The Daily Star

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banani building fire death toll rises to 13 0
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- March 29, 2019
The Daily Star March 28, 2019 Banani building fire death toll rises to 13 Fire breaks out at Banani FR Tower in Dhaka on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Photo: Palash KhanStar Online Report At least 13 persons, including a Sri Lankan citizen, were killed and 70 others injured in a fire that broke out at
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Bangladesh; Woman in prison for derogatory remarks against the prime minister 0
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- March 19, 2019
The Daily Star March 16, 2019 BFF’s women wing chairman Kiron arrested in Dhaka Mahfuza Akter Kiron. File photo Star Online Report Bangladesh Football Federation’s women wing chairman and FIFA council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron was arrested today in a defamation case lodged under ‘CrPC 500’ by a sports organiser. Kiron was arrested from Dhanmondi
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Our Captured, Wounded Hearts 0
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- March 7, 2019
By deploying the IAF, Narendra Modi has ensured that Kashmir is conclusively internationalised Arundhati Roy. Photo: Collected Arundhati Roy 7 March 2019 With his reckless “pre-emptive” airstrike on Balakot in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inadvertently undone what previous Indian governments, almost miraculously, succeeded in doing for decades. Since 1947 the Indian government has
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Return of Rohingya: UNHCR seeks clarification from India 0
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- January 5, 2019
Unb, Dhaka 5 January 2019 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sought clarification from India over the return of Rohingya and regretted the India’s decision. “UNHCR regrets India’s decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya to Myanmar, the second such return in three months,” said the UN refugee agency on Friday. UNHCR said it continues to
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Bangladesh Election: Mother of four ‘gang-raped by AL men’ for voting for opposition BNP 0
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- January 4, 2019
Mother of four ‘gang-raped by AL men’ The Daily Star 1 January 2019 Victim claims she was targeted for voting for ‘sheaf of paddy’ Our Correspondent, Noakhali A mother of four was gang-raped in Noakhali’s Subarnachar early yesterday allegedly by 10 to 12 Awami League activists. The 35-year-old woman, who was being treated at Noakhali
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Election violence – Bangladesh 0
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- December 26, 2018
The Daily Star December 27, 2018 No end in sight to violence Pabna-4 BNP candidate stabbed, flown to Dhaka; Fakhrul’s wife alleges threats from AL men 953 Stabbed BNP candidate for Pabna-4 Habibur Rahman Habib is being taken to hospital after alleged Awami League men attacked him and his supporters on Alhaj School ground in
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The Quest for Finding Bangladesh 0
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- November 21, 2018
November 19, 2018 The Quest for Finding Bangladesh Ishwaripur Rajbari, Shyamnagar, Khulna. Adnan M S Fakir Scotland has its Loch Ness, China, its assortment of dragons, and India, a whole consort of mythological beings that have delved into their culture and identity. What do we have from our ancient histories that form an integral part
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INDIA-MALDIVES RELATIONS; Significance of Modi’s visit 0
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- November 21, 2018
The Daily Star November 21, 2018 PM Narendra Modi (left) with Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. PHOTO: AFP Pallab Bhattacharya Resilience and renewal—these two words at the beginning of the joint statement issued after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dialogue with Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in Male on November 17 succinctly captured the essence
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‘In Bangladesh, democracy was not allowed to take root’0
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- November 21, 2018
The Daily Star November 21, 2018 Sultana Kamal. Photo: Anisur Rahman Eresh Omar Jamal Sultana Kamal, lawyer and human rights activist, member of CPD board of trustees, former Executive Director of Ain o Salish Kendra, and former advisor to the caretaker government of Bangladesh, talks to Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star about the upcoming national elections and
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TRIBUTE TO KULDIP NAYAR; Journalism’s guiding light 0
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- August 23, 2018
August 23, 2018 Daily Star Journalism’s guiding light Kuldip Nayar. File photo taken from The Statesman/ANN Mahfuz Anam With the passing away of veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar Bangladesh has lost a sincere and lifelong friend, India has lost a conscience keeper for secular values, Pakistan has lost an untiring voice for greater understanding between
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Bangladesh: The rise and silencing of a mass student movement 0
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- August 10, 2018
How did the protests begin? What made it expand in such a short time? And finally, why did it die out? The following is a day-to-day breakdown of the protests created solely based on reports published in The Daily Star from July 29 to August 7. August 10, 2018 Timeline Day 1 July 29: A
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Bangladesh: Justice for Shahidul Alam 0
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- August 8, 2018
August 08, 2018 The Daily Star Shahidul Alam. Photo Courtesy: Rahnuma Ahmed Mahfuz Anam Who is this man whose arrest has sparked outrage and condemnation from global bodies and media, including Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), PEN International, SAMDEN (South Asia Media Defenders Network) and publications such as the Guardian, The Washington Post
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Bangladesh police: Beating suspects not crimes 0
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- July 26, 2018
Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan 26 July 2018 Photo: Kazi Tahsin Agaz Apurbo (staged) “Mother, seek mercy for me from the Prime Minister. Tell her that I am a regular student and that I am not involved with any political party. Please entreat her to revoke my remand. Please tell them not to beat me.” This
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Bangladesh Elections: Commentary: One day does not an election make 0
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- June 29, 2018
Md Jahangir Alam, Awami League nominated mayor candidate in Gazipur City Corporation elections, shows V-sign for victory in a post-polls reaction at the office of Gazipur returning officer on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Photo: Palash Khan Mahfuz Anam, Editor the Daily Star, Bangladesh June 29, 2018 The much-awaited Gazipur city election is over, the “we-knew-it-from-before”
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