Sylhet violence leaves 2 dead 24 Apr 2012 | 10:11 am

Two people were killed and at least 50 including 10 policemen injured in fierce clashes between pro-hartal pickets and law enforcers at Bishwanath upazila headquarters in Sylhet during the BNP-enforce...

Views divided in BNP camp 24 Apr 2012 | 10:11 am

The BNP top brass appear to have differing views on missing party leader Ilias Ali’s wife Tahsin Rushdir Luna’s presence in Saturday’s Rab drive to rescue her husband.

Sohel Taj resigns from JS 24 Apr 2012 | 10:11 am

Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj, son of the country’s first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmad, resigned as lawmaker yesterday and declared that he would no longer be involved in active politics.

Tk 70 lakh not Suranjit aide’s 24 Apr 2012 | 10:11 am

The Anti-Corruption Commission suspects that Yusuf Ali Mridha had brought Tk 70 lakh from Chittagong to Dhaka on April 9 and passed it to Omar Faruq, the sacked aide of the former railway minister.

‘Land grabbers’ torch 5 houses of indigenous people 24 Apr 2012 | 10:11 am

Alleged land grabbers burned down five houses of indigenous families in Shikpur Adivasi village in Tanore upazila early yesterday.

Hartal is not the solution 24 Apr 2012 | 06:10 am

The country’s business community has expressed grave concern as the hartal called by main opposition BNP demanding trace of its missing leader Ilias Ali steps on the third consecutive day.

The Daily Star 1969-12-31 18:00:00 24 Apr 2012 | 06:10 am

The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.

Land grabbers burn houses of indigenous people 24 Apr 2012 | 06:10 am

Alleged land grabbers burned down five houses of indigenous families in Shikpur Adivasi village in Tanore upazila early yesterday.

Six men climb into Vesuvius crater 24 Apr 2012 | 06:10 am

Six men climbed down into the crater of a volcano in Italy yesterday, in protest at the closure of the organisation they worked for which maintained trekking paths on Mount Vesuvius, near Naples.

NO-ONE CARES 24 Apr 2012 | 06:10 am