Killing of Swarna Das: 7 months on, fear still lingers at Lalarchak border
For the past seven months, farmers in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar have stayed away from their land near the Lalarchak border, fearing attacks allegedly by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).
16 April 2025, 18:00 PM
BGB stands with Swarna’s family on Pahela Baishakh
Earlier on September 3 last year, the 16-year-old girl was gunned down allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar
14 April 2025, 13:45 PM
Hilsa prices skyrocket ahead of Pahela Baishakh
Consequently, a week before the Bangla New Year on April 14, the demand for hilsa skyrockets
10 April 2025, 15:41 PM
Patients suffer at understaffed Dhaka hospitals amid Eid
Riyad Hossain, who sustained severe injuries in an alleged mob beating, was taken to Kurmitola General Hospital by law enforcers on Sunday morning.
2 April 2025, 20:02 PM
When survival becomes an uphill struggle
Samata Begum, 55, stood by the roadside, tears streaming down her weathered face.
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Chicken prices soar ahead of Eid
Prices of different varieties of chicken have increased by Tk 30 to Tk 50 per kilogrammes in Dhaka's kitchen markets
24 March 2025, 14:58 PM
The disappeared of the July Uprising
The Daily Star found evidence of systematic government efforts to cover up medical records and bodies of the July uprising victims so they can never be found again.
18 March 2025, 04:15 AM
Families want closure, however painful
When we first started visiting Dhaka Medical College Hospital in January for this story, there were seven protest-related unclaimed bodies freezing in its mortuaries.
15 March 2025, 18:00 PM
A systematic cover up of bodies
On the afternoon of August 5, 2024, word spread across the country that Sheikh Hasina fled to India. In Gazipur, like elsewhere in the country, thousands poured into the streets in celebration. But there was also anger.
14 March 2025, 18:00 PM
AL govt sought to hide true extent of massacre
They all had families, desperately searching for them amid a nationwide curfew and internet shutdown at the height of the July uprising. Yet, they were buried as "unclaimed" bodies within one to six days after being shot dead, before their loved ones could find them. Seven months after the July
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Hastily buried in unmarked graves
The Daily Star investigates how July uprising protesters were disappeared in unmarked graves
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Livelihoods, dreams reduced to ashes
Fire guts 35 shanties in Dhaka’s Bhasantek slum
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Mob violence persists amid weak policing
Mob violence has been occurring in the country for years. But the recent spate of mugging and robbery has apparently caused a surge in such incidences.
4 March 2025, 21:00 PM
Father cried for help, yet son could do nothing
Monim Jamaddar’s phone rang amidst the chaos in front of the hotel in flames. His father Miron’s panicked voice on the other end said, “I’m trapped inside. Smoke is everywhere. I can’t find a way out.”
3 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Prices of iftar staples hold steady, mostly
This Ramadan, Dhaka residents are finding some comfort in the mostly stable prices of food items and ingredients considered essential for the preparation of iftar meals.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Illegal parking turns Karwan Bazar into a nightmare
Raisul Islam, an employee of a private office in Panthapath, left for a meeting in Gulshan on Sunday, taking the Panthapath-Tejgaon Link Road.
11 February 2025, 18:00 PM
6 months of interim govt: Citizens still in fear for safety
Many citizens feel unprotected and vulnerable since law enforcement agencies have not been able to regain control
8 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Daily struggle of Dhaka dwellers
Dhaka has worn many titles: the city of mosques, the Venice of the east, the rickshaw Capital of the World.
2 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Underfunding a key factor behind police bribery
When we talk about corruption in the police force, the focus, rightly so, often falls on bribery and abuse of power.
25 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Release of ex-BDR men: Sighs of frustration, relief at jail gate
For the first time in her 17-year-old life, Juena Jamal Oishee yesterday truly saw her father Jamal Uddin Khan, a former sepoy of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), now the Border Guard Bangladesh.
23 January 2025, 18:58 PM