The 2025 Joint Response Plan has appealed for over $930 million, but so far, below 20 percent of that has been received.
The National Stadium yesterday witnessed the jubilant celebrations of the Rajshahi Division girls, who emerged as champions in the National Gold Cup Football Tournament with an emphatic 3-0 win over the once-strong Mymensingh Division in the final.
Bangladesh had prior information about the Rohingya influx in 2017 as the Bangladesh embassy to Myanmar had written a letter to Dhaka, recommending strengthening border.
Secretariat employees have threatened to lay siege to the Ministry of Finance on Sunday if the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 is not scrapped within the next 48 hours.
Md Mahmudul Haque, an assistant professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), was arrested in the city in a murder case yesterday.
The government yesterday sent five secretaries and a grade-1 official (secretary status) into forced retirement.
A Lionel Messi trademark free-kick earned Inter Miami a shock 2-1 comeback win against Porto in the Club World Cup on Thursday.
Further details regarding the arrest will be disclosed in due course
Bangladesh National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman on Wednesday met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau at the State Department in Washington, DC.
Carlos Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday.
Palmeiras drew first blood in Club World Cup Group A with a 2-0 victory over Al Ahly on Thursday in New Jersey.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on Thursday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT) yesterday appointed Senior Advocate Md Aminul Gani (Titto) as defence counsel for ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a contempt of court case filed against her.
The Galle wicket remained batting-friendly for the third successive day and the Sri Lankan batters made the most of it against a toothless Bangladeshi attack, reaching 368-4 at stumps to trail the visitors by just 127 runs at the end of the third day's play yesterday.
“We’ll try to adjust this. Earlier too, advisors were appointed in the same way—based on necessity.”
The victims are Arafat, 18, Anis, 18, and Riaz,18
More than 31.67 percent of the people had to pay bribes to get government service in the last one year, according to a new Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics report.
Political parties remained poles apart over the presidential election process on the fourth day of the second round of talks with the National Consensus Commission yesterday.
Although not institutionally involved, the armed forces were aware of the enforced disappearances that took place during the 15-year Awami League regime, according to the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances.
An olive ridley hatchling swims into the Bay of Bengal after hatching on the shores of Saint Martin’s Island - one of the last remaining nesting grounds for marine turtles,
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.
Manchester City have been fined more than £1 million by the Premier League over delayed kick-offs in nine matches last season.
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $900 million loan to help Bangladesh reform its banking sector and strengthen its resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict in the next two weeks
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, along with Uttara Division officials, in separate drives on Wednesday, arrested five members of a robbery gang, led by a dismissed policeman and a retired army sergeant, who posed as Rab personnel to rob four people in Uttara.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 72 people yesterday, including 21 who had gathered near aid distribution sites as famine looms after more than 20 months of war.
The Bangladesh Army said it has not yet received any official instructions from the government to assist in the upcoming election duties.
US President Donald Trump yesterday said he will decide whether to attack Iran within the next two weeks due to a “substantial” chance of negotiations, as Israel and its regional rival traded fire for a seventh day.
Bangladeshi-linked funds parked in Swiss banks surged to 589.5 million Swiss francs, or about Tk 8,800 crore, in 2024, their highest level in three years, according to data released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) yesterday.
The government has decided to declare August 5 a public holiday, to be observed as Student-People Uprising Day.
Despite frequent discussions on climate change and development, we often overlook a pressing issue in Bangladesh and similar countries:
Local apparel makers are seeing delays in the confirmation of work orders for the next summer season, as US retailers and brands wait for the final decision on reciprocal tariffs by the US administration, expected in early July.
The government has updated the Renewable Energy Policy after 17 years, aiming to produce at least 20 percent of the national power demand from green sources by 2030.
For the first time, the World Bank, which traditionally provides development project loans and budgetary support, has extended its assistance through a guarantee facility to support Bangladesh in purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG), aiming to ease pressure on the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
Early users of Starlink, the satellite internet service recently launched in Bangladesh, have expressed satisfaction over its high-speed and stable connection.
A joint committee will be formed soon to explore avenues for long-term financing from the capital market, establish a vibrant bond market, and reduce excessive reliance on bank loans.
