Yoon is currently under investigation by a joint team comprising police, the defence ministry, and anti-corruption investigators
After being delayed for five years, "Makeup" finally received approval for release on December 17 from the Certification Board.
The changes proposed by the Media Reform Commission will address journalist vulnerabilities.
Konstas was called up after selectors dumped Nathan McSweeney after just three Tests, with the 19-year-old tasked with fending off Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah alongside an under-performing Usman Khawaja.
It is not an emergency situation, NBC News reported
The 33-year-old all-rounder had already been ruled out of next year's Champions Trophy one-day international tournament in Pakistan and the preceding white-ball tour of India.
Haniyeh was killed in a guesthouse in Tehran on July 31
Romano Floriani Mussolini scored his first goal for the Serie B team in their 1-0 win at Cesena, with video footage showing fans shouting "Mussolini" with one arm outstretched.
The new route via the Padma Bridge will cut travel time to just under four hours
Sullivan reiterated the United States' support for a "prosperous, stable and democratic" Bangladesh
The Daily Star speaks with a few of the injured of the uprising, their families and volunteers who are helping them, to understand the challenges they are currently facing.
The chaotic results column is overall a good sign for Test cricket.
The interim government must prioritise reforms to elections.
Environmentalists continued their sit-in protest at Panthakunja Park for the eleventh day yesterday, demanding an end to the destruction caused by the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project.
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.
Jamil Khan from The Daily Star discusses this issue with Sadi Muhammad Alok in today's Star Viewsroom
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.
The two sides have faced off twice already in the tournament, with Dhaka Metro winning the first encounter by seven wickets and Rangpur winning the second game -- a virtual semifinal scenario -- by four wickets in the first qualifier.
Amid the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Rohingyas are crossing into Bangladesh at different points of the 270km border between the two countries.
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.
A 4-member investigation committee has been formed to investigate the incident, it said in a statement
The 31-year-old opener yesterday talked to The Daily Star regarding women’s Test future as well, among other things.
According to police sources, a new monogram for the Bangladesh Police has already been determined. It will no longer feature a boat
Pakistani musician Rahat Fateh Ali Khan enthralled the audience as BPL Music Fest kicked off the Festival of Youth 2025 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.
People will have to take to the streets, the way they did on August 5, to realise their voting rights, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a gathering in Thakurgaon yesterday.
S Alam Group owner Mohammed Saiful Alam has initiated a legal effort as a Singaporean citizen to recover financial losses he claims were caused by the Bangladeshi government freezing his assets and harming his investments, The Financial Times reports.
The Police Reform Commission is poised to submit its report with recommendations, including freeing law enforcement agencies from political influence, according to its Chairman Safar Raj Hossain.
The foreign ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Indian government, saying that Dhaka wants ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina sent back.
The Diarra case goes back 10 years. In August 2014, Lokomotiv Moscow terminated Diarra's contract citing contractual breaches by the player. The Russian club also sought 20 million euros compensation from Diarra, now aged 39.
The assault and humiliation of a freedom fighter, around whose neck a garland of shoes was placed, have sparked outrage across the country.
As inflation greets Bangladeshis at breakfast time, even the humble paratha becomes a symbol of struggle. Once hearty and filling, it now arrives thinner and lighter -- a daily reminder of the unending calculations between hunger and affordability.
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a giant of Indian cinema and one of the guiding lights of the Parallel Cinema movement, passed away due to kidney-related ailments in Mumbai on December 23. He was 90.
Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday dismissed recent threats made by US President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of “unfair” treatment of American ships.
UK Treasury’s Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq has been questioned by a Cabinet Office team on graft accusations brought by Bangladesh authorities.
Seven crew members were killed in a brutal attack aboard a bulk carrier in the Meghna in Chandpur early yesterday.
Three teenage boys lost their lives early yesterday when the motorcycle carrying them collided with a roadside electric pole in Cumilla’s Sadar upazila when they were returning home after attending a wedding ceremony.
Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh only to face trial and be hanged at the gallows, said Information Adviser Nahid Islam yesterday.
Outgoing World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Abdoulaye Seck, yesterday reaffirmed the WB’s support for key reform initiatives of the interim government.
The year began with a national election, saw a mass uprising midway and subsequently progressed through a deteriorated law and order situation. These all had adverse implications for businesses.
A group of labour leaders of the local garment sector yesterday urged the government to form an emergency fund to provide financial benefits to the laid-off workers, as many are still deprived.
Real estate developers in Bangladesh participating in the REHAB Fair-2024 are optimistic about securing sales at the event even though the demand for apartments is low due to persistent higher inflation and other economic concerns.
Broiler chicken prices have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets amidst an alleged supply shortage, which traders attributed to a rise in consumption at different events and festivities marking the winter season.
The revenue generated from Bangladesh’s garment sales to the European Union (EU) in the January-October period was 1.43 percent higher than that in the same period last year.
Despite a barrage of Western sanctions and swathes of brands quitting Russia after the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive, Moscow’s most well-off shoppers are still spoilt for choice when it comes to luxury Western goods.
Sugarcane yields in India are declining due to last year’s drought and this year’s excessive rains, which could reduce the country’s sugar production below consumption levels for the first time in eight years, farmers and industry officials said on Monday.
Russia yesterday said it had captured the village of Storozheve in eastern Ukraine, near the town of Velyka Novosilka which its troops is apparently trying to encircle.
Imagine you own a small coffee shop in a bustling area. Each morning, you observe patterns in how your employees interact with customers. One barista thrives during the morning rush, handling high-pressure situations with ease, while another brings a sense of calm during quieter post-lunch hours, boosting customer satisfaction.
The government has raised the minimum wage of garment workers by 9 percent, according to a circular from the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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.
British business confidence fell to its lowest level of 2024 in December but employers were a bit more optimistic about the wider economy, according to a survey published on Monday, while separate data showed a pre-Christmas rise in hiring and pay.
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 Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed cases against nine individuals, including two former cabinet members of the Awami League government, two lawmakers, and a former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, over illegal wealth amounting to Tk 2,384.70 crore.
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.
They claimed that Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque is exacerbating the conflict between the factions instead of helping to resolve it
Prof M Tamim, a professor of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering, joined Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as its vice chancellor yesterday, said a press release.
A shortage of fertiliser allocation has left farmers in Lalmonirhat struggling to achieve their targeted crop production. They now fear that the expected yields will be disrupted as a result of the shortfall.
Reforms should be structural to establish a professional, people-centred, and inclusive police service in Bangladesh, saod speakers at an event yesterday.
