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Displacement of indigenous families

Over 80 indigenous people of some 21 families are still homeless more than nine months after they were evicted from their ancestral lands for the establishment of BGB 51 Battalion headquarters in Babuchhara of Dighinala.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Slum dwellers in cities deprived of drinking water

Informal workers living in slums are largely deprived of safe drinking water, healthcare and sanitary latrine, according to a new research
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Labiq Moinuddin; son of Rushnan Murtaza, deputy representative of Unicef Ghana, and Kazi
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Labiq Moinuddin; son of Rushnan Murtaza, deputy representative of Unicef Ghana, and Kazi
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 9th death anniversary of Khondker Abdus Sami, a former joint-secretary of ERD.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Afsar Uddin Sheikh

Today is the 12th death anniversary of Afsar Uddin Sheikh, father of Parijat Prokashoni owner Shawkat Hossain Litu.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Indus International School briefs parents on curricula

Lt Gen (retd) Arjun Ray, CEO of the Indus group of institutions, on Monday briefed parents in Bangladesh about the educational
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Journalist victimised

The highhandedness of the police in dealing with Prothom Alo's Baufal correspondent ABM Mizanur Rahman leaves us dumbstruck. The
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh at 45

The nation enters its 45th year of independence. It is as much a cause of celebration as that of an expression of profound respect for the
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

At the dawn of Independence

It was like an eerie calm before the storm. Since the morning of March 25, 1971, people's nerves were on the edge as it became almost clear that talks between the Awami League, the Pakistan People's Party and the Yahya Khan junta had failed.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Hartalless capital jammed again

The old scenario of traffic congestion was back on Dhaka city roads yesterday as the hartal was withdrawn on the week day after
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

150 policemen sacrificed lives

"Base for all stations. Please keep note. Keep listening, watch. We are already attacked by Pak army. Try to save yourself."
24 March 2015, 20:56 PM

Arson attacks continue

On Monday, a crude bomb blast in the TSC area left a housewife and a university student injured and a bus was torched in the Shahbagh
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh denim carves a niche

Denim is showing positive growth in the sprawling readymade garments sector. Going by what has been published in this paper foreign
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

No hartal call for today

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has decided to spare people from hartal for today but continue the blockade, after enforcing shutdown
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The Black Night

The nation recalls today the Black Night of March 25.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Actor Sirajul passes away

Sirajul Islam, the veteran actor and film director who appeared in over 300 films and won the National Film Award in 1985, died of old-
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Daily Star correspondent gets Brac media award

Farhana Mirza, Munshiganj district correspondent of The Daily Star, has got Brac Media Award-2015 for her professional role in reducing
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Save Waliullah

Twelve-year-old Md Waliullah of Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh has been suffering from blood cancer.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the third death anniversary of Rawshan Jahan Hossain, wife of M Afzal Hossain, a deputy inspector general (retd) of Bangladesh
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM