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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.
China editor resigns over censorship
A top journalist at a Chinese newspaper says he is resigning because of the authorities' control over the media.
A Journey With Pride
The Daily Star yesterday awarded 24 prominent individuals and an institution for their lifetime contribution to nation-building at its 25th anniversary programme.
Democracy needs active role of newspapers: President
President Abdul Hamid calls upon all newspapers to continue their contributions to the development of the country through responsible journalism. Addressing a programme marking the 25th anniversary of The Daily Star, he says all the media must work to fight extremism and terrorism.
Silver jubilee celebrations today
The Daily Star, the newspaper pursuing journalism with an unwavering commitment to ensure people's right to know, celebrates its 25th founding anniversary today with a renewed pledge to better serve its readers.
Arms, ammo seized at Mymensingh newspaper office, 2 held
Detectives in a drive arrest two people along with two pistols, six rounds of bullet and arms making materials from a local newspaper office in Maskanda BSCIC Industrial area of Mymensingh town.
‘Messi's achievements beyond my wildest dreams’
Lionel Messi's father says he could never have dreamed of the success Barcelona's five-time Ballon d'Or winner has enjoyed.
Exempt print and electronic media
The government's move to make print newspapers obtain registration for their online editions is neither logical nor necessary.
‘Muslims should stop eating beef’
A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.
I can play until 40 for Madrid: Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo says he still dreams of finishing his career at Real Madrid and can see himself playing until he is 40.
'The Finisher' finished?
The whisper is now growing louder that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no more the middle-order finisher who could single-handedly get India over the line.
Messi posts mysterious message
Lionel Messi posted a cryptic Instagram message on Friday as he continues his recovery from a knee injury.