The High Court has refused to grant bail to "Casino Brothers " -- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- in two money laundering cases involving Tk 2.17 crore.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that Bangladesh cannot vaccinate its entire population at once.

Canada has assured Bangladesh that it will consider the request to provide vaccines for Rohingya refugees and the host communities.

The Supreme Court today upheld the High Court orders that stayed the government decision for cancelling freedom fighter status of 196 retired members of army, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and also directed the government to give them benefits as freedom fighters.

Indian state minister and Lok Sabha MP Shantanu Thakur has written a letter to the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to safeguard the “Matua Hindu community members whose shrines and properties have been attacked in Bangladesh”.

The seventh Oxygen Express, from India, has reached Bangladesh with 186.29 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen.

The government has decided to impose a new set of restrictions from August 19, allowing all public transport -- roads, rail and river -- maintaining health guidelines.

The Taliban on Wednesday denied targeting and killing civilians during an offensive against Afghan government troops, calling for an independent investigation and seeking to assure Afghans that "no home or family shall face any threat from our side."

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the Philippines on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, as initial warnings about the risk of tsunamis were lifted and with no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Pregnant women should be vaccinated against Covid-19, based on a new analysis that did not show increased risk for miscarriage, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early 2022, as it looks to open its borders again after nearly 18 months of pandemic-induced isolation.

Where do you fall on the spectrum?

Most look forward to the monsoon season every year, but that is not the case for residents of the Pagar Alerteg area adjacent to the Tongi Industrial Zone of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC).

Wild elephants face serious threats to their survival in the country, thanks to frequent killings of the giant mammal and shrinking of their habitat in the absence of concrete protective measures by the government.

The Times (London), in an editorial titled ‘The Fate of Sheikh Mujib’, wrote today that the decision to try Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in secret was lamentable.

Daily Star Books is excited to be teaming up with Dhaka’s Bookcentric library for their monthly reading challenge, which encourages readers to read books following each month’s theme and write their own book reviews. Starting from August, reader reviews stand a chance to be published online on The Daily Star.

No one said earning a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) would be easy. After all, art is anything but a linear process of creation. It zigzags through tumultuous periods of unease, delicate uncertainties, and perpetual anxieties, along with quite a mouthful of self-induced negativity.

Early in July of this year, thousands of Cubans took to the streets, pushed over the course of the pandemic to a breaking point by a persistent, two-year-long shortage of medicine and—most importantly—food. Cuban protesters marched and shouted for an end to the Communist regime, which has lasted over six decades.

Little has been written about Maharani Jindan Kaur, the youngest and last queen of the Sikh empire. Born as the humble daughter of the royal kennel keeper, Jindan saw a life of massive upheaval, living as the youngest queen to a regent and then ultimately a rebel and an exile.

I’ve always been told things stop being scary once you face them. I don’t believe that’s true. There are things that never get not scary enough. Covid is one of those things.