Despite a steady dip in infection and death rates over the last three weeks, experts fear another wave of Covid-19 might be around the corner and say there is no room for complacency.

A mobile phone user will not be able to get more than two SIM cards against his or her passport or driving licence or birth certificate, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided.

The country’s first-ever “Bomb Data Centre” is now ready and to provide details of any bomb-like object within moments just analysing its picture.

Evidently panic-stricken at the large-scale defection of Bangalee members of its mission staff, the Pakistan government today took an unprecedented step to seize passports of all its diplomatic staff abroad.

Around 30 percent of the country’s area is set to be inundated as the water level of the Jamuna and Padma is forecast to continue rising over the next three days.

Managements of the state-owned banks are in a state of discomfort after being informed about the Padma Bank’s wish to get merged with a state lender.

A new organisation was formed yesterday to campaign for necessary reform to the country’s “customary Hindu laws” and formulating relevant new laws.

The stock market regulator has dismissed the board of Fareast Islami Life Insurance to protect investors' interest.

“I'm still in trauma. I couldn't sleep in last 27 days. The nightmare is not over yet,” film actress Pori Moni told The Daily Star over phone after she returned home from jail this evening.

Admission test date of “Ka” (science) unit -- for 2020-21 academic session -- of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges has been rescheduled due to unavailable circumstances.

A court in Pabna sentenced two people to death for killing a human hauler driver after abducting him in Ishwardi upazila of the district in 2015.

Activists of Chhatra League (BCL) today allegedly attacked students observing a hunger strike, demanding immediate reopening of educational institutions in Rajshahi city.

After 27 days of imprisonment, film actress Pori Moni has been released on bail. Pori Moni came out of the jail gate in a white car at 9:36am today (September 1, 2021). 

Border Guard Bangladesh members have detained 21 people, including women and children, while they were trying to cross Bangladesh-India border in Jhenaidah.

A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced a retired army official and his wife to 10 years’ imprisonment in a case filed for possessing counterfeit currencies of Tk 3 lakh at their residence.

Flood situation in Sirajganj and Kurigram has worsened as water level in the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Dharla rivers is above the danger level.

The stock market regulator increased quota for general investors in initial public offering (IPO) to 70 per cent, up from 60 per cent earlier.

Goods carrying transport workers in Dinajpur has called a 96-hour strike from today, protesting unauthorized extortion on roads and highways and harassment by police and officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authorities (BRTA) in the name of checking documents and valid driving licence.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has decided to construct a road leading from Ruma Mukh to Galengya in Bandarban’s remote Ruma upazila by cutting a nearby hill.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to remain alert as anti-liberation forces along with their companions were still conspiring against Bangladesh taking assistance from abroad.