Fifteen dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Several thousand people of six villages are in dire straits due to disruption of communication as flood waters of Teesta washed away a portion of Gaddimari-Barakhata road at Niz Gaddimari village of Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat.

Awami League leader Joynal Abedin Hazari died yesterday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.

Bangladesh is gunning to become a half-a-trillion-dollar economy next fiscal year buoyed by a successful vaccination campaign and a steady growth in agriculture and industry.

The government needs to build skilled human resources and develop infrastructure in line with the fourth industrial revolution to survive in the coming days, speakers said at the sixth The Daily Star ICT Awards ceremony yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday from the Maldives wrapping up her six-day visit to the island nation.

Bangladesh has made notable progress in ICT sector over the last several years riding on the entrepreneurial spirit of IT professionals, entrepreneurs.

Awami League and independent candidates had a close competition in the fourth phase of union parishad elections held yesterday.

Ashiqul Islam Ashiq and his associates raped a woman in Cox’s Bazar last Wednesday after she along with her husband refused to give them the Tk 50,000 that they demanded as extortion.

Joynal Hazari, Awami League Advisory Council member and a former lawmaker from Feni passed away at a Dhaka hospital this afternoon. He was 76.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today returned to Dhaka, wrapping up her six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives.

Saudi Arabia today announced that a man had been executed in Riyadh for planning to target public civilian gatherings through a suicide mission under the direction of ISIS, reports Al Arabiya.

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Eleven dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A dolphin (platanista gangetica) -- categorised as critically endangered -- was found dead in Chattogram’s Halda river this afternoon.

A parliamentary body today asked authorities concerned to provide proper financial compensation to the deceased and injured victims of the deadly fire on MV Abhijan-10 launch on the Sugandha river on December 24.

For the sixth consecutive year, The Daily Star is going to honour trailblazers in IT and IT-enabled services today.

Sampadak Parishad (Editor’s Council) and Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) will jointly organise a commemorative discussion on journalist Reazuddin Ahmed tomorrow.

She started her journey in humanitarian services at the young age of 21. After completing her training as a “sister”, Naomi Iwamoto wasted little time before joining Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service in her native country.