A doa mahfil for Maj Gen Syed Badruzzaman will be held at his residence (house-146, road-4, new DOHS Mohakhali) after Asr prayers today.

A doa mahfil for Sadat Quddus will be held after Asr prayer today at Rajshahi House.

THE slew of financial scandals of not-too-distant a past has not faded from collective memory.

THE latest sinking of a vessel in Bhola River, carrying Muriate of Potash, is a stark reminder that little has been done regarding the rerouting of cargo vessels after the devastating oil spillage in this river only six months ago.

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Sculptor Novera Ahmed's emergence in the 1950s coincided with an important shift in the art scene of the erstwhile East Pakistan.

WE are happy to note that the Indian cabinet has cleared the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) Bill on Monday including Assam along with West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya as per the original accord.

A city the size of Dhaka should ideally have 92 parks. In reality it has 54 and those too are under constant threat of encroachment by both public and private sectors.

The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.

Abdul Mobin, chairman of Bangladesh Islamic Party which is an ally of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, died from a stroke in Dhaka's Lab

The Daily Star and its employees yesterday donated relief materials for the earthquake victims in Nepal.

WOMEN, despite making huge contributions to the economy and the country's overall development, are seldom evaluated properly for their work.

EVERY year the government procures wheat directly from farmers. This year has been an exception for farmers in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur.

Impunity Making Canal Grabbers Impudent

Today is the fourth death anniversary of Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman Bir Uttam, commander of sector-7 during the Liberation War.

Rafiqul Islam Mahmood, chairman of the chemistry department at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, died of a

The labour of female workers is not recognised in three important areas -- potato and maize cultivation and poultry rearing --

Sadat Quddus, eldest son of Abdul Quddus and late Munira Quddus, presently of Rajshahi House, died of cancer yesterday, said a press release.

At least 32 mass graves of victims of trafficking from Bangladesh and Myanmar were found two days ago in an abandoned jungle in southern Thailand...

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the death of four Bangladeshi bloggers, including US-based Bangladeshi writer Avijit Roy.