Gazipur polls free, fair
The maiden election to Gazipur City Corporation was held in a free and fair manner, election observers said yesterday. The election had seen a high turnout of voters, the observers said, adding, the...
View ArticleExperimental drilling begins in well-3
Experimental drilling at the 3rd well of Srikail Gas Field in Muradnagar upazila of Comilla district began yesterday. Hossain Mansur, chairman of Petrobangla, formally inaugurated the drilling on...
View ArticleWhy don’t you sue the US daily?
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked BNP to sue The Washington Times as it was claiming that the US daily had published an article forging Khaleda Zia’s signature. “Why don’t you [BNP] sue The...
View ArticleReady to become nation builders
The O-level and A-level students, who received The Daily Star award in a ceremony in the capital yesterday, expressed utmost elation at their achievements. With several outstanding achievements to be...
View ArticleAccolades for brilliance
Terming them the future leaders and nation builders, speakers and guests congratulated 1,464 students, who received The Daily Star award yesterday for their excellent results in O- and A-levels between...
View ArticleTurnout not as expected
The first-ever Gazipur City Corporation election yesterday saw voter turnout lower than expected, despite all the media hype and vigorous campaigns by the two major political parties for their...
View ArticleAL leaders stunned
The defeat of the Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Ajmat Ullah Khan at yesterday’s Gazipur City Corporation polls has left the ruling party leaders stunned into silence. This is in contrast to...
View ArticleVictory ‘boosts BNP’s anti-govt movement’
The victory of the BNP-backed mayoral candidate in the maiden polls to Gazipur City Corporation will boost the morale of leaders and activists of the party, which will now use it to intensify the...
View ArticleVote rigging no longer possible
Polling now is as transparent as the ballot boxes are and so “vote dacoity,” capturing polling centres or rigging polls is not possible, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said...
View ArticleFree, festive, fair
The peaceful and festive voting in the Gazipur City Corporation polls ended yesterday with a lot of people waiting to see if the BNP siege had made the Awami League fortress crumble. Despite the...
View ArticleAL bastion falls
The opposition BNP has finally stormed the citadel of the ruling Awami League through a decisive victory for its candidate at the Gazipur City Corporation mayoral ballot. The BNP-supported MA Mannan...
View ArticleNo contact with Snowden since asylum offer: Venezuela
Venezuela said on Saturday it had not had any contact with former US security contractor Edward Snowden, a day after President Nicolas Maduro offered him asylum in defiance of Washington. “No, there...
View Article11 killed in Nepal bus accident
A police official says a passenger bus drove off a bridge and plunged into a river in central Nepal, leaving at least 11 dead and a dozen more injured. Police official Dev Bahadur Bohara said Sunday...
View Article2 die as plane crash-lands at San Francisco airport
A Boeing 777 aircraft has crash-landed at San Francisco international airport, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, officials say. Pictures posted on Twitter showed passengers jumping...
View ArticleStocks gain
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse gained on Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose 16 points to reach 4,558...
View ArticleInflation rises to 7.97pc in June
Inflation increased by 0.11 percentage points to 7.97 percent on a point-to-point basis in June on the back of rising food and non-food prices. The inflation was 7.7 percent on average in June against...
View ArticleBomb kills 3 in Lahore
At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a bomb went off in a busy food street in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, officials say. Local media said the explosion happened as...
View ArticleMannan to work with Ajmat
Minutes into winning the Gazipur mayoral race, mayor-elect MA Mannan expressed his will to work together with his contender Ajmat Ullah Khan for the development of the city. “I would consult with the...
View ArticleIt’s a ‘no’ to govt: Fakhrul
The massive victory of the opposition-backed mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation election is a clear message from the people that they have no confidence in the government, BNP acting...
View ArticleShah Rukh Khan blessed with third child
Shah Rukh Khan, who has been blessed with a third child through surrogacy, has said that the much-publicised issue was a “personal and confidential” matter for him, reported Hindustan Times. “It is a...
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