Anisul, Salman, Palak, 5 others shown arrested in 4 cases

All the eight accused were produced before the court amid a tight security

27m ago

BB ex-deputy governor SK Sur, family sued by ACC

The ACC initiated the case after an investigation into the allegations of corruption

43m ago

Tulip quizzed in UK over Rooppur power plant scam

Tulip is accused of helping Sheikh Hasina to broker a corrupt deal with Russia for Rooppur Power Plant

50m ago

Gazipur RMG warehouse fire: Death toll rises to 3

Officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station said police recovered another body from the factory around 9:20am

1h ago

Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'

Ankara-backed rebels played a key role in supporting Sharaa's Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which headed a rebel alliance that seized Damascus on December 8, toppling longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

1h ago

Panama rejects Trump's threat to take control of Canal

Mulino's public comments, though never mentioning Trump by name, come a day after the president-elect complained about the canal on his Truth Social platform.

2h ago
Bangladesh

Bangladesh

3 teens die in Cumilla bike crash while returning from wedding event

According to police and local sources, the incident took place around 1:00am in Araiora area

2h ago

DMP's traffic guidelines for BPL concert in Mirpur today

The fest hosted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will start from 2:00pm today

2h ago

AL won’t be allowed to contest polls

Awami League will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming elections under any circumstances until justice is served for the July-August massacre and persecution, said Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee yesterday.

8h ago

Strengthen security, probe ‘secret killings’

The combined private university chapter of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement yesterday placed a memorandum with four-point demands to the home affairs adviser to build a safe Bangladesh by strengthening state security.

9h ago

EC cancels deal with BCC for NID services

The Election Commission has terminated its contract with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms.

9h ago

Ijtema ground murder: Leader of Saad faction remanded

A Gazipur court yesterday placed Muaz bin Nur, a leader of the Tabligh Jamaat faction loyal to Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, on a three-day remand, in connection with a case filed over the killing of three devotees at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.

9h ago

Journo attacked during live broadcast after referring to protesters as "Pro-Zubair"

Sohel Talukdar, DBC Channel's Tangail correspondent, said he was attacked and assaulted after referring to the protesters as supporters of Maulana Zubair Ahmad

10h ago

Ctg port can secure us from external meddling: Farhad Mazhar

Author Farhad Mazhar underscored the need for adopting a national policy to develop and operate the country’s main port, the Chattogram port, in a well-planned manner

10h ago
Asia

Asia

Myanmar civil war / Rebels ‘capture junta western command in Rakhine state’

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. 

1d ago

Pak military courts convict 25 PTI men

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.

1d ago

Border outpost attack / Pak Taliban kills 16 Pak soldiers

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.

1d ago

Rebels ‘capture junta western command in Rakhine state’

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

1d ago

India's green cover increases by 1,445 sq km

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

1d ago

Bangladeshi among 8 arrested in India over terror link

Md Sad Radi, a Bangladeshi national from Rajshahi, was apprehended in Kerala without valid travel documents

1d ago

Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers

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

1d ago

Pak province aims to collect weapons to stem clashes

Provincial authorities in northwestern Pakistan said yesterday they planned to collect heavy weapons to stop sectarian clashes that have killed hundreds, but tribesmen in the historically lawless region said they would not give up their arms.

2d ago
World

World

Brazil plane crash killed family of 10

The plane, a Piper Cheyenne 400 turboprop, was being flown by a businessman named Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi, police confirmed to AFP, and the passengers were all family members of his.

2h ago

At least 3,100 Native Americans died in US boarding schools: report

From 1819 until the 1970s, the United States ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools across the country to involuntarily assimilate Native children into European settler culture, including forced conversion to Christianity.

2h ago

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to sell Foxtel to Britain's DAZN for $2.1 bln

News Corp will gain a board seat and hold a 6% stake in DAZN, a London-headquartered global streaming platform available in North America, Europe, and Asia and backed by Ukranian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik.

2h ago

Syria won’t negatively interfere in Lebanon

Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, told Lebanese Druze leaders yesterday that his country would not negatively interfere in Lebanon and would respect its neighbour’s sovereignty.

12h ago

GERMAN Christmas MARKET ATTACK / Suspect held on murder charges

A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said yesterday.

12h ago

Israeli strikes kill 28 in Gaza Strip

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north.

11h ago

Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal

Incoming US president Donald Trump on Saturday slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to US.

12h ago

DRONE ATTACK / Putin vows ‘destruction’ on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier.

12h ago
News Multimedia

News Multimedia

The trap to Europe: The illegal road to migration

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

Govt unaware of Quader's location after Aug 5: Jahangir

Accoridng to media reports, Quader fled to the Indian state of Kolkata via Shillong on Nov 8

Cases against Hasina: ICT extends deadline for completion of probe by 2 months

Probe reports for both the cases were scheduled for completion today

Poet Helal Hafiz no more

Police recovered the body from Super Home Hostel around 2:00pm

Govt updates uprising death toll, it’s 858

The government has updated its draft list of casualties during the July uprising, putting the death toll at 858 and the number of wounded at 11,551.

1d ago

Police listing extortionists, planning drive against them

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali has said the police are making a list of extortionists and will soon launch drives to arrest them.

1d ago

Brazil bus accident kills at least 32

At least 32 people died early yesterday when a bus crashed into a truck and then caught fire in southeastern Brazil, officials said.

1d ago

Drone attack hits Russia city 1,000 km from frontier

Kyiv yesterday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of  Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, as Moscow’s  troops captured a new frontline village in eastern Ukraine.

1d ago

Hassan Ariff will be remembered thru his works

Colleagues, friends and well-wishers of late Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser A F Hassan Ariff paid rich tribute to his memory yesterday.

1d ago

5 killed, hundreds injured in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday condemned the “terrible, insane” car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200.

1d ago

India reacts to Mahfuj Alam’s deleted FB post

India has strongly protested a status update posted on the verified Facebook profile of Adviser Mahfuj Alam.

1d ago

Education disparities may cause more social conflict

Disparities in the country’s educational system have widened over the years and more social conflict lies ahead if the gap is not reduced, renowned economist Prof Rehman Sobhan has said.

1d ago

Echoes of revolution: A night of unity, music, remembrance

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan yesterday performed at the “Echoes of Revolution” concert, a charity event aimed at raising funds for families of martyrs and those injured during the July uprising.

1d ago

Teen killed after being hit by train

A teenager named Apon, 18, was killed after a train hit him at Moghbazar level-crossing in the capital yesterday.

1d ago