Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) arrested a man who has been accused in 27 cases, including rape and murder, during a drive at Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram today.

An Indian national was found dead in the border area on Falimari char of the Dharla river, under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, yesterday.

Russia and India today inked two big-ticket defence agreements, including one for manufacturing six lakh assault rifles, as defence ministers of the two countries held their first-ever direct dialogue in New Delhi.

Fifty-six dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

There will be moderate to heavy rainfall in Dhaka and the southern part of the country today and tomorrow due to deep depression caused by cyclone Jawad in the Bay of Bengal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has failed to provide the High Court with a report on whether the Bangladeshi nationals who own properties abroad -- including Canada, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia -- had made the purchases with laundered money.

Despite having sufficient production capacity to meet the domestic demand, the country will buy 20 percent more electricity from an Indian supplier as part of a renewed power import deal.

Suitable weather for coconut cultivation has brought smiles to the farmers of Bagerhat, a district famous for the fruit.

“I simply cannot describe what I’m going through,” Tashdiq Hasan says, summing up his current financial pressure.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the global community to use resources for universal and sustainable development, not for arms, in this critical juncture of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Today marks the 50th year of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India, which gave Bangladesh formal recognition – something that the Mujib Nagar Government had been seeking urgently from the international community to be independent from the misrule of West Pakistan.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) told the High Court today that it failed to find out whether any Bangladeshi nationals bought houses and flats in foreign countries with laundered money.

Some students of different educational institutions today staged a demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh demanding announcement of issuing a gazette notification for half bus fare across the country without any conditions.

The UK government has announced that those travelling into the country will need to show a negative coronavirus test pre-departure as it reintroduces Covid-19 restrictions due to the Omicron variant.

Sixty-eight dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the global community to use resources for universal and sustainable development, not for arms, at this critical juncture of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Daily Star’s staff photographer Firoz Ahmed won the best photographer award at the Max BSPA Night award ceremony on Saturday night.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the world leaders to work for ending discriminations based on race, faith, colour, religion and ethnicity and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

The birth of icddr,b almost coincided with the seventh cholera pandemic that according to the World Health Organisation began in South Asia in 1961.