Everyday secularism and the Bangladesh we rarely talk about
22 September 2026
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Reading Sarat Chandra at 150, with empathy
21 September 2026
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Who really owned Britain’s royal jewels?
19 September 2026
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The 25,000-year history of betel nut chewing
17 September 2026
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The world map we know is distorted. Why does it matter?
15 September 2026
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Bengal and the coming of Islam: A story of soil and spirit
14 September 2026
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Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
11 September 2026
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre
10 September 2026
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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Interns at MMCH start indefinite strike
Interns at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on one of their
1 March 2016
57 fishermen return from Indian jail
Fifty-seven Bangladeshi fishermen returned home yesterday after serving four months in an Indian jail.
1 March 2016
Assault on teacher triggers protest in Bogra
Students of Birakoir High School in Sherpur upazila of the district staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding arrest and exemplary
1 March 2016
Turmeric traders thrive, grower profits squeezed
The scene at Jhenidah's around 50 turmeric processing fields, locally known as chatals, is lively as growers and traders arrive to buy
1 March 2016
‘Bomb-like’ object found near chief justice’s village house
An object, what police suspect to be bomb, is found near the ancestral house of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in Moulvibazar today.
29 February 2016
PP can’t ask journos to leave courtroom: Law minister
A public prosecutor (PP) cannot tell journalists to leave a courtroom, Law Minister Anisul Huq says hours after reporters are driven out of the courtroom before recording of witness depositions in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
29 February 2016
Students protest attack on fellows in Patuakhali
Teachers and students of Char Chaplee Islamia High school in Kalapara upazila of the district formed a human chain on the school
27 February 2016
'I am human'
Language represents locality, kinship, clan, lineage and other socio cultural aspects of all human societies around the world. And in our
26 February 2016
Derailment halts Mymensingh-Netrokona rail link
Mymensingh to Netrokona rail links are disrupted as a train’s engine derailed at Gouripur outer signal today.
26 February 2016
Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory
The authorities of Pran Agro Limited suspended production at a Natore factory yesterday morning following a workers' demonstration
25 February 2016
Rail link with Sylhet halted for 14 hrs
Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country was restored at around 5:00pm yesterday, 14 hours after it was
25 February 2016
Labourers start indefinite strike, stage sit-in
Labourers of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fertiliser godown at Mahendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila called
25 February 2016
Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg
Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016
Looted rice recovered
Police recovered 189 sacks of looted rice from Ghatail upazila in the district yesterday.
24 February 2016
6 bodies recovered from sunken trawler in Shitalakkhya
Rescuers recover six bodies from a sunken sand-laden trawler which capsized after colliding with another trawler in Shitalakkhya of Narayanganj.
24 February 2016
Human chains demand withdrawal of cases against Star editor
People from different walks of lives in three districts protest filing of cases against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam on sedition and defamation charges.
23 February 2016
US envoy condemns Debiganj priest murder
The United States have condemned the "cowardly acts" in which a Hindu priest was killed and another person injured in Panchagarh on February 21.
23 February 2016
14 return home from Indian jail
Fourteen Bangladeshi girls returned home through Benapole check-post on Sunday night after serving three years in an Indian jail.
22 February 2016
Five injured in attack at Shikalbaha Power Plant
Five staff members of a private company at Shikalbaha 225 megawatt power plant were injured when they came under attack by a co-
22 February 2016
3 more cases filed against Star editor
Three more defamation cases are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in four districts.
22 February 2016