Rejection to deepen political crisis
The prime minister’s remark that the next parliamentary elections would be held in line with the constitution had deepened the country’s ongoing polical crisis, said BNP acting secretary general Mirza...
View ArticleFour state banks to get Tk 5,000cr
The government is set to inject Tk 5,000 crore into four state-owned commercial banks to make up for the significant capital shortfall that has alarmed both the World Bank and IMF. The decision was...
View ArticleI won’t budge
Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday categorically announced that the next general election would be held as per the current constitutional provision. “Everything will happen according to the constitution....
View ArticleBig boost for jute
Three years into the successful genome sequencing of tossa jute, Bangladeshi scientists led by Dr Maqsudul Alam have unravelled the genome sequence of deshi (white) jute. This completes the genome...
View ArticleRestricted, she killed parents
Oishee decided to kill her parents after they had confiscated her mobile phone on July 31, detectives say. They put restrictions on her when they came to know about the girl’s bad company and the...
View ArticleSome points to ponder
Oishee Rahman turned 17 on Saturday. Still a child under the law, she cannot be placed on police remand, despite the fact that she is the suspected killer of her parents. Yet, a Dhaka court put her on...
View ArticleJamaat’s role under probe
The formal investigation against the Jamaat-e-Islami’s alleged war crimes began yesterday in what could be the first step towards the trial of the party that opposed the birth of Bangladesh in 1971....
View ArticleDreadlocks 55 ft long
She is the real life Rapunzel with 55ft long dreadlocks that are longer than a bus. Despite being warned by doctors that her hair that weighs three stone could paralyse her, Asha Mandela said she will...
View Article25 cops killed in ambush
Islamic militants ambushed two mini-buses carrying off-duty policemen in the northern region of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula yesterday, killing 25 of them in a brazen daylight attack. The killings, which...
View ArticleMan buried alive in Joypurhat
A man was buried alive while digging a well in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat yesterday. The dead, Jahangir Hossain, 35, hailed from the upazila’s Hinda Kasba village. He and seven others were digging a...
View ArticleKhaleda seeks scrapping of lower court order
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a petition with the High Court for scrapping a lower court order that had accepted the charges against her in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case....
View ArticleShahidullah Kaiser was taken to Mueen, Ashraf
Panna Kaiser told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that Al-Badr men abducted her husband martyred journalist Shahidullah Kaiser on December 14, 1971, and handed him over to their leaders Chowdhury...
View ArticleSongs in the water
There was the image of quintessential rural Bangladesh in him. Abdur Rahman Boyati was a necessary reminder, at every point of our national life, of the roots we spring from. In his songs, all brimming...
View ArticleJMB man was to rebuild Huji
Masiur Rahman Milon, one of the nine suspected Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) members arrested last week in Jhalakathi, had taken the responsibility of reorganising Huji. In 2003, he had joined...
View Article10-year jail for MLM touts
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the Multilevel Marketing Activities (control) Act-2013, aiming to protect people from being cheated by MLM firms and bring them under a legal framework....
View ArticlePolice now look for instigators
Detectives have been investigating whether anyone instigated the murder of Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman or helped their daughter Oishee Rahman kill them at their...
View ArticleFather, uncle testify at Indian court
The father of the teenaged Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force in 2011, testified at the murder trial in an Indian court yesterday. A special court, set up...
View ArticleTk 2,885cr stuck in anomalies
Agrani Bank is mired in losses of Tk 2,885 crore for its reckless lending practices, auditors found recently. The inspection, conducted by the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) at the...
View ArticleDiplomats not convinced
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday briefed the foreign diplomats in Dhaka, saying the next general election would be held as per the constitutional provision. Dipu Moni also ruled out any possibility...
View ArticleOur comments
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday made a pointed attack on The Daily Star, singling out the paper saying that the newspaper always distorts whatever she says. “It is The Daily Star! No matter what...
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