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What are the govt’s latest moves on savings certificates?
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Why is Bangladesh seeking more time for LDC graduation? What are the risks?
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Traders of Bangabazar: Rehabilitation needed, not donations

Defying scorching heat and leaving past the fire disaster, traders of Bangabazar, who are fighting against odds, have opened their temporary stalls. Selling clothes bought with loaned money, they are trying to bounce back in a time which was supposed to be the most profit-making time of the year ahead of Eid.
17 April 2023

Too hot outside

People of Chuadanga have been advised by the district administration to stay home as much as they can due to a relentless 15-day-long heatwave. Watch Star Newsbytes to find out more.
17 April 2023

New Super Market, Gausia and Chandni Chawk reopens

After the fire was extinguished completely, the Dhaka New Super Market was handed over to the police at around 10:00am today. Since early morning, the affected traders started crowding in front of the market. Many hoped that some goods might have been saved from the fire. But they could not find anything except burnt debris
16 April 2023

WATCH: New Super Market fire

Numerous shops and goods at the capital's New Super Market were destroyed in a catastrophic fire. 30 firefighting units, along with teams from army, navy, air force, Rab, BGB, police, and local volunteers brought the blaze under control.
15 April 2023

A festive Pahela Baishakh 1430 celebrated with colourful processions

With hopes of renewed vigour and good fortune, Bangladesh greeted the first sunrise of the Bengali year 1430
14 April 2023

Dr Zafrullah laid to rest

Freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was laid to rest inside in Savar this afternoon.
14 April 2023

10 years of Rana Plaza tragedy: Have the rights of workers been ensured?

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the most horrific tragedy in the country’s garment industry, the Rana Plaza collapse, a roundtable titled, "Rana Plaza Tragedy - 10 Years: Workers’ Health & Safety and Trade Union Rights: Where are we now?", was held at The Daily Star Centre
13 April 2023

Why the sudden increase in fertiliser prices?

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13 April 2023

People of CHT welcome new year with floral rituals

People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts started their celebration of the new year by floating flowers in the river, hoping to wash away the sorrows of the past year and usher in happiness and prosperity. The festivities were marked by colourful cultural programmes in Bandarban and Rangamati districts
12 April 2023

Tangail weavers hope for a festive boost after pandemic woes 

The weaving industry of Tangail, known for its traditional handloom products, has been struggling to survive due to the impact of the pandemic in the last few years. The weavers and traders who depend on this industry usually look forward to four major occasions: Pahela Baishakh, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
11 April 2023

Minimum income requirement for UAE golden visa reduced

The minimum monthly income required to obtain a golden visa for UAE has been cut from 50,000 dirhams ($13,614; Tk 14,42,789) to 30,000 dirhams ($8,168.38; Tk 8,65,674)
10 April 2023

Country's salt production expected to break 62-yr record

The range of salt farming in Cox's Bazar is expanding as farmers are making profits using new technologies in the production process like the polythene method. Import prohibition also helped them
10 April 2023

Iftar at Bangabazar, after the fire

The Bangabazar fire incident in Dhaka has crushed many peoples’ dreams and left many families distraught, devastated. Every year, during Ramadan, the traders usually gather for iftar with much fanfare as they earn the most during this time ahead of Eid. However, the fire tragedy has changed everything. How are they doing now?
9 April 2023

Clashes in Bandarban: Terrified, they flee

Following the deaths of eight in a gunfight between two armed groups in Bandarbans’ Khamtang para on April 6, 73 Bawm families from the Sadar Union of Rowangchari Upazila sought shelter in the Rowangchari Model Government Primary School.
9 April 2023

Abul Mansur Ahmad’s book review contest: Prize giving ceremony held

The completion was launched to commemorate the 44th death anniversary of the eminent writer, journalist, and politician of the subcontinent
9 April 2023

'Where calm and quiet has to be bought with money, the real meaning of life has disappeared'

Are we forgetting the true significance of human life in the fascination of the development of the state or the progress of mankind?
7 April 2023

Bangabazar shop owners hope for help

The traders affected by the devastating fire at Bangabazar shopping complex are now looking forward to government assistance and decision.
6 April 2023

Encroachment, pollution killing Subarnakhali river in Jamalpur

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6 April 2023

People gather to collect burnt clothes in Bangabazar

After six and a half hours of efforts, the terrible fire in Bangabazar of Dhaka is now under control, but it has not been completely extinguished yet
5 April 2023

The life of Rokia A Rahman

The chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star, Rokia passed away at the Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore
5 April 2023