Bangaldesh
Big dream, grim reality
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has really dreamt of a big budget in every respect -- from expenditure to revenue generation. And he no longer wants to live in the 6 percent GDP class to push beyond 7...
Muhammed Sadique new PSC chairman
The government appoints Dr Muhammed Sadique as the new chairman of the Public Service Commission, according to an official order.
Residential building tilts in Narayanganj
A four-storied residential building has tilted over to an adjacent building in Narayanganj’s Fatullah area. Residents have been vacated and no casualty reported.
PM made member of UN panel on water
The United Nations appoints Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as one of the members of a high-level UN panel on water.
‘SIM re-registration by April 30 tough’
It will be tough to complete re-registration of all the SIM cards by April 30, leaders of a fraction of mobile phone top-up and banking vendors association say.
Lightning kills 3 in Habiganj
Three people, including a local Jubo League leader, are killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during storm in Sadar and Lakhai upazilas in Habiganj.
Heist: CID to hold meeting with FBI tomorrow
The Criminal Investigation Department of police will hold a meeting with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in the city tomorrow over the heist of $101 million from Bangladesh Bank account with...
35 dignitaries seek withdrawal of cases against Star editor
Thirty-five eminent personalities of the country demand immediate withdrawal of all the cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam a day after nine other eminent citizens...
Editors’ Council protests case against Star editor
The Editors' Council has condemned and protested the barrage of cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and the Council's General Secretary, Mahfuz Anam.
Web Review: Dhaka’s history in Facebook
Facebook group ‘DHAKA - 400 years History in Photographs’, has startling photographs of the city and its people from the pages of history.
Pakistan summons Bangladesh envoy
Diplomatic tension has further surfaced between Dhaka and Islamabad after Pakistan summoned the Bangladesh High Commissioner Suhrab Hossain this afternoon.