Bangladesh
‘Gunfights’: 3 killed in Dhaka, Rangpur
Three people killed in separate “gunfights” with elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Rangpur.
16 July 2015, 06:12 AM
Forkan Mallik gets death for war crimes
ICT-2 finds Patuakhali war criminal Forkan Mollik guilty in 3 out of 5 charges of war crimes during 1971, awards death for two of the charges.
16 July 2015, 04:53 AM
‘Mastermind’, 5 others held over HSC question leak
Detectives claim detention of a mastermind and five others over HSC question leak, answer paper tempering and online cheating.
16 July 2015, 04:23 AM
Fifty for ‘Tamim-haters’
Tamim Iqbal gives brilliant reply to “Tamim-haters” by scoring his 31st half-century in the final match of three-match ODI series against South Africa.
15 July 2015, 16:44 PM
Torrential rain inundates Dhaka city
Just several hours of rain cripples the life in Dhaka as different parts of the capital went under ankle to knee-deep water, thanks to poor drainage system.
15 July 2015, 14:09 PM
Charge framing hearing against Salahuddin July 22
A Shillong court in the Meghalaya state of India fix July 22 for hearing on charge framing against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.
15 July 2015, 13:48 PM
Rajshahi road crashes kill 6
Six people die in separate road crashes in Mohonpur upazila and in the city.
15 July 2015, 11:22 AM
Eid shopping within only Tk 1,000! (video)
Do you have only Tk 1000 in hand but you still have Eid shopping left for your family? Sounds impossible, right? The Daily Star Online has the perfect solution for a person in need of Eid shopping in a tight budget.
15 July 2015, 10:18 AM
Moyna remanded over Rajon murder
A Sylhet court orders police to hand over the case filed over the much-talked about killing of 13-year-old Rajon to detectives for investigation.
15 July 2015, 09:59 AM
Tigers seal series against South Africa
The 154-run opening stand between Tamim and Soumya takes Bangladesh to victory in the 3rd ODI at Chittagong by nine wickets and secures the first ever series win over South Africa.
15 July 2015, 08:31 AM
Hold the line Bangladesh cricketers
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza and his troops must defy tall odds, and defeat South Africa in the third and final ODI at Chittagong for a rare shot at cricketing glory .
15 July 2015, 06:18 AM
Girls beaten cruelly at Barisal orphanage (video)
Amid nationwide outrage over beating dead a 13-year-old boy Rajon, two Barisal orphanage girls have been subjected to cruel corporal punishment by the institution’s health assistant and its video leaked on the internet.
15 July 2015, 05:45 AM
Bangladesh eye third straight ODI series win
Two one-sided matches, with the teams batting first folding for identical scores and losing by big margins, have given the third ODI at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium the status of a final.
14 July 2015, 13:52 PM
Fakhrul released on bail
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is released from jail this evening, six months after his arrest.
14 July 2015, 13:37 PM
Fans at Bangladesh v South Africa 2nd ODI
Bangladesh’s supporters witness a splendid performance from the home team at the Mirpur stadium during the famous win over the Proteas in the 2nd ODI of the 3-match series.
14 July 2015, 13:10 PM
It’s a big opportunity for us: Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan
Mashrafe Mortaza’s men have never beaten South Africa in a series. They have also never successfully won an ODI series, against a top-eight side, after losing the first match.
14 July 2015, 11:55 AM
Protesters demand Rajon killers to hang
Protestors across Bangladesh demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounts over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
14 July 2015, 11:51 AM
Pace pays off for Bangladesh
Tigers are going guns with a whitewash over Pakistan, followed by a series win against India, and now they've pulled one over South Africa in the 2nd ODI of the 3-match series at Mirpur on July 12, 2015.
14 July 2015, 11:11 AM
102 boat migrants found by Myanmar navy
Myanmar's navy discovers over a hundred migrants stranded for weeks on a southern island.
14 July 2015, 10:14 AM
‘Repatriation of Kamrul before Eid unlikely’
It is uncertain whether Kamrul Islam – the suspected main killer of Rajon – can be brought back from Saudi Arabia before Eid, according to Bangladesh officials in Jeddah.
14 July 2015, 09:29 AM