Padma Bridge Project: Corrupt yet let off the hook too easily
A government employee has been reinstated to his job after being dismissed for being involved in a fraudulent compensation scheme in the Padma Bridge project.
4d ago
DNCC tears down parts of Sadeeq Agro
Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday knocked down a portion of the farm built illegally by Sadeeq Agro on the land of Ramchandrapur canal in the capital’s Mohammadpur.
6d ago
The Miniket mockery
Defying a ban, millers across the country continue polishing rice excessively and marketing it as “miniket” in the absence of monitoring.
1w ago
The Russell’s viper conundrum
Russell’s viper is not a snake species of a foreign land, rather they have coexisted in the natural ecosystem of the Indian sub-continent for centuries.
1w ago
‘Why fix prices if you can’t enforce it’
Decry customers as govt fails to curb rising cost of essentials
2w ago
Customers feel the heat as spice prices spike
With consumers already feeling the pinch from soaring spice prices, the costs of many items have gone up further just before Eid-ul-Azha.
2w ago
Eid Journey Home: Northbound people suffer
Tens of thousands left Dhaka to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their families, with those heading north complaining of a dearth of transport, overcharging by bus operators and long tailbacks.
2w ago
BAT violating tobacco control law
British American Tobacco Company (BAT) has been promoting sales of cigarette, a controlled product, in upscale restaurants and hotels in big cities in a clear violation of tobacco control laws, The Daily Star has found.
3w ago
December 18, 2023
Nothing for ‘king’s parties’
Speculation surrounding seat-sharing with lesser-known parties in the upcoming January 7 polls concluded yesterday as the Awami League finalised agreements only with Jatiya Party and three partners from its 14-party alliance.
December 12, 2023
Fined, evicted yet in business
An illegal sand business is being run in Char Hogla village under Shambhupura union of Narayanganj by allegedly encroaching a portion of the Meghna.
December 11, 2023
BNP human chains foiled in 9 districts
BNP’s first nationwide public event since October 28 was obstructed and foiled by police in nine districts yesterday.
December 9, 2023
3 new parties stumble even before election
The newly registered political parties -- the Trinamool BNP, Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), and Bangladesh Supreme Party -- have fielded only 29 nominees in 18 of Dhaka city’s 20 constituencies.
December 2, 2023
Patients bear the brunt of blockades
Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
November 29, 2023
‘Give back our loved ones’
Six-year-old Siyam stood in front of the Jatiya Press Club with his mother yesterday, showing everyone a photo of his father and pleading, “Release my father.”
November 29, 2023
More and more people now flocking to OMS trucks
Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
November 28, 2023
BNP’s Nayapaltan Office: Abandoned, locked for a month
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
November 27, 2023
BNP's Nayapaltan office: Abandoned, locked for a month
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
November 24, 2023
Smaller parties planning big
Little-known parties are planning big for the January 7 polls and a number of them are selling nomination forms to anyone willing to buy so that they can field candidates in all 300 constituencies.
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