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POETRY / King of current affairs
You do not read Plath,/ Nor Milton./ Or Wordsworth./ Or Shakespeare. What do you read?/ Newspapers, current affairs,/ How to be great when you're good.
Are today’s youths turning away from traditional news outlets?
The way we consume news has changed a lot since the olden times.
Tk 10 lakh fine for journalists' ‘illegal activity’?
There are already laws in place for newspapers and journalists. Why did the Press Council, then, take the initiative to amend the Press Council Act 1974, keeping provision to impose a fine of up to Tk 10 lakh? Is it not their obligation to protect the interests of journalists?
The right way to consume news
When we are told to read up and research, we aren't told how.
A man with an unusal hobby
The 72-year-old Musleh Uddin of Mymensingh does not spend a single day without reading newspapers and has a collection of rare publications.
Fahim Munaim passes away
Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 62. Also former executive editor of The Daily Star, Munaim breathed his last at his residence in Dhaka.
HC stays proceedings of 72 cases against Star editor
High Court stays for three months the proceedings of 72 cases against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam. The court also issues a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain as to why the initiation and continuation of the cases should not be declared illegal. The rule is returnable in three weeks, the court says.
Newspaper owners must pay staff’s income tax: SC
The Supreme Court upholds a wage board provision that instructs the owners of newspapers and news agencies to pay the income tax of their employees.
Messi posts cryptic Instagram message after tax charges confirmed
Lionel Messi posted a cryptic Instagram message on Friday as he continues his recovery from a knee injury.
Cyanide 356 times limits found at China blast test point
Cyanide levels more than 350 times standard limits have been detected in water close to the site of deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin.
Invention of Bangla printing press (video)
The invention of the movable Bangla press shaped the national identity and culture of the middle class Bengali of the country during the British Raj.
Spelling Bee: Rajshahi divisional round starts today
With the divisional round of Spelling Bee beginning today in Rajshahi, a truck highlighting The Daily Star's achievements and projects also embarked on a two week journey marking the occasion.
Shayera Moula passes away
Shayera Moula who had been with The Daily Star since the age of 15 passed away in the capital's United Hospital last night, succumbing to infections she battled for the past three weeks.
Prothom Alo ordered to compensate for misreporting
The High Court directs the daily Prothom Alo to give Tk 1 lakh to a female worker of Apex Footwear Limited within a month for publishing a wrong report on her abortion.
A new, bold online journey
Coinciding with its 24th anniversary, The Daily Star launches new-look state-of-the-art website to cater better its audience offering them to discover more
STORY OF THE BANGLA PRESS
A teacher of a small village was so overwhelmed by the atrocities of the landowners or zamindars of colonial India that he decided to write something in protest.