Bangladesh’s food processing sector, which was worth $8 billion last year, is growing at an average rate of 8 percent a year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Chartered accountants yesterday described the claims by cost and management accountants regarding audit rights as “misleading and unprofessional”.
While oil-importing countries won’t fully escape a hit in the event of another energy price shock on Middle East tensions, a period of rare dollar weakness will soften the blow considerably for countries outside America.
Eid-ul-Azha was meant to be a lesson in sacrifice, empathy, generosity, and humility. But in our version, it often turns into a festival of flexing, where the size of your cow somehow reflects your spirituality, and the price tag gets more attention than the prayer.
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has rejected the application of Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd, a construction company, to raise Tk 250 crore by issuing preference shares, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website.
The board of Renata PLC, a listed pharmaceutical company, has decided to revise the structure of its preference shares, which were recently approved to raise up to Tk 325 crore, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website.
It’s a good time to pitch alternatives to the US dollar , but it pays to be specific. On Wednesday, People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng told attendees of a financial forum in Shanghai that he expected the largely greenback-based global monetary system to become multipolar, ultimately helping to “better safeguard global financial stability”.
Once the heart of a vast empire and now a crossroads between East and West, Hungary stands as a testament to Europe’s layered history. At the centre of it lies Budapest — a city where Gothic grandeur meets post-imperial nostalgia, and the echoes of Roman legions, Ottoman rule, Habsburg royalty, and Soviet tanks still whisper through cobblestone streets.
Every year, on June 20, World Refugee Day calls on us to remember and hold in our hearts the millions displaced by conflict, persecution, and political upheaval around the world.
In Lakshmi’s Secret Diary, Ari Gautier crafts a dazzling, multi-layered narrative that is as whimsical as it is profound. Translated with lyrical grace by Sheela Mahadevan, this South Asian francophone novel reimagines the traditional animal fable, inviting readers into a surreal and poignant odyssey through the eyes of Lakshmi, a temple elephant yearning for freedom.
Along the Ayalon highway, in Tel Aviv, two illuminated signs have appeared, portraying Donald Trump against a billowing stars-and-stripes backdrop and bearing the blunt appeal: “Mr President, finish the job!”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Nato’s push to ramp up defence spending was not a “threat” to Russia, days before the alliance was set to sign-off on a plan to boost its military capacity across Europe.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the resumption of student visa appointments but will significantly tighten its social media vetting in a bid to identify any applicants who may be hostile towards the United States, according to an internal State Department cable.
The Front Tyne oil tanker was sailing through the Gulf between Iran and the United Arab Emirates when just past 9:40 am shiptracking data appeared to show the massive vessel in Russia, in fields better known for barley and sugar beets.
US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the president’s claim that he stopped last month’s conflict between the nuclear-armed South Asian foes.
India has a “clear intent” to target members of a Sikh separatist movement in North America, a Canadian intelligence report said Wednesday after leaders of the two nations agreed to turn the page on a bitter spat over an assassination.
The government has fixed the economic life of buses and minibuses at 20 years, and goods-laden vehicles such as trucks and covered vans at 25 years.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Asad Alam Siam has been appointed the new foreign secretary.
UNICEF and WaterAid, in collaboration with The Daily Star, organised a roundtable on 27 May 2025 titled ‘Building Climate-Resilient and Inclusive WASH Infrastructure: Creating Period-Friendly Schools, Health Care Facilities and Workplaces.
A group from Students Against Discrimination (SAD) has admitted to assaulting a businessman after bringing him to their office, searching his phone, and demanding money.
With the intense summer heat ripening fruits earlier than expected, the famed variety of Haribhanga mango from Rangpur has hit the markets five days ahead of schedule.
Amir Hossain Siraj, a nursery business owner by profession and a bamboo craftsman by passion, began crafting bamboo décor for village weddings back in 2003 as a hobby.
A Sylhet court yesterday issued arrest warrants against Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and four others in a case filed over breach of contract by former Sylhet bureau chief of Kaler Kantho.
No official decision has been made yet regarding the formation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the law ministry said in a press release yesterday.
At least three people died and three others were injured in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.
Md Mahmudul Haque, an assistant professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), was arrested in the city in a murder case yesterday.
Police yesterday arrested two men accused of raping a woman in the capital’s Khilkhet area.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman, found in the Kongsha River in Barhatta upazila of Netrokona, yesterday.
