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.

Bangladesh moved into the final of the Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup with a thrilling 3-2 sets (21-25, 25-14, 24-26, 25-13, 15-13) win over Uzbekistan in their last group match at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur today.

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.

The three stalwarts of Bangladesh cricket  – Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mahmudullah Riyad -- have all converged to Dhaka while Comilla Victorians capitalised by recruiting Liton Das from getting the chance to call first in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) players’ draft held at a city hotel in Dhaka today.

Prior to the start of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) players’ draft that is taking place at a city hotel today, the big names -- Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mustafizur Rahman -- were picked through direct signing by their respective franchises. 

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.

We’ve been competing and China has been, from time to time, very cleverly playing us off each other in an open market,

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.

Syed Shaukat Ally passed away on December 23 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Senior journalist Reazuddin Ahmed was laid to rest beside his mother’s grave at Banani graveyard yesterday, after the third namaz-e-janaza at Baridhara Embassy Jame Mosque.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home from the Maldives today, ending her maiden six-day bilateral visit.