27 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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Overhaul Met Office’s warning system
26 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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An exit that ends uncertainty
25 July 2026, 19:02 PM
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Affordable dialysis must not be delayed any longer
25 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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Ensure food security for all
24 July 2026, 20:10 PM
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Hold those liable for Milestone tragedy
21 July 2026, 18:58 PM
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Why is the measles response still falling short?
23 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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A welcome development, but more ground to cover
24 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Don't burden children with entrance exam
22 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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More power to fight drug trafficking needs safeguards against abuse
20 July 2026, 19:26 PM
Editorial
Fish farming brings smile to Halim
Sometimes a youth's education doesn't run smoothly. Sometimes there are unavoidable obstacles which cause
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM
'Recognise ethnic minorities as indigenous people'
Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples yesterday with a
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM
‘Rise High Bangladesh’ campaign launched seeking innovative export ideas
Bangladesh’s leading English newspaper The Daily Star in association with Crown Cement launches a campaign named “Rise High Bangladesh” aiming to encourage innovative export ideas of country’s young generation.
9 August 2016, 15:12 PM
Santu Larma calls indigenous youths to march for rights
Indigenous youths should come forward spontaneously to strengthen the ongoing struggle for their rights, urges Bangladesh Adivasi Forum President Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma.
9 August 2016, 09:26 AM
TIB report on ACC
Transparency International report, according to which a meagre 37 percent of the accused are convicted in graft cases, is disappointing.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Another hike unjustified
With the public hearing regarding another round of gas price increase underway, businesses have already expressed their concerns about its possible impacts.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Schools on boats
Refusing to bow down to the forces of nature, twenty two boats turned into schools, libraries and computer labs are moving across the Chalan Beel region, a large wetland in Bangladesh, illuminating the lives of many impoverished children with the light of education.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Death of terror-suspect dent investigation process
Investigation into the Sholakia attack has made little progress. Meanwhile, the only attacker caught alive from the scene was killed reportedly, in a gunfight between law enforcers and militants taking the tally of terror-suspects killed in such gunfights with law enforcers in the past 2 months to 19.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Payment made,work yet to start
Payment to a company hired for installing solar systems in 243 different establishments of Rangpur was allegedly made before completion of the work in the 2015-16 FY.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Shift Rampal Project, save sundarbans
Tarunno Society, an organisation for youths, launches a mass signature campaign on the premises of Habiganj Town Hall on Saturday,
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Occupying street to hold election!
It is unfathomable how on Friday, the Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Samity blocked the entire street connecting Bailey Road with
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Post-flood rehabilitation
We have been warning about the onset of post-flood diseases for some time now. The local administration has been responding but it appears not so fast in many areas where the receding waters have brought water-borne diseases like diarrhoea and skin-related infections.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Without wages for three months
Denied wages, ration and medical care, about 2400 people including workers and their family members are trapped in a modern version of enslavement at Boikunthapur Tea Estate in Habiganj.
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Role of private universities
The private universities have made significant contributions to higher education in Bangladesh. Regrettably, there exists lot of misconception about these.
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Speech, hearing-impaired Riya steps forward to fulfil her dream
Speech and hearing impaired student Sumaiya Rahman Riya is ambitious. Asked in writing what she'd like to do for a career, she picks up pen to write: “While many students like me pursue fine arts at a higher level I want to be a banker.” She also wants to learn computers, to be adept at information technology, adds her father.
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
People of 3 Moulvibazar villages live in landslide fear
For three villages, Sahebtila, Shafinagar and Rajnagar, in Moulvibazar's Rajnagar upazila, there's a simple equation: rain equals risk. On any rainy day villagers wait nervously inside their hillside homes, aware that at any moment a landslide may be unleashed.
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bringing utility services together
The city's various utility companies and agencies have for decades been working disjointedly in the capital city which has led to
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Raise voice against killing in the name of religion
The Prime Minister's call made to the nation while inaugurating the Hajj programme to oppose the killing of innocents in the
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
SQ Chy's son Hummam ‘picked up’ in Dhaka
Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdury, is reportedly detained by detectives from a court premise in Dhaka.
4 August 2016, 13:16 PM
Biman’s first Hajj flight off to Jeddah
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started Hajj operation with its first flight departing Dhaka for Saudi Arabia.
4 August 2016, 05:02 AM