Obituary

Syed Taki Mohammad passes away

City Desk

13 September 2026 • Obituary

Ketaki Kushari Dyson, writer and Tagore scholar, dies at 86

Star Online Report

13 September 2026 • Obituary

Renowned Urdu poet Syed Taqi Mohammad passes away

Star Online Report

12 September 2026 • Obituary

Anwarul Abedin’s death anniv today

City Desk

5 September 2026 • Obituary

BUET Professor Nazrul Islam no more

Star Online Report

4 September 2026 • Obituary

M Nurul Islam’s death anniv today

City Desk

29 August 2026 • Obituary

Anwari Kabir’s death anniv today

City Desk

29 August 2026 • Obituary

RANGPUR FAMILY MURDER / Ganapati, wife, daughter were killed on roof

Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

28 August 2026 • Obituary

National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's death anniversary

Nazrul’s 50th death anniv observed / Nazrul’s 50th death anniv observed

BSS, Dhaka

28 August 2026 • Obituary

Kazi Nazrul Islam’s death anniversary today

The 49th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country today.

26 August 2025

Journalist Alamgir Mohiuddin passes away

Veteran journalist and former founding editor of Naya Diganta, Alamgir Mohiuddin, passed away yesterday. He was 83.

23 August 2025

Journalist Rukunuddoulah passes away

Veteran journalist, freedom fighter, and special correspondent of the Daily Sangbad, Rukunuddoulah, passed away yesterday at the age of 74. He breathed his last at 7:30pm at Jessore 250-bed General Hospital.

22 August 2025

A life in print ends in tragedy

Police yesterday recovered the body of veteran journalist Bibhuranjan Sarker from the Meghna river in Munshiganj.

22 August 2025

Sakhawat Hossain passes away

Sakhawat Hossain, a former marine and mechanical engineer, former engineering manager at ICI Bangladesh Limited, and chief engineer at BIWTC, died on Thursday. He was 87, said a press release.

16 August 2025

Educationist Mahfuza Khanam passes away

Renowned educationist, social worker, and women’s rights advocate Mahfuza Khanam passed away in Dhaka yesterday. She was 79.

12 August 2025

AGM Shamsul Kamal passes away, aged 89

AGM Shamsul Kamal, founding chief executive officer of the Chittagong Stock Exchange and the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited, breathed his last yesterday at Evercare Hospital.

10 August 2025

Justice Abu Sayeed’s death anniv

Today is the 37th death anniversary of former president Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, said a press release.

1 August 2025

Azim Uddin Ahmed passes away

Azim Uddin Ahmed, founder life member and former chairman of the Board of Trustees, North South University, passed away in Singapore yesterday. He was 85, said a press release.

1 August 2025

Mahmud Husain’s death anniv

Today is the 43rd death anniversary of Chief Justice Syed AB Mahmud Husain, said a press release.

1 August 2025

Yasmeen Murshed laid to rest

Yasmeen Murshed, founder chairperson of Scholastica School and former adviser to the caretaker government led by then-president Iajuddin Ahmed, was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard yesterday.

1 August 2025

Fifth death anniversary of Amanul Islam

Today is the fifth death anniversary of former adviser to a caretaker government AKM Amanul Islam Choudhury.

26 July 2025

19th death anniversary of Novera Deepita

Today is the 19th death anniversary of Novera Deepita, a journalist of The Daily Star and a gold medalist student of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of the University of Dhaka.

26 July 2025

Salahuddin Faroque’s death anniv

The 33rd anniversary of death of Md Salahuddin Faroque, the managing director of Modhumita Group, will be observed today, said a press release.

26 July 2025

The sculptor who etched the nation’s spirit

Renowned sculptor and painter Hamiduzzaman Khan, whose work etched the spirit of Bangladesh’s Liberation War into the nation’s public memory, is no more. He was 79.

20 July 2025