Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory.
US President Joe Biden yesterday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday.
Indian police said yesterday they had killed three Sikh militants fighting for a separate homeland known as “Khalistan”, the struggle for which sparked deadly violence in the 1980s and 1990s.
The interim government can complete the necessary reforms in the judiciary within a year, law adviser Asif Nazrul said yesterday.
The July Mass Uprising was not an isolated event but a step towards realising the nation’s vision of equality, social justice, and human dignity, said former caretaker government adviser Sultana Kamal yesterday.
The BCS Health Cadre Association organised the press conference protesting the recommendation of Public Administration Reform Commission.
The government yesterday formed a seven-member commission to re-investigate the 2009 BDR (now Border Guard Bangladesh) massacre.
Libya has expressed interest in hiring more Bangladeshi professionals, including doctors and engineers, to support the country's development, and has invited Bangladeshi students to enrol in its top universities.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 93 suspected muggers in 24 hours following anti-mugging operations across various areas of the capital.
Passenger rail services on Dhaka-Khulna route via Padma Bridge are set to commence today.
Acute crisis of quality seeds in the ongoing potato cultivation season has become a cause of concern for the potato growers in different upazilas of Barguna.
Amid the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Rohingyas are crossing into Bangladesh at different points of the 270km border between the two countries.
A 4-member investigation committee has been formed to investigate the incident, it said in a statement
It is to be noted that under the provisions of the India-Bangladesh extradition treaty, extradition may be refused if the offence is one of a "political character"
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta.
Pakistan military courts have convicted and sentenced 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said yesterday, with the majority handed decade-long prison terms.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan yesterday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta
India's green cover went up by 1,445 sq km from 2021 to 2023, reaching 25.17 per cent of its geographical area, according to official data made public today
Md Sad Radi, a Bangladeshi national from Rajshahi, was apprehended in Kerala without valid travel documents
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more
Gaps between Israel and Hamas over a possible Gaza ceasefire have narrowed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials’ remarks yesterday, though crucial differences have yet to be resolved.
Asked whether the man watching from the bench was the attacker, police said that responding officers had no reason to think he was a suspect when they rushed to the woman's aid.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to embark on a six-day official visit to the United States from tomorrow to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) accuses Google of breaking the law by imposing "transactions with binding conditions" on Android smartphone manufacturers in Japan.
With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole, which the 37 will now serve.
The US Constitution requires that a president be a natural-born US citizen.
At least nine people were killed yesterday when a bus collided with a fuel truck in Iran’s southeast, state media reported, the second mass casualty road accident within days.
The picture is a far cry from the West's claims that its sanctions would collapse the Russian economy and cut it off from the outside world.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Aryan shares his experience of those miserable days passed during trafficking and more on today's Star Connects
A Rab official said
Accoridng to media reports, Quader fled to the Indian state of Kolkata via Shillong on Nov 8
Probe reports for both the cases were scheduled for completion today
Police recovered the body from Super Home Hostel around 2:00pm
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday called for national unity and condemned the interference by India in Bangladesh’s internal affairs.
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 561 this year.
Workers of 16 factories owned by Beximco blocked the Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Gazipur yesterday for five hours, demanding the reopening of the factories.
The incident took place around 11:00am today at the Palton intersection area when both Jamaat and BNP rallies met
A missile fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels struck Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv before dawn yesterday, wounding 16 people in the second such attack in days.
Youths who spearheaded the student-led July-August mass uprising have started drafting the charter of their planned political party ahead of the official launch.
Leaders of the 12-party alliance, who previously organised joint movements with the BNP against the former Awami League government, have expressed support for the BNP’s position on holding the next parliamentary elections by 2025.
Farmers in different upazilas of the district are busy sowing mustard seeds in their standing Aman paddy crops, applying relay method.
Throughout this year, over 150 broadcast journalists lost their jobs, said a survey by Broadcast Journalist Centre (BJC) released yesterday
During a weekly media briefing on December 20, the MEA spokesperson said they have reiterated their willingness to build a "positive and constructive" relationship with Bangladesh
