The Daily Star

| Bangladesh News

📅 Archive for 2026-08-17

Viewing The Daily Star articles from this date

Business Bangladesh, Netherlands team up to make RMG more sustainable

Crime Borrowers of NBFIs must withdraw lawsuits to get policy support

Politics Committee recommends up to 100% hike in govt employees’ basic pay

International Shariah-based institutions will get 50% of any sukuk: BB

Culture ‘Bridging Horizons’ brings Bangladesh and Singapore together through art

Entertainment ‘Tomar Chokhe Shilpi SM Sultan’ revisits the artist’s world through young eyes

Health Health ministry form teams to inspect hospitals on regular basis

International India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives

Politics College lecturer suspended over Aug 15 Facebook post paying respect to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Politics Cabinet approves April-March fiscal year from FY 2028-29

International Govt reappoints cabinet, public admin secretaries for a year

Education Seven migrants dead, 50 rescued off Libya: charity

Environment Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman

International Why this disregard for migrant deaths?

Sports Donald hails Bangladesh’s pace revolution after Australia triumph

Technology Sarmin replaces Nehar in Bangladesh squads for Asia Cup, Asian Games

Politics Bangladesh Test cricket reboot delivers in style with historic win

International Neymar first player forced off under new time-wasting rule

Business BB sets 54% higher agri and rural credit target

Sports Quickly ensure efficient cargo handling at airports: commerce minister

Sports Robi rebrands Airtel, from now it is Cirkle in Bangladesh

International ‘Awarapan 2’ crosses Rs 120 crore worldwide in opening weekend

Politics Five timeless romantic songs that celebrate Shabnam’s legacy

Business She was the heroine of my dreams: Sohel Rana on Shabnam

Entertainment Theatre programmes mark Selim Al Deen’s 77th birth anniversary

Politics Giving children a voice through fashion

Sports Meet the girls breaking barriers through skateboarding

Politics The people behind Dhaka’s unlikely skateboard revolution

Politics Mohammed bin Salman invites Tarique Rahman to Saudi Arabia for talks on stronger ties

Business Over 500 birds killed with poisoned bait. Man fined Tk 500

Environment Battery rickshaws to come under licensing system: Shahe Alam

Politics BNP govt advancing election pledges, governance agenda in first 180 days: Mahdi Amin

Politics Democracy, space for dissent shrinking: Nahid

Politics Astronomers discover a black hole pretending to be a star

Politics Claude will watermark AI text. Here’s how it works

Business Competency based BCS viva: how candidates can prepare

Business Instagram updates its wordmark for the first time in a decade

Business To make doing business easier, simplify procedures before digitalising them

Business The A level grading system explained

Sports What Bangladesh’s historic Test victory in Australia means for Bangladeshi-Australians

Business Darwinian evolution: How Tigers are reshaping their Test identity

Politics Why are Bangladesh fans ‘upset’ over calling the Darwin Test win an ‘upset’?

Technology Rajshahi Stars begin continental campaign with 4-0 loss to East Bengal

Politics Foreign investment in stocks keeps falling

Business Japanese economy ekes out modest growth

Politics Making food security nutrition-sensitive

Business Oil rises as US-Iran peace talks stall, Hormuz shipping slows

Politics Shah Rukh Khan to star in AR Rahman’s tribute music video for Asha Bhosle

Sports ‘Tobuo Jege Uthi’ portrays the violence and objectification of womanhood in the maw of patriarchy

Sports ‘Scream’ and ‘Nashville’ star Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

Politics JCD, Shibir clash at DU hall over provost’s resignation

Business Regulate battery rickshaws, free Dhaka footpaths

Politics Tea workers intensify protests for Tk 500 daily wage

Politics The bridge that never came to be

Politics ICT asks jail authorities to produce Shyamal, Rupa, Babu on Aug 24

Politics Heavy rain, high tides leave Chattogram under water again

Politics US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China

Politics AI backlash is a crisis of trust, says Anthropic CEO

Politics Phantom exports must not be ignored

Politics Bangladesh needs a medicine policy that serves both patients and producers

Politics A democratic Bangladesh must make room for competing memories

Politics Will AI close Bangladesh's productivity gap, or widen it?

Politics ‘Aussies mauled’: Australian media tears into shock defeat to Tigers

Politics Australia face potential WTC point deduction and fine for slow over rate

Politics ‘We didn’t get respect in 2003, but now everyone is respecting us’

Politics ‘You just bat’: Litton gives Smith a taste of Tigers' fight

Politics Who replaces Rodri at Man City?

Business Tk 10,000cr media opportunity needs level playing field

Business Burimari reels as Indian stone import halt drags on

Politics Ctg chamber seeks incentives for Shah Amanat airport

Politics Dhaka Nattyautshab 2026 begins in Old Dhaka

Politics Shipbreaking tragedy: Yard ‘forgot’ to renew DoE clearance

Politics Bangladesh PM’s visit to India should take place much sooner: Dinesh Trivedi

Politics A conducive climate needed for Tarique’s India visit

Politics They drifted to their deaths over 11 days

Politics Tk 567cr project on cards to tackle Dhaka waterlogging

Business Mild tremor jolts Narsingdi

International Nearly 13,000 displaced after deadly Indonesian quake

Politics Bangladesh needs a medicine policy that serves both patients and producers

Politics A democratic Bangladesh must make room for competing memories

Politics Sitakunda tragedy calls for a redesign of the ship recycling industry

Sports Miraz rises when the stakes are high

Sports Cameroon beat fairytale finalists Malawi to win women's AFCON

Sports PSG beaten by Lens in French Champions’ Trophy

Business Delhi's invitation amid diplomatic tensions: Will Tarique Rahman visit India?

Politics Torn notes? Here's how to get your money back from bank

Politics Darwin domination: The numbers behind Bangladesh’s historic win

Politics Misery for Maresca as Man City make dismal start to life after Guardiola

Politics Foreign investment in stocks keeps falling

Politics Garment industry running out of time to go green: CPD

Politics Govt launches Tk 400cr fund to boost startup investment

Sports Minimum two years needed to fix power, gas crisis: Khosru

Sports New panel formed to address tea industry woes

Business Police say suspected associate of ‘Bomaru Mamun’ held with bombs in Dhaka

Politics Remembering Sumit Sarkar, a historian who questioned orthodoxy

Politics Can India and Bangladesh build a more equal economic partnership?

Politics Bangladesh’s big statement amid the consistency question

Sports A dream Test 23 years in the making

Sports Historic win lifts Tigers’ WTC hopes

Sports India's Padikkal steals the show with 167 in first Sri Lanka Test

Sports ‘You will rarely find a team like this’

Sports Barcelona reach deal with Man City to sign Rodri

Politics Odegaard says Arsenal 'want to win everything' after Community Shield success