Zyma Islam

2 years lost, life shattered

He was around 15 when he was picked up, a ninth grader.

4w ago

Enforced disappearance: Anti-terror law abused most to frame victims

The fallen Sheikh Hasina government abused the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 the most to prosecute victims of enforced disappearance, found the commission investigating enforced disappearances.

4w ago

Enforced disappearances: Commission finds 16 secret detention centres

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found 16 secret detention centres across the country so far.

1m ago

Budget targets ex-citizens’ laundered assets

One of the main targets of this government is the recovery of stolen assets, or assets that have been pilfered abroad through capital flight.

1m ago

The story of Hamid’s exit

Security footage obtained and analysed by The Daily Star shows that Hamid's car reached the barrier gate of the VIP terminal at 12:46am on May 8

1m ago

Licence to fly: Pilots faked flying records

CAAB inquiry finds, regulator yet to take action

2m ago

Licence to fly: Regulator repeatedly ignored red flags

CAAB’s own inquiry finds irregularities by training academies, raising questions about aviation safety

2m ago

Waiver that stole justice

“They made us sign a waiver stating that we would never file any case before they handed over my brother’s body.”

2m ago
March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024

Some user info of Nagad, other entities in public domain

User information of those seemingly having Nagad accounts was being found across several platforms, including Telegram bots, until last week, raising questions about personal data protection.

March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024

A close call for US-Bangla

Disregarding instructions from the air traffic control, a US-Bangla plane got on the runway in Chattogram less than a minute before another aircraft was about to land, yet no probe was initiated about the close shave

March 2, 2024
March 2, 2024

Death came draped in smoke

Around 11:30pm, there were murmurs of one death. By then, the fire had been burning for over an hour.

February 23, 2024
February 23, 2024

To Europe via Libya: A voyage fraught with peril

An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.

February 2, 2024
February 2, 2024

Bangladesh Dumping ground for toxic ships

Out of 446 ships scrapped worldwide, 170 ended up in Chattogram beaches, making Bangladesh the biggest dumping yard for end-of-life vessels in the world last year.

January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024

Biman ignored its board in hiring pilots

Minutes of Biman’s 269th board meeting held on January 18, 2022, show the board approved recruitment of three captains for its Boeing 777s but the carrier hired eight.

January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024

Turnout swung between the two extremes

Two polling centres posted a hundred percent voter turnout each in Sunday’s election, while two others recorded a 98 percent turnout, according to Election Commission’s centre-wise data.

January 9, 2024
January 9, 2024

Dhaka saw lowest voter turnout

Dhaka district had the lowest voter turnout in Sunday’s election, with only 25 percent vote cast, according to Election Commission data.

December 29, 2023
December 29, 2023

Land Minister Javed owns at least 260 properties in the UK

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed has at least 260 properties in the United Kingdom for which he has paid at least GBP 134.76 million or Tk 1,888 crore, according to The Daily Star’s calculation from company filings publicly available on UK government websites.

December 20, 2023
December 20, 2023

Candidates’ Affidavits: Asset values that don’t fail to amuse

One hundred forty-eight bhoris (1.72kgs) of gold worth Tk 40,000! Twenty bighas of land worth Tk 2,000! A five-katha plot in Barishal worth Tk 400! And a Baridhara flat worth Tk 1.3 lakh!