Today's Paper: Latest Bangladeshi & world news & analysis

Front Page

Licence to harm Sundarbans

Going against its own policy, the government over the last few...
Rajib not out of danger

College student Rajib Hossain, who lost his right hand in a road...
Charitable Case: Khaleda's bail extended until April 22

A Dhaka court yesterday extended the bail of BNP Chairperson...

Rohingya Repatriation: PM sees virtually no progress

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there has been...
Corruption a big concern

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR)...

Back Page

Future of global energy market 'uncertain'

State Minister for Energy and Power Nasrul Hamid yesterday said the...
Holey Artisan Attack: 'Neo JMB' man admits supplying arms

“Neo JMB” leader Hadisur Rahman Sagor yesterday confessed before a...
National Film Award winners announced

The National Film Award 2016 winners were announced yesterday with...
No rule of law for Rohingyas

By the twisted standards of Myanmar's Rakhine state, Abdullah...
Sudan repatriates seven female 'IS members' from Libya

Sudanese security agents on Wednesday brought home from Libya seven...

Indigenous People of Plains: Forming land commission not enough

Forming a separate land commission for the indigenous people of the...
Personal Data Breach: 87m users may be affected: Facebook

Facebook said Wednesday the personal data of up to 87 million users...
Outlawed party leader killed in 'gunfight'

An outlawed party leader was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in...
'Genocide' taking place in Myanmar

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said "genocide...

Saudi king invites PM to witness military drill

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Prime Minister...
'100 percent successful'

Bangladesh Chhatra League President Saifur Rahman Sohag yesterday...
Rouhani angers Israel with 'support for terrorists' jibe

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit out at Iran on...
Almost 80% of UK firms pay men more than women: data

Almost eight out of 10 companies and public sector bodies operating...

Business

Embrace technology to increase productivity

Bangladesh's productivity is much lower compared to its...
Five top Islami Bank officials resign

Five top officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh have resigned from...
Eliminate middlemen from paper trade

The carton manufacturers yesterday demanded direct buying rights of...
Lack of financing hampers growth of women-led SMEs: analysts

The reluctance of banks and financial institutions to provide women...
Almost 80pc of UK firms pay men more than women

Almost eight out of 10 companies and public sector bodies operating...
German industrial orders disappoint in February

Industrial orders in Germany rose slightly in February after a...

First freight train from India ends trial run

A trial run of the first freight train on the Bangladesh-India...
Muhith for developing specialists for export sectors

Bangladesh needs to develop specialists for the export-oriented...
Optimistic investors cheer up stocks

Optimistic investors kept stocks in the black for the second...
In Africa, scant data protection leaves internet users exposed

In Kenya, which has a large and fast growing population of internet...
RBI holds rates; cheers markets by trimming inflation view

The Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates on hold on Thursday...

Policymakers should get to the bottom of low FDI

Policymakers should find the reasons behind the low inflow of...
Steel makers call for slash in customs duty, tax

Steel makers yesterday called for slashing of customs duty and...
Apex Footwear gets two CEOs

Apex Footwear has recently appointed two chief executive officers ...
China says it never backs down in the face of threats after trade salvos with US

China has never surrendered to external pressure and it will win...
Canada's foreign minister travels to US for Nafta talks

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will be in Washington...

Sports

Nazmul, Nasir seal Abahani's 19th title

All the preparations were made from Abahani's side. A sizeable...
'We still need to work like hell'

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp warned his side will still have to ...
'We are ready to accept demotion'

Four-time champions Usha KC will not be seen in the top-flight...

One of the best leagues: Mashrafe

It may seem repetitive to keep uttering the name Mashrafe Bin...
Magic of Anfield engulfs City

There is something special about Liverpool's Anfield on...
Nahid exits from heats

Swimmer Mahmudunnabi Nahid exited from the heats in the 50m...

'Happy to continue'

For most of his one and a half years on the job, Bangladesh bowling...
Roma left to rue errors

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde admitted his side were well below...

