The Daily Star is an Android app developed by The Daily Star - Bangladesh ( Digital Media ) (64-65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215 Phone Nos: 9144330 ( Hunting ), 8124944, 8124955, 8124966 Fax No: 8125155, 8126154 ( News ) & 9144332 ( Advertisement ) GPO Box. 3257).

The Daily Star first became available on 28 Nov 2012. It is estimated that The Daily Star has been downloaded between 100000 and 500000 times from the Play Store.

The Daily Star 3.0.1.5 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.