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Time for biometric SIM re-registration, which was scheduled to end today, has been extended to May 31. State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim made this announcement at a media briefing at Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) office this afternoon. “All unregistered SIMs will be permanently deactivated from June 1,” she also said adding that the telecom operators will ... Read More »

Middle-East-based terrorism group Islamic State reportedly claimed responsibility for the murder of Hindu tailor in Tangail. In a tweet posted at about 6:00pm on Saturday, US-based terrorism monitoring group, SITE Intelligence said, ‘ISIS claimed credit for murder of Nikhil Joarder, a Hindu, in Tangail, Bangladesh, saying he blasphemed Muhammad.’ SITE, in its website, also uploaded a graphic image of Amaq ... Read More »

Kazi Salahuddin was elected as the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation for the third consecutive time as he beat Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton by a margin of 33 votes on Saturday. Salhuddin, who has been in the helm since 2008, bagged 83 votes and Poton, a member of parliament of Narshingdi-2 constituent, got 50 out of the total 134 ... Read More »

Police detained a madrasah teacher for quizzing in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder. The detainee was identified as Mawlana Amirul Islam, 42, super of Alamnagar Dakhil Madrasah. Amirul was held from his home at Dattabari village in Modhupur upazila of the district ‘just for quizzing’, superintendent of police Faleh M Tanvir told UNB over phone. Amirul ... Read More »

Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Saturday. Twenty-six people were rescued from the boat which sank on Friday, and were questioned overnight. "According to testimonies gathered by IOM in Lampedusa 84 people went missing," IOM spokesman in Italy Flavio ... Read More »

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has termed the claim of Islamic State (SI) of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless. “There is no presence of Islamic State in this country. The claim has no base,” he told The Daily Star over the phone after a tweet posted by US-based SITE Intelligence Group said IS had claimed ... Read More »

Bike-riding assailants today hacked a Hindu tailor to death in Gopalpur Upazila of Tangail. Police primarily suspect that a "derogatory" comment about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which the victim Nikhil Joarder, 50, made in 2012, might be the reason for the attack. Around six hours into the killing, a tweet posted by US-based SITE Intelligence Group said Islamic State had claimed ... Read More »

Riaz Ahmed has come a long way since he gave up a career in soaring through the skies (as a pilot) and embraced the wonderful world of show business. He made a name for himself with massive hits on the silver screen, and is now making a mark on the television front. The Daily Star caught up with the actor ... Read More »

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the ministry will take decision on lowering transport fares on Monday. The ministry will hold a meeting with transport leaders in this regard on the day following a reduction in fuel oil prices recently, Quader said while visiting the construction of an underpass on Nabinagar-Chandra road, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo. ... Read More »

Just a few days ago, Mustafizur Rahman has completed his one year in international cricket (he made his debut in a T20I match against Pakistan in April 24, 2015). And since his debut, the Fizz has been drawing attention from all over the world. He has already established himself as a top-notch bowler across formats, and the skipper’s go-to option ... Read More »

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said the investigation into the killing of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tanoy has been on the right track.   Xulhaz Mannan, who is an editor of lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) magazine Roopbaan, and Tanoy, an activist of theatre group Loknatya Dal, were hacked to death by miscreants at an apartment in the ... Read More »

Two romantic films are set to hit cinemas across the country today. They are Ice-cream, directed by Redoan Rony, and Baje Chhele (The Loafer), which marks the directorial debut for Monirul Islam Sohel and Rahim Babu who collaborated on the project. Ice-cream is Rony’s second film that comes over three years after his critically acclaimed debut film Chorabali. It stars ... Read More »

A minor girl was killed as a auto-rickshaw hit her on Nabinagar-Companyganj road near Bholachong Natun Bazar area of Nabinagar upazila on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Toiyeba, 3, daughter of Akhter Miah, a resident of Konikara village in Shibpur union of the upazila.Police said the auto-rickshaw hit Toiyeba while she was crossing the road at noon, leaving her ... Read More »

BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold workers’ rally in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on the occasion of Labour Day on May 1. “DMP gave the permission last night,” said BNP senior Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed at a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan central office this morning. BNP high-ups have taken all-out ... Read More »

Popular social networking site Facebook has provided users’ information to the Bangladesh authorities for the first time. The Facebook authorities gave the information to the Bangladesh government after it made 12 requests about 31 users’ accounts between July and December last year, according to Government Requests Report released by the site yesterday. “We respond to valid requests relating to criminal cases. Each ... Read More »