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Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq
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Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq

Jordanian air defenses shot down five Iranian ballistic missiles following joint U.S. and Saudi air operations against militia positions in Iraq. The renewed clashes disrupt a short-lived pause in hostilities, putting global energy transit through the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea at further risk.

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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices
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The strange grief of seeing our parents age

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How violence against women is normalised in Bangladesh's chars

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Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury and the idea of Bangladesh

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Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground
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Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground

When Nasima got a text from her employer during the Eid holidays, she expected another routine message. Instead, it told her she had been fired.

Kafrul Swechchhasebak Dal leader hired hitmen to kill Jubo Dal rival: DB
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Kafrul Swechchhasebak Dal leader hired hitmen to kill Jubo Dal rival: DB

A Kafrul Thana Swechchhasebak Dal leader allegedly hired a group of contract killers from Magura to assassinate a local Jubo Dal leader over a long-running turf war, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police claimed today.

Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks
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Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks

We tend to equate economic growth with social and political vitality in conventional history-writing, but this was not the case in southeast Bengal. Environmental pressures led to a social crisis in the seventeenth century, manifested through slave raids by a Portuguese-Arakanese combine (Magh). Subsequent slave trading by Arakan and Portugal, and later by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), unveiled the paradox of social breakdown during a period of economic growth, as the active delta generated new rice-producing lands.

Why are we still struggling to make health insurance work?
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Why are we still struggling to make health insurance work?

Bangladesh has committed itself to achieving universal health coverage (UHC), ensuring that everyone can access necessary health services without suffering financial hardship. Yet, out-of-pocket payments continue to finance most healthcare, forcing families to borrow money, sell assets, or forego treatment altogether. Recognising this challenge, the government’s Health Care Financing Strategy identified health insurance as a key instrument to reduce out-of-pocket spending and accelerate progress towards UHC. More than a decade later, however, the country remains at the pilot stage.

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25th The Daily Star Prime Bank O&A Level Awards 2026

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Citizens have already answered the ‘amendment or reform’ question

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Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury and the idea of Bangladesh

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Our forestry policy must be rooted in local evidence

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SC stays HC orders barring shown arrests without specific allegations

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed the High Court orders that directed the authorities not to show detained persons arrested or harass them without any specific allegations.

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Politics and religion has now gotten mixed with support for WC team: Kazi Sabir

"We are ruining our relationships because of Ronaldo and Messi."

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Our digital evidence framework must evolve with AI

In Bangladesh, a person may be criminally liable based on digital evidence in the form of CCTV footage, WhatsApp conversations, Facebook posts, and so on. These are all admissible in legal proceedings. The recent investigation into the death of HSC candidate Nuzshat Jahan in Rangpur illustrates this clearly, wherein police relied on call records, CCTV footage, and witness statements to identify and arrest the accused in an abetment to suicide case.

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Presidential election: EC to meet acting Speaker tomorrow

The full Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, will meet acting Speaker Kayser Kamal tomorrow to discuss the upcoming presidential election.

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BGMEA, BKMEA seek uninterrupted CNG supply for garment factories

Garment exporters have demanded an uninterrupted supply of gas from CNG (compressed natural gas) filling stations to help address the energy crisis.

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Tottenham vs Sydney FC: How to Watch, Kick-off Time, and Streaming Details

Tottenham Hotspur wrap up their pre-season trip in Australia with a clash against A-League side Sydney FC. Here’s everything you need to know about where to stream the action, kick-off times, and key team updates ahead of the game.

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Foodpanda Bangladesh incurs €111m losses since 2016

Foodpanda Bangladesh’s losses rose 40 percent to €11.76 million last year, extending a losing streak that now stretches back a full decade, according to parent company Delivery Hero’s annual financial statements.

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SSC, equivalent results to be published on August 10

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations 2026 will be published simultaneously across Bangladesh on August 10, the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee announced today.

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Reading Dhaka's waterlogging through the life of commodities

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SC stays HC orders barring shown arrests without specific allegations

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Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes

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Politics and religion has now gotten mixed with support for WC team: Kazi Sabir

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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

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Onion growers breathe easier as prices rebound

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BB issues guidelines to link local banks with foreign payment providers

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I spent two years learning AI, then another year unlearning it

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Our forestry policy must be rooted in local evidence

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Red Sea shipping slows after Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, data shows

Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low over the weekend, shipping data from Kpler showed on Monday.

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Citizens have already answered the ‘amendment or reform’ question

In his column published on July 24, titled “July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome,” The Daily Star’s Editor Mahfuz Anam voiced a concern every democrat shares: that the hard-won consensus of our post-uprising transition is fraying. He is right to worry. But his prescription—for the opposition to join the government’s special committee on constitutional amendment and hold its objections in reserve—rests on a premise I must respectfully contest: that the choice between “amendment” and “reform” remains open for negotiation. It does not. The people closed that question on February 12, 2026.

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Chattogram's listed 'top criminal' David Emon arrested in Jashore

Law enforcers have arrested Mobarak Hossain alias David Emon, a listed "top criminal" in Chattogram.