Canada and the Netherlands have decided to intervene in the matter of Rohingya genocide case filed by The Gambia at International Court of Justice (ICJ) in November last year.

By-elections to two parliamentary constituencies -- Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 -- will be held on October 17, according to a schedule declared by the Election Commission.

Shyamal Biswas, assistant officer, store of The Daily Star, died today with Covid-19. He was 53.

Three school students drowned in the Sonabhari river under Rowmari upazila of Kurigram today.

At least 379 people were killed and 368 injured in 302 road accidents across the country in August, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation.

A Dhaka court today placed Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed on an eight-day remand in a money laundering case.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines plans to resume flight operation on Dhaka-Doha-Dhaka route from September 7, paving the way for a huge number of Bangladeshis to return to their workplaces in Qatar.

The Supreme Court today upheld High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two cases filed in 2012 and 2013 over vandalism and arson.

Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal has been adorned with the rank badge of Admiral at a function in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban today.

When Bangladeshi authorities prepared to enforce a nationwide lockdown in late March, three friends fretted: How would rickshaw drivers, factory workers and other working poor people survive?

A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Pakhiura border in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.

In the wake of wide criticism, Dhaka University authorities today backtracked from their earlier notice of banning rag day celebration on campus.

A Dhaka court has placed JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on a two-day remand in a case filed against her on charges of possessing two National ID cards with fake information.

Wahida Khanam, the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur, and her father were injured when they came under attack at her official residence early today.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) finds that the government and its relevant offices are not following their own decisions and instructions in preventing recurrence of devastating fire incidences like the one at Churihatta in Dhaka's Chawkbazar last year.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Shamimuzzaman Kanchan, owner of Jahid Automobiles, to quiz him as he allegedly amassed crores of taka illegally.

Sixty six more Bangladesh nationals stranded in Thailand have returned home.

A local Awami League leader “settled” the complaint of rape of an underage Marma girl at Mahalchhari upazila in Khagrachhari on Monday night by fining the rapist Tk 10,000 and preventing the victim from taking legal action.

Two minor siblings, both speech and hearing impaired, drowned in a pond in Kurigram Sadar upazila on Tuesday.

Two people died from electrocution in Dinajpur and Joypurhat on Tuesday.