The Daily Star

Parties can’t be forced to join nat’l polls: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said it’s not possible t...

Economic jitters felt by stock market

The jitters surrounding the state of the economy are reverberating on the stock ...

Bangladesh getting GSP plus: Rights situation, labour l...

The European Parliamentary Committee on International Trade has categorically sa...

Capacity charge for power: Tk 16,785cr paid in 9 months

The government paid Tk 16,785 crore in capacity charges to power plants in the f...

Ensure austerity in all spheres

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again urged all, including the stakeholders in ...

Inflation at 9-year high

Inflation raced to a nine-year high of 7.56 percent in June, in a development th...

Energy crisis: Piecemeal steps won’t solve it

The government has shut down diesel-run power plants and mulls some other steps ...

Road crash claims six more lives

A toddler, her mother, and aunt were among six people who died after a bus ramme...

Rajapaksa ally elected Lanka president

Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri L...

EC’s dialogue hits a snag as BNP skips it

The BNP yesterday skipped Election Commission’s dialogue seeking recommendations...

Noab hikes newspaper price by Tk 2 from Jul 25

All newspapers owned by the members of Newspaper Owners’ Association of Banglade...

Yet-to-start mega projects: Consider putting them on hold

Given the current economic situation, the government should consider suspending ...

Electricity crisis may worsen

The government’s plan for one to two hours of daily power cuts is failing, espec...

‘You cannot remain silent’

The High Court yesterday came down hard on Bangladesh Railway for mismanagement,...

IMF’S $4.5B loan: Govt now has cold feet

The government is stalling on taking the $4.5 billion loan from the Internationa...

CU sexual assault: Fingers pointed at BCL men

Those who sexually assaulted a female student on Chittagong University campus on...