Robi is set to get listed on the twin bourses this year as the country’s second largest operator looks to raise Tk 523.79 crore, in another stroke of good news for Bangladesh’s ailing capital market that has been crying out for fundamentally strong, well-performing companies.

Airlines stand to lose a combined $29.3 billion of revenue this year in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the International Air Transport Association said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is necessary to learn languages in the era of globalisation, but it should not be done by neglecting the mother tongue.

An outbreak of Lassa in Nigeria has killed 103 people this year, health authorities said, as the first confirmed case was reported in the economic hub Lagos.

Four alleged criminals, including two robbers, were killed in “gunfights” with police in Dinajpur, Pabna, and Chapainawabganj early yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for paying special attention to further spread Bangla literature and culture in the world.

A fugitive Malaysian financier wanted over a massive graft scandal has been spotted in the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, police said, although it was unclear if he had left before Chinese authorities imposed a lockdown.

China yesterday touted a big drop in new virus infections as proof its epidemic control efforts are working, but the toll grew abroad with deaths in Japan and South Korea.

A schoolgirl, who took poison on Monday allegedly after being raped, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night.

Family members of Yasmin Begum, who died in the custody of Gazipur police on early Wednesday, yesterday demanded a judicial probe into the death saying they have no faith in the police investigation.

My dear countrymen—brothers and sisters,

The state must be held accountable for the deaths in the disastrous fire in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta last year, eminent citizens yesterday said at an event to commemorate one year of the tragedy.

A man was stabbed to death and his brother injured allegedly by rival groups over a previous feud in Bogura Sadar upazila yesterday, police said.

Iraqi prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi called Wednesday for parliament to hold a confidence vote on his government early next week.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the government would take up a project to relocate religious and educational establishments built within the boundaries of the rivers in and around the capital.

The Daily Star has won bronze prize in “Best in Social Media Engagement” category of the prestigious South Asian Digital Media Awards 2019.

Bangabandhu today visits Ramgati in Noakhali and Shantirhat in Bhola. This is the prime minister’s second visit to the rural areas of Bangladesh after his assumption of office.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned not to build high-rise establishments along the sea in Cox’s Bazar.

Seven policemen, including two officers-in-charge of two police stations in Chattogram, were sued yesterday for taking Tk 23 lakh from a businessperson by “threatening to kill him in crossfire”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bangladesh on March 16 or 17 to attend the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.