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Bogra village devastated as saboteurs cut dam
5 die; 60 go missing; 800 houses destroyed; act blamed on feud between contractors
At least five people, including four children, drowned and 60 others went missing as suspected saboteurs cut open an embankment along the fierce-flowing Jamuna river that deleted a village of over 800
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PM questions Mujib's independence call
AL walks out of the House in protest
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia last night questioned in parliament how independence was proclaimed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 26, 1971 as he was arrested a day before, a statement that incensed main
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Withdraw distorted documents: Hasina
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the government to withdraw the recently reprinted Swadhinata Juddher Dalipatra immediately for what she said was distorting history to depict former
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JS Complex
Kahn's son appeals not to deform design
Louis I Kahn's son Nathaniel Kahn in an email to The Daily Star from the United States expressed deep concern over the construction of structures at the parliament complex and said such structures were
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BGMEA Initiative
BNP, AL agree to talk end to hartal
The garments exporters' move to initiate a dialogue between the ruling and main opposition parties for bringing an end to destructive hartal culture got a momentum as the BNP yesterday agreed to givethe
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JS session prorogued
AL MPs not on committees
The budget session of the Jatiya Sangsad was prorogued yesterday without including lawmakers of the main opposition Awami League (AL) in 45 parliamentary standing committees formed a year ago.
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Biman's rejoinder, our reply
Biman Bangladesh Airlines in a rejoinder has clarified a part of a report headlined "Bought a month ago, Biman now wants to get rid of F28s" The Daily Star ran on Sunday.
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Diseases spread fast in flooded districts
Waterborne diseases are spreading fast in the 25 districts reeling from monsoon flooding that picked up fierce pace six days ago and has so far killed at least 37 people and stranded close to three million
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Philippines pulls out troops Bulgarian hostage beheaded
Baghdad blast kills 11
The Philippines government yesterday said it started withdrawing its troops in line with demands by Iraqi militants holding a Filipino hostage after suspected suicide car bombing killed 11 people andwounded
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British envoy meets PM, lauds democracy
The British high commissioner in Dhaka has appreciated Bangladesh's vibrant democracy and said the country can give a further boost to its economic growth by utilising its potentials.
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Robbers kill trader, cabby beaten to death
Robbers chopped and shot dead a trader in Kalyanpur in Mirpur and a taxicab driver was beaten to death in Uttara yesterday.Abdul Kader, 35, owner of Shahi Books and Stationary at road No.
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Dengue menace grips city
Boy scouts, girl guides to start cleanliness campaign from today
Dengue is spreading in the city at an alarming rate, bringing increasing number of people to hospitals with infection.
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AL calls 6-hr hartal for Aug 15
Awami League (AL) has called a six-hour countrywide hartal for August 15 demanding state recognition of the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated as a national mourning day.
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Dhaka Saarc meet to set new tone: PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has said the 13th Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit due in Dhaka next year will give new guidelines to the seven-nation regional forum for itsfuture
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Liberation War History
30 hurt as cops attack JSD march
At least 30 people were wounded as police intercepted a protest procession of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) against distortion of facts in the Muktijuddher Dolilpatro by the alliance government.
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Correction
In our July 11 report, headlined 'Sacked Judge stripped of bar licence,' it was mistakenly written that the Bangladesh Bar Council (BBC) stripped the bar licence of sacked judge Syed Shahidur Rahman.
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