Awami League today submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2020 calendar year, showing that the party spent Tk 37.94 lakh less than its income.

The agriculture ministry implemented 99 per cent of the annual development programme last fiscal year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh), one of the widely known footwear brands in the country, returned to profit in April-June period of the current year after incurring a massive loss in the same quarter last year.

The stock market continued falling for the last three consecutive days as cautious investors started taking profits when the benchmark index reached its historical highest level.

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

Police today arrested a man on charges of raping two garment workers in Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila.

Hundreds of people are afraid of losing their houses and land, as water levels of Jamuna, Dhaleshwari and Jhenai rivers have been rising above the danger level, flooding most of Tangail district.

Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of its independence. In the past 50 years, we have crossed many milestones on economic and social fronts and achieved many things that were once deemed impossible. Bangladesh has even qualified for LDC graduation this year. All these have been possible because of innumerable contributions from people belonging to myriads of professions and strata. Standing on the 50-year milestone of our independence, it is important that we take a look back and derive some inspiration from those people who have strained every nerve to take the country forward. At the same time, it is significant that the youth who will lead the country to achieve many more milestones in the next 50 years are being guided in the right ways. To do so, building a thought-bridge between the pioneers of our country and the future leaders is vital.   

Prof Dr Golam Shabbir Sattar has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU), three months after the tenure of his predecessor Prof M Abdus Sobhan expired.

A total of 227 communication and marketing enthusiasts have been awarded “COMMWARD 2021”, an accolade for the advertising sector people in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of Model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

A Dhaka court today placed Md Nazmul Alam Russel, former chief operating officer of Eorange, on a four-day remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 1,100 crore.

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested the first-ever female operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot to death two Bangladeshis along Burimari Bandermatha frontier in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat this morning.

The government has banned all rallies and processions tomorrow (August 30) ahead of the religious festival Janmashtami which marks the birth of Lord Sri Krishna.

Capt Naushad Qayyum -- the Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot who suffered a heart attack mid-air on Friday -- is clinically dead, Capt Shoaib Chowdhury, a senior pilot of Biman, has confirmed to The Daily Star.

Eminent neurosurgeon Prof Dr LA Quadery passed away at a private hospital in Chattogram city this morning.

Seven accused including Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee, claimed to be innocent and sought justice after a Dhaka court read out charges from the statements of 21 witnesses in a Tk 4 crore money laundering case.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus this morning.

A herd of around 20 elephants, that had gone to Sujapur village under Fasiakhali union in Cox's Bazar in search of food on August 26, returned to Fasiakhali Reserve Forest last night.