A Bangladeshi family suffered harassment at the hands of Indian border guards who entered their frontier home while chasing drug smugglers, border officials said yesterday.

An Election Commission committee is going to place a recommendation of collecting information of students aged above 16 from their educational institutions to provide them with National Identity (NID) cards.

Pakistan and the US today signed an agreement in Islamabad under which the US would provide an additional 50 million rupees for relief work in East Pakistan.

Arun Basu, a journalist and Prothoma Prokashan’s coordinator, passed away yesterday. He was 68.

The World Bank in a report noted a gradual recovery in employment and earnings in Bangladesh, forecasting that the country’s poverty rate will come down to pre-pandemic levels in the current fiscal year.

Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at over 7 per cent in fiscal year 2022 and it will continue growing at the rate, making the country a $500-billion economy by fiscal year 2026, top economists of Standard Chartered said.

Ride-sharing app Obhai has decided to take digital payments only for its services.

The stock market fell today as investors booked profits from increased share prices of some big paid-up capital-based companies.

The Bangladesh Cabinet today approved a scheme for the medical care and welfare of the injured Mukti Bahini members as well as the dependents of the martyrs.

Broadband users will not have to pay any bills for a month if their internet connection remains down for three consecutive days, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

Broadband users will not have to pay any bill in a month if their internet connection remains down for three consecutive days, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Banga Building Material Ltd, a sister concern of Rangpur Foundry Limited (RFL), is going to raise a fund of Tk 300 crore through issuing a Sukuk.

United Commercial Bank (UCB) has been recognised with the 2021 US Dollar Clearing Quality Recognition Award given by JPMorgan.

One per cent increase in the share of nonfarm income reduces domestic migration to other districts by 4 to 7 per cent in rural and municipalities, a new study conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) finds.

The stock market continued rising for the second consecutive day today thanks to the higher participation of investors.

Dhaka is the worst-affected city in the world by deadly urban heat, according to a study published by The Guardian yesterday.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh will open fire at the Myanmar border to stop arms and drugs smuggling and human trafficking.

Judges of lower courts are not following the relevant laws and Supreme Court directives while issuing orders on remand prayers, the High Court has observed.

Tajuddin Ahmad, prime minister of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, today said the Bangladesh issue would be resolved only by complete victory of freedom fighters on the country’s battlefields.

Let's GO Mart has started its operations as a new e-commerce platform as the company organised its commercial launch at The Daily Star Centre in the capital today.