Editorial

A horrific tale

The unfortunate case of a 22-year-old college boy who lost his hand...

How fertile lands became deserts

Yesterday, we reported how an act of gross negligence on the part...

Opinion

Our dying rivers and hopes for water justice

This is ironic and self-contradictory on the face of it. On the one...
Crisis, Rinse, Repeat

Later this century, when economic historians compare the “Great...

The galvanising effects of Dalit protests

The caste cauldron in India was on the boil once again on April 2....

The Dream of Martin Luther King Jr

IN a historic 1999 civil lawsuit of the King family against the US...

Letters

Take a hard line against bankers

On April 5, The Daily Star published a report titled "Banks...

City

HSC Exam: 179 expelled on fourth day

A total of 179 candidates were expelled from the examination...
The party that fought for democracy has killed it

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said a...
Missing Khulna BNP leader found in Cox's Bazar

Law enforcers found Khulna BNP leader Nazrul Islam in Cox's...
Bir Protik Hamidul Haque passes away

Hamidul Haque, a valiant freedom fighter from Tangail, died of old...
BHRMSPA logo, website launched

Bangladesh HRM Service Providers Association (BHRMSPA), a national...
Road crashes kill 5

At least five persons, including a woman were killed in separate...

A celebration of cultural ethos

The vibrant and colourful procession, Mangal Shobhajatra, in which...
Rohingya crisis to feature highly

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday briefed foreign diplomats...
Boy diagnosed with rare WILD syndrome

A thirteen-year-old boy has been undergoing treatment at the...
BCL leader sued over 'assaulting' college principal

The principal of Chattogram Biggan College yesterday filed a case...
Two day photo carnival of AUW starts today

A two-day photo carnival organised by the Asian University for...
Discussion on TB control held

National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) with the support of ...

Bangladesh fire service has come a long way

Firefighters are now capable of managing large fire incidents as...
Cops directed to execute arrest orders of four accused

A Dhaka court yesterday again instructed police to execute the...
Spread true teachings of Islam

Describing Islam as a religion of peace, Prime Minister Sheikh...
Keep it up

It has been almost one year since 1,000 resident students of...
HC okays continuation of Abbas' graft trial

The High Court has cleared the way for the lower court concerned to...
ACC to sue BWDB addl chief engineer

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case...

Country

Gorai groyne under threat

The 0.720-km-long flood protection groyne built along the Gorai...
Stop stone extraction

Students of several indigenous communities in the district formed a...
Three jailed

A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee and his two...
Stalking costs a life

A man was killed and five others were injured in a clash as a...
Traders demand criminals' arrest

Traders of Sarishabari upazila headquarters at a rally yesterday...

Self-reliant in teashop trade

At its best the humble village teashop is an institution. From...
Vishnu idol recovered

Police recovered a 100-kg statue of lord Vishnu, after labourers...
Prisoner dies at Faridpur jail

A 60-year-old under trial prisoner, who fell seriously sick in the...
Schoolboy's body found

The body of a schoolboy was found at Ayubnagar in Patarihat union...
Boy hurt in bomb blast

A 10-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in a crude bomb...

Kurigram jail killing day tomorrow

Tomorrow (April 7) is Kurigram 'jail killing day'.
Netrakona BCL leader commits suicide

A Chhatra League leader allegedly committed suicide in Netrakona...
Stalkers desperate

Studies of two sisters have been stopped for the last one week due...
Man gets life for killing wife

A court here yesterday awarded life imprisonment to a man for...
'Cancel lease of Joykali Dighi'

Hundreds of people in Natore formed a human chain on April 1,...

