SC stays HC bail order for ex-addl attorney general
Mehedi Hassan Chowdhury was arrested while allegedly crossing boarder in Jhenaidah illegally on September 10
Battery-run rickshaw drivers block roads, rail lines at various points in Dhaka
Dhaka's rail communication with the most part of the country remains suspended from 9:45am today
President remembers Liberation War martyrs on Armed Forces Day
He was accompanied by the chiefs of the armed forces and other military personnel while paying the homage at 8:00am
UNICEF appoints 16-year-old Gargee as new youth advocate in Bangladesh
Gargee, a tenth grader at Scholastica School, is a dedicated child rights advocate and journalist
Armed Forces Day: Traffic restrictions in Dhaka Cantonment today
The primary road from Shaheed Jahangir Gate to Staff Road will have limited access from 7:00am to 11:00am and 12:00pm to 7:00pm
Exclusive / We are only facilitators, not rulers, says Yunus
The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam sat down with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for an exclusive interview where he spoke about issues ranging from reforms and election to media and foreign policy.
OMS Truck Sales in CTG / Middle-class also joins long queues
Sumaiya Akter [pseudonym], wife of a college teacher, was spotted standing in the middle of a queue of over a hundred people in front of a truck sale of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at Jamal Khan Intersection last week.
Hunt for OMS food grows desperate
In the bustling area of Mirpur-10 in the capital, over 300 people gathered early Monday morning, hoping to buy subsidised essentialsthat serve as a lifeline for low-income families.
Hit by battery-run rickshaw on campus, JU student dies
A first-year student of Jahangirnagar University died after she was hit by a battery-powered rickshaw on campus yesterday evening.
Ex-minister Anisul on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a five-day remand in a murder case filed over the death of garment worker Fazlul Karim during the July-August mass uprising on August 5 in Uttara.
Foster creativity to develop entrepreneurs
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the country's education system must foster creativity to create a generation of entrepreneurs.
'Save Canals, Save City': Nabadiganta Adarsha High School hosts awareness campaign
An awareness campaign titled "Save Canals, Save City" was held today near the Kalayanpur Canal at Nabadiganta Adarsha High School to address the growing environmental concerns surrounding plastic and polythene waste in Dhaka
Job fair in Ctg boosts opportunities for women workers
A job fair organised by USAID's Women Thrive in Bangladesh project, in collaboration with PVH Corp and CARE, brought together nearly 1,000 women jobseekers with employers and service providers in the region
Toby Cadman appointed 'special prosecutor adviser' to ICT chief prosecutor
Toby Cadman, a top human rights lawyer and the joint head of the London-based Guernica 37 law firm, has been appointed as a special prosecutor adviser to Muhammad Tajul Islam, the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal
Yunus invites GOP leaders to witness Bangladesh's democratic reforms
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged top Republican Party leaders to visit Bangladesh to observe the interim government's efforts to restore democracy in the country
Road accident in Dhamrai kills 4 RMG workers
Four RMG workers were killed and at least 18 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Dhaka's Dhamrai yesterday
Derailment in B’baria: Train ops return to normalcy
A freight train which derailed in Brahmanbaria has been removed from the rail lines, resuming rail services on the Dhaka-Chattogram-Sylhet route eight hours after the accident
People to decide if AL can contest election or not
The people will decide whether the Awami League will be allowed to take part in national elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
Case Against Ziaul, 7 Ex-Cops: Complete probe by December 19
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) gave the prosecution one month to complete investigation into the case filed against Major General (retired) Ziaul Ahsan, former head of National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre; Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former inspector general of police; and six others.
Baharul Alam made IGP
The government yesterday appointed retired deputy inspector general Baharul Alam as the inspector general of police.
Elected govt needed to revive economy
The sooner the country returns to a democratic process, the better it is for the economy, said top industrialist Ahsan Khan Chowdhury.