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Kailash Sarkar and Shaheen Mollah
Left, Journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Inset, mothers of the two cry their eyes out after the unbearable loss. Photo: facebook/palash khan
Five-year-old son first to spot his lifeless parents; PM orders police to track down killers immediately; Khaleda decries slide in law and order
Print EditionA Bangladeshi woman was chased, captured and tortured by Indian Border Security Force in Benapole border area yesterday.
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The inaugural Spelling Bee took place in Monipur School in Mirpur yesterday.
Print EditionFour people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of their involvement in the Friday's attack on a Moulvibazar tea estate.
Print EditionA top US diplomat met leaders in the Maldives yesterday to assess a political crisis as the nation's new president agreed to international calls to investigate allegations of a military-backed coup.
Print EditionOne of the sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi yesterday threatened to lead an uprising against the country's transitional government.
Print EditionA journalist was killed and his wife injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
Print EditionMyanmar officials have freed a leading dissident Buddhist monk after a brief detention, his monastery said yesterday, following a call from the United States for his immediate release.
Print EditionA moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 shook central Chile late Friday, US researchers reported.
Print EditionAn Uzbek man living in the United States pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in the southern state of Alabama to planning to kill US President Barack Obama.
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“Mummy and Papa have died.”
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Rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League locked in fierce clashes at Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) and Dhaka Dental College in the capital compelling the authorities to shut SSMC indefinitely.
Print EditionA restoration by parliament of the nullified constitutional provision relating to the caretaker government system will be legal since the Supreme Court has said the system can be kept in place for two more terms.
Print EditionBangladesh government has expressed serious disappointment at the remarks made by U K Bansal, director general of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), during an interview on February 8.
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The Daily Star yesterday revealed plans to hold a 16-day “Odommo Chattagram” festival to showcase the history, culture, heritage and prospects for the future of Chittagong.
Print EditionKhwaja Nazimuddin's statement on the language question turned out to be incendiary and predictably led to swift and severe criticism all across East Bengal. Badruddin Umar, whose research on the Language Movement has been noted for its authenticity, has his account of the events following the governor general's speech. According to him, Nazimuddin's remarks had even Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, general secretary of the East Pakistan Muslim League, riled. Chowdhury echoed Nurul Amin's feeling that no one in the ruling party had any idea that the governor general would suddenly raise the language issue once again and in that manner.
Print EditionLaw Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday ruled out a possible restoration of the caretaker government system on the ground that the Supreme Court had declared the provision illegal and unconstitutional.
Print EditionIn a significant development, the Bangladesh government has decided to allow India to ferry food grains and essentials for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, Assam Tribune reported yesterday quoting a Tripura minister.
Print EditionThe money involved in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament has come under the scanner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Print EditionFinance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday defended the government's policy on costly oil-based power projects as a short term solution to the country's energy crisis, saying this has helped overcome the crisis and boost industrial growth and exports.
Print EditionRakib Hossain, grandchild of the country's first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed, was allegedly tortured by police on Friday.
Print EditionA defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed yesterday to inaugurate "important nuclear projects" within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the "story" of the Holocaust underpinning its existence had been "smashed".
Print EditionA group of hackers, claiming to be Indians, has attacked websites of five ministries yesterday.
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