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Bollywood superstar Sridevi dies at 54 of cardiac arrest

Legendary Bollywood actor Sridevi passed away in Dubai on Saturday night after a massive cardiac arrest. She was 54. Sridevi was…

February 24, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

‘Posting photo with wife not a crime’

Shahriar Islam Shaon, who has been arrested in a case filed by just-married actress Mahiya Mahi, has once again claimed…

May 31, 2016 / 1 Comment / Read More

National Film Award, 2014 awarded to 29

Twenty-nine artistes and film professionals have received the National Film Award, 2014 in 26 categories for their outstanding contributions to…

May 11, 2016 / No Comment / Read More

Emmys 2017: The Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies the main winners

Actor Elisabeth Moss, winner of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, poses in the press room during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP photo Dystopian drama The…

September 18, 2017 / No Comment / Read More

Iconic actor Razzak laid to rest

Legendary actor Razzak, who passed away at a city hospital on Monday, laid to eternal…

August 23, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
Fans & colleagues bid farewell to Razzak
Film legend Razzak dies

Why Hun Sen needs China now more than ever

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) chats with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, January 22, 2019. Photo: AFP/Ng Han Guan Why Hun Sen needs China now more than ever Pending US and EU sanctions…

February 13, 2019 / No Comment / Read More

Myanmar should pay US$6 billion in compensation for Rohingya crisis: study finds

Bangladesh is currently sheltering over 1.1 million Rohingyas in a number of refugee camps in…

February 12, 2019 / No Comment / Read More
Fresh evidence of violations in Rakhine: AI
Bangladesh wants ‘safe haven’ for Rohingyas in Rakhine

Mashrafee makes no excuse for loss

Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Mithun (L) celebrates his fifty while Mohammad Saifuddin plays a shot during their first one-day international match against New Zealand in Napier on Wednesday. — AFP photos Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza refrained from giving any excuses for their embarrassing defeat against…

February 13, 2019 / No Comment / Read More

Bangladesh in trouble after early collapse

Bangladesh’s batsman Liton Das is clean bowled during their first one-day international against New Zealand…

February 12, 2019 / No Comment / Read More
Tigers tipped to keep patience
Bangladesh lose against NZ XI

The Legendary Tale of The Bhawal Sannyasi

The Daily Star December 03, 2018 The Legendary Tale of The Bhawal Sannyasi Sitting left to right: Satinath Banerjee; Rai Saheb Jogendra Nath Banerjee; Earl of Ronaldshay, Governor of Bengal; J H Lindsay, ICS, Collector and District Magistrate of Dhaka; and Kumar Ram Narayan Roy…

December 5, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

ARMED FORCES DAY; The legacy of November 21, 1971

The Daily Star November 21, 2018 ARMED FORCES DAY; The legacy of November 21, 1971 The…

November 21, 2018 / No Comment / Read More
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day being observed
শেখ হাসিনা ও কামাল হোসেন দ্বন্দ্ব: আওয়ামী লীগ থেকে কামাল হোসেনের বেরিয়ে আসার দিনগুলো

Asia’s Energy Revolution Could Kill Trump’s Coal-Powered Dreams

Asia’s Energy Revolution Could Kill Trump’s Coal-Powered Dreams By Nithin Coca Why you should care A key campaign promise may soon be on the ropes. For one of President Donald Trump’s best-known campaign promises — to revive the American coal industry — to succeed, the…

February 3, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Govt mulls withdrawing ban on errant refineries

The government actively considers withdrawing a ban it had imposed last year on the operation…

February 27, 2017 / No Comment / Read More
Bangladesh needs to enlist allies to ensure security
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