IPL got suspended for an indefinite period.

Police detained a man who assaulted a rickshaw puller in Dhaka’s Bangshal area this afternoon.

Police today arrested two more leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam in connection with the violence surrounding the organisation’s protest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in late March.

Expatriate Bangladeshis in Mauritius have been facing trouble in sending money to their near and dear ones at home as money transfer companies in the country have been closed again, just two days after a two-month lockdown ended.

A Bangladeshi was shot dead by a group of indigenous villagers inside Indian territory near Kendribil in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila this morning.

Bangladesh seeks adequate and sustained funding for the UN peacekeeping missions, allowing them to effectively carry out diverse mandates amid challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police arrested eight activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its wing organisations from Ullapara in Sirajganj early today.

Airfare to different Middle Eastern countries has increased manifold in the last few months, putting an additional burden on migrant workers returning to their workplaces. The Daily Star had published a story in this regard titled ‘‘Flights to Middle East: Sky-high airfare adds to migrant workers’ woes’’.

Police arrested a youth for uploading a video on Facebook, issuing death threats to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Miscreants shot a person to death in broad daylight in Bogura’s Shahjahanpur upazila this morning.

The High Court today directed S Alam Group, owner of SS Power I Plant of Banshkhali in Chattogram, to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to the family of each victim -- killed in police firing on April 17 this year.

Hefajat-e-Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and its Dhaka city unit’s former president Junayed Al Habib were placed on different terms of remand in five cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka.

China Town shopping mall in Dhaka’s Paltan area was shut down for around four hours after its authorities failed to follow health safety rules this morning.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said they are hopeful about starting railway service on Mawa-Bhanga section when the Padma bridge will open to public likely in June next year.

Rajshahi University administration suspended a syndicate meeting scheduled for today in the face of opposition from teachers.

A case was filed in connection with the speedboat accident that killed 26 people, crashing into a sand-laden bulk carrier in the Padma river in Madaripur.

A fire that broke out in Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division was doused this afternoon nearly 30 hours after it broke out.

People's willingness to take a vaccine for the coronavirus varied across the world in 2020, with the percentage of people saying they would take a vaccine ranging from a high of 96 percent in Myanmar to a low of 25 percent in Kazakhstan, while it is 83 percent in Bangladesh, says a global survey.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal this evening to inform him of the health status of the party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Bangladesh's position in the World Press Freedom Index is declining every year. In 2021, Bangladesh ranked 152 out of 180 countries. Bangladesh ranks lower than India, Pakistan, and even Afghanistan, in the index.