Missing the point at the UN
People play cricket in Chittagong as a cow wanders about in March this year when the Cricket World Cup was being played. REUTERS hat’s going on in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is the story we...
View ArticleDevolution stressed for local govt bodies
Sunday, July 31, 2011 Staff Correspondent Deputy Speaker Col (retd) Shawkat Ali said yesterday the government should be decentralised further as the local government bodies remain ineffective due to...
View ArticleTale of a torchbearer: Visually-impaired ex-cotton mill worker runs free...
Sunday, October 9, 2011 Rafiqul Bari along with the students of the Welfare Centre for Challenged at Ghatail in Tangail. Photo: STAR Mirza Shakil, Tangail Rafiqul Bari indeed knows what it means to see...
View ArticleReproductive rights major hurdle to MDGs: Asia Pacific conference told
Saturday, October 22, 2011 Emran Hossain, from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Most of the countries are unlikely to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) by 2015 as sexual and reproductive rights have...
View ArticleBangladesh At 40: Looking Back And Moving Forward
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Rehman Sobhan The introduction of socialism as a pillar of the constitution was intended as a metaphor for social justice. The struggle for social justice was central to every...
View ArticleHawking’s turns 70 defying the odds of medicine
Monday, January 9, 2012 Bbc Online Defying the odds of medicine, Stephen Hawking, widely regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists, celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday. The...
View ArticleRafiq’s school for challenged kids assured of more help
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Visually impaired Rafiqul Bari encourages physically challenged Touhid Islam, 10, to write with his toes at Rafiqul ‘s school for the challenged children in Ghatail upazila...
View ArticleTrain torched after robbery: About 200 passengers robbed of valuables
Thursday, January 26, 2012 After people on this train were robbed of their belongings on Tuesday night, a mob torched the compartment near Mymensingh Railway Station. Photo: Rashed Shumon Star...
View ArticleGates Foundation: Bangladeshi awarded for innovation
Thursday, January 26, 2012 ASM Amjad Hossain Star Report ASM Amjad Hossain, former district immunisation and surveillance...
View Article200 shanties gutted
Monday, February 20, 2012 Fumes cover the area as fire fighters continue their efforts to douse a fire at Chandmari slum in Narayanganj city that gutted some 200 shanties yesterday.Photo: STAR Star...
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