They will be handed over to their respective families later in the day
A truck plunged into Turag river after a one-way Bailey bridge, which connects Dhaka's Abdullahpur with Gazipur's Tongi, collapsed early today
DMP urged all to cooperate with traffic authorities and adhere to the directives to avoid congestion
At least two people were killed, one of them a young child, and 68 injured
US President Joe Biden on Friday approved $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan, the White House said, as the Democrat prepares to leave office ahead of the January inauguration of Donald Trump
Patients have raised complaints about the utterly poor and inadequate treatment facilities, as well as the lack of cleanliness in the 100-bed Char Fasson Upazila Health Complex in Bhola.
DNA tests by West Bengal CID have confirmed that human remains recovered from a septic tank and canal belong to former Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, who was killed in Kolkata.
The World Bank yesterday approved three loan programmes totalling $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and sanitation services and achieve greener and climate-resilient development.
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh gave the information in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, citing data from minority and human rights organisations
A Rohingya child was killed and two other children seriously injured in a landslide in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
Police arrested Muaz bin Nur, a leader of the Tabligh Jamaat faction aligned with Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, early yesterday in connection with a case over the killing of three devotees at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.
AF Hassan Ariff, adviser to civil aviation, tourism and land ministries, has passed away at a hospital in the capital. He was 83.
A Buet student was killed and two of his classmates were injured when a car hit them and their stationary motorcycle early yesterday at a police check post on Purbachal Expressway, better known as 300-feet road.
Bangladesh has been named as The Economist’s “Country of the Year” for “toppling a despot and taking strides towards a more liberal government”.
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.
India’s Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said yesterday.
Japanese authorities yesterday carried out an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak.
Sri Lanka’s navy said yesterday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port.
The mortal remains of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were laid to rest on Thursday at a cemetery near San Francisco as renowned Indian percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to the departed artist.
Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border to Manipur state this year, Indian security officers said, inflaming the bitter 19-month ethnic conflict there with weapons and battle-hardened cadres.
A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an “emerging threat” to the United States.
Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday it was time to destroy “terrorist” groups that posed a threat to Syria’s survival, namely the Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters.
US President Joe Biden said yesterday he was canceling student loans for an additional 55,000 Americans, which would amount to wiping out $4.28 billion in debt in his final month in office.
At least 13 people were killed and three injured on Friday when a truck and a bus collided on a highway in the Bolivian Andes
A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel.
Russian missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at sunrise yesterday, killing at least one person and cutting heating to hundreds of residential buildings in cold temperatures.
Greece’s coastguard yesterday said at least eight people had drowned during the pursuit of a smuggling speedboat that sank in the Aegean Sea.
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian residents said yesterday, and video showed “Revenge”, “Death to Arabs” and other slogans had been spray-painted in Hebrew on the building’s facade.
A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel
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
The government has planned a Tk 8.48 lakh crore budget for the next fiscal year, up 6.3 percent from this year’s budget, as it looks to usher in a period of moderate growth and low inflation.
Five companies and two individuals were honoured yesterday at the 9th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards ceremony in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of Bangladesh’s information and communication technology sector.
Throughout this month, we have published six reports on Dhaka’s canals, detailing how these water bodies, once the lifeblood of the capital’s drainage system, are now clogged, encroached upon, and reduced to narrow, polluted channels.
Bangladesh has made great strides in the ICT sector in the last two decades thanks to the exponential growth achieved by the country’s IT professionals and entrepreneurs riding on the favourable policy support.
A fire broke out at a restaurant in Dhaka’s Uttara yesterday morning, which was later brought under control after around three and a half hours.
Five people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.
Unidentified miscreants vandalised three idols at two temples in Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh between early Wednesday and Thursday, reports our Mymensingh correspondent.
The interim government has taken significant steps to curb the sale of adulterated food, said Farida Akhter, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, yesterday.
Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh's Amir Maulana Muhibullah Babunagari and Secretary General Maulana Sajedur Rahman today issued a statement protesting the media's misrepresentation of the "planned attack" by Saad followers on innocent, sleeping, and Tahajjud-praying members of the Tabligh congregation at the Bishwa Ijtema ground as a "clash between two groups"
Five companies and two individuals were honoured this evening at the 9th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of Bangladesh’s information and communication technology sector
