Quantcast
Channel: The Daily Star
Browsing all 111 articles
Browse latest View live

Advisers given jobs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday distributed responsibilities among her newly appointed advisers. According to a gazette notification of the Cabinet Division, Shafique Ahmed has been made law and...

View Article



Bangladeshi surrenders in Canada, gets bail

Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan, who is facing allegations of bribery with employees of Canadian SNC-Lavalin to secure a contract for Padma bridge project, surrendered to the...

View Article

China issues 4G mobile licences

China has issued licences for “fourth generation”, or 4G, mobile phone services, the government said yesterday, in a move to boost economic growth and job creation. The Ministry of Information and...

View Article

Verdict Dec 18

A Dhaka court will deliver the verdict in the Biswajit murder case on December 18. Twenty-one Chhatra League men are accused in the case. Dhaka Speedy Tribunal-4 Justice Nizamul Haque yesterday set the...

View Article

Solution not from abroad

The United States has again stressed the need for dialogue for resolving the ongoing political crisis to have free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections in Bangladesh. US Assistant Secretary for...

View Article


EU fines eight banks record 1.7 bn euros for rate fixing

The European Union fined eight finance groups a record 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) yesterday for rigging the Euribor and Japanese yen Tibor interest rates. German Deutsche Bank, involved in...

View Article

Defiant Ershad in a sticky stew

Upsetting the government plan to hold the polls on January 5, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday asked his party’s parliamentary aspirants to withdraw nomination papers, and directed his party...

View Article

Print edition again

International current affairs magazine Newsweek plans to relaunch its print edition in early 2014, just over one year after ceasing publication to focus on its website, the New York Times reported...

View Article


Why should I cry for justice?

This time it is a son, whose sole purpose was to find his father gone missing two and a half years ago. Dhaka College student Ohidur Rahaman Babu, a victim of last Thursday’s arson attack on a bus near...

View Article


Hasina won’t budge

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government remains firm in going ahead with elections on January 5 even though its former ally Jatiya Party has decided not to take part. Despite the blow from the Jatiya...

View Article

Law and order satisfactory!

Though the ongoing political violence has been taking a heavy toll, killing and injuring innocents, government high-ups yesterday said the overall law and order situation was improving significantly....

View Article

India for ‘maximum parties’ in polls

India wants the participation of a “maximum” number of parties in a peaceful and violence-free election in Bangladesh, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh told journalists yesterday, ending her...

View Article

New HQ but little cash for UN climate fund

The UN’s new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea yesterday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon projects around the world. The GCF was...

View Article


Time for dual screen mobile

YotaPhone, the dual-screen mobile device, will launch in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany before Christmas and in 15 other countries including the UK by the end of Q1 2014. It has a 4.3-inch...

View Article

Non-stop blockade looms

The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance might enforce an indefinite blockade of roads, rail and waterways from Saturday or Sunday if the government does not give in to its demand for a non-party...

View Article


Twenty-one bodies found in Mali mass grave

Twenty-one bodies were found overnight Tuesday in a mass grave near Bamako, believed to be the remains of soldiers close to Mali’s ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, officials said. “We have found...

View Article

Fear of sectarian massacre grows in C African Republic

At least 12 people, including children and a pregnant woman, have been killed close to the capital Bangui by Christian vigilantes, a military source said yesterday, amid rising fears of sectarian...

View Article


3 killed, 45 injured

Three passengers were killed and 35 others injured as four coaches and the engine of Padmarag Express veered off the track in Gaibandha yesterday after miscreants ripped up fish plates and clips from...

View Article

Return our looted treasures

British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday faced demands for the return of priceless artefacts looted from Beijing in the 19th century, on the last day of his visit to China. Cameron travelled to...

View Article

Export stops

Factories are overflowing with finished goods due to the countrywide blockade that began on November 26, with many factory owners considering temporarily shutting down production for a dearth of...

View Article
Browsing all 111 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images