World

Gaza braces for new protests

Palestinians yesterday readied for new protests along the Gaza...
1.5b sensitive docs on open internet

Some 1.5 billion sensitive online files, from pay stubs to medical...
Won't accept any delay in elections

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on...
Taliban vows to take 'serious revenge'

The Taliban has vowed to "take serious revenge" after an...
Saudi intercepts another missile from Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday that...
Flight returns to S'pore after bomb hoax

A flight operated by budget airline Scoot was yesterday escorted...
Six miners dead in Georgia roof collapse

Six miners died and three more were injured yesterday when the roof...

'My strength is growing'

The Russian woman who was poisoned in Britain last month with her...
Philippines shuts top tourists spot for 'next generation'

The Philippines is closing its best-known holiday island Boracay to...
Lanka PM wins trust vote

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated a no...
Wife of 'vanished' Chinese lawyer marches for answers

The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer who has embarked...
Saudi Arabia's first cinema to open April 18

Saudi Arabia's first cinema in over three decades will open on...
Police kill unarmed man in New York

New York police shot dead an African American man in Brooklyn on...

Judge charges ex-Catalan police chief with sedition

A Spanish judge yesterday formally charged the former chief of...
Kim wants to resume six-party disarmament talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Lula can be jailed

Brazil's Supreme Court yesterday rejected former president...
Ex-PM's party temporarily dissolved

Malaysian authorities yesterday deregistered the party of veteran...
French, Malian troops kill 30

Thirty jihadists were killed in a clash with French and Malian...
Pope shows support for sick British toddler

Pope Francis has stepped in to the case of a seriously ill British...

Arts & Entertainment

It's time to weave “Swapnajaal”

Films that appeal to critics and the general audience alike are...
Green University organises Shakespeare Festival

A two-day Shakespeare Fest 2018 was organised by the English Club...
Salman Khan gets five-year jail in Blackbuck poaching case

A Jodhpur (India) trial court yesterday marquee Bollywood star...

Up close and personal with Poppy

Gracing her presence on the silver screen for twenty years, Poppy...
“Sentimental Selim” on Rtv

TV series “Sentimental Selim” goes on air tonight at 9:20pm on Rtv....
“Infinity War” character posters released

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen heroes come together before,...

“Theatre has become tougher”

Keramat Moula is a seasoned theatre activist and movie actor. He...
“Kaan-Shuta” at Chhayanaut today

Gaanshala, a musical initiative by Enamul Karim Nirjhar, is set to...
‘Everybody knows’ to open Cannes

Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's...

Next Step

STARTUP vs. CORPORATE

I've spoken to two professionals who've had adequate...
The Bossman #51

The Bossman #51

Bangladesh's first CXO Summit organised by LankaBangla

LankaBangla presents Dhaka CXO Summit 2018 brought the pioneers and...

Networking through business competitions

Every year, a plethora of business competitions take place in...

Star Weekend

MAILBOX

“A campus forever linked to liberation" by Md Shahnawaz Khan...
A life on perpetual tenterhooks

The city is like a text. It always gives us clues in many forms...
Into the Fold, Out in the One

As a reconnaissance of what seems like a neural landscape, Soma...
New names, new solutions

Kamrul Hussain, a small trader in Cumilla, sits sprawled across a...

Raising a child with autism

Rupa shows me the broken glass of a bookshelf in the bedroom, which...
A deafening culture of silence

Last month, Star Weekend conducted an online survey to explore...
A topography of loss … unredeemed…

Dhali Al Mamoon turned time into a portal to gaze back or gauge a...

You Need To Know What Happened To Private Banks Last Week

People have been talking about it from the beginning of the year,...
Life at Chittagong Railway Station

Among the thousands that throng the railway station every day, are...
The Time I Took A 19-hour Bus Ride Across East Africa, Because Why Not

My work visa in Tanzania was about to expire, and I needed to do a...

Star Youth

Nurturing the Practice of Running

Running is a suitable form of exercise for everyone from adults to...
Youth Opportunities

UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach...

1st National Quiz Festival 2018

The event was categorised into two levels. The “Individual Level”...

ICBSD 2018 held at University of Rajshahi

The International Conference on Business and Sustainable...