Canada envoy urges end to political violence
Canada today urged all political parties to end the violence and work toward a peaceful resolution of the prevailing situation. “Canada is dismayed by the continued escalation of violence in...
View ArticlePolice kill three militants in Indian Kashmir
Indian government forces killed three suspected rebels in Kashmir overnight following a lengthy gunbattle near the de facto border with Pakistan, police said yesterday. The three were killed after...
View ArticleCharity accuses Sri Lanka over ‘heinous’ aid workers massacre
France’s Action Against Hunger yesterday accused Sri Lankan security forces of killing 17 aid workers in cold blood and then organising a cover-up of what it termed a “heinous” war crime. In a report...
View ArticleDamascus blast kills four as rebels take Christian town
Four people were killed yesterday in a suicide bombing in central Damascus, Syrian state television reported, after rebels seized a historic Christian town north of the capital. State television said...
View ArticleChina puts anti-corruption activists on trial: lawyers
Three Chinese anti-corruption activists who unfurled banners calling for government officials to declare their assets stood trial yesterday for “illegal assembly”, a lawyer said, despite an official...
View ArticleIran criticises mooted US-Afghan security pact
Iran voiced criticism yesterday of a proposed pact that would pave the way for a US troop presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, saying it would not serve its neighbour’s interests. “Iran does not see...
View ArticleAsia sweeps top spots in global education survey
Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education yesterday, as their students continued to outshine Western counterparts in maths, science and reading....
View ArticleMale, female brains wired differently
Scientists have drawn on nearly 1,000 brain scans to confirm what many had surely concluded long ago that stark differences exist in the wiring of male and female brains. Maps of neural circuitry...
View ArticleGovt spreading propaganda on ‘dialogue’
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged the government was spreading propaganda to derail the opposition’s movement. In a statement, the BNP leader said, “Some...
View ArticleDeadline for appeal against verdict over
Condemned war criminals Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan have apparently lost their opportunity to challenge their conviction with the Appellate Division as the deadline to appeal expired...
View ArticleJharna rewarded with a govt job
Jharna Begum has finally got a permanent job as promised by government high-ups eight months ago after she made headlines by rescuing a policeman badly injured by activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in...
View ArticleFBCCI to stage token protests
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) yesterday said it would hold demonstrations across the country in a week to pressure the political parties into restoring peace...
View ArticlePolls on time
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the next parliamentary polls would be held on schedule, whether anyone participates or not. She also said if the election was not held under any...
View ArticleEU, US, Canada call for peace
Amid continuing violence in Bangladesh over the ensuing general election, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh arrives here this morning to discuss the prevailing situation with the top leaders of...
View ArticleArson takes another life
One more life was lost as a retired madrasa teacher, who had received burn injuries at Badarpur in Patuakhali on Saturday, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday....
View ArticleMinisters, advisers using project cars
Influential ministers, prime minister’s advisers, and senior officials of different ministries and divisions, among others, have rampantly been using vehicles of different government projects despite...
View ArticleFake claim to avail free treatment
The Daily Star in its first edition yesterday published a report on the front page saying that six-month pregnant Shirin Akhter was seriously injured when pickets set a bus alight at Tarabo in Rupganj,...
View ArticleTime slipping away: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has once again called upon the two major parties to immediately reach a consensus on polls-time government. “Time is slipping away. We requested...
View ArticleCorruption stays almost same
Bangladesh ranked 16th from the bottom in this year’s graft index, released globally by Transparency International yesterday. It scored 27 points out of 100, one point higher than the last year when it...
View ArticleViolence flares up
At least eight people, including three teens, were killed and scores injured in violence in different districts across the country yesterday, the fourth day of the 131-hour opposition blockade. Three...
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