Health services at Faridpur General Hospital are being affected due to shortage of doctors and other staffers.

Flouting environmental laws, at least 13 illegal brick kilns in Maheshpur upazila are likely to burn an estimated 11.8 lakh maunds of firewood this year.

A large number of people are thronging the makeshift markets in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts to buy warm clothes to get rid of the biting cold sweeping over the districts.

Farmers in Jashore district are cultivating onion in much larger areas this season, following the recent price hike of the bulb used as a common cooking ingredient.

Due to freshly deposited silt in the Jamuna river, ferry services along the Balashi Ghat terminal in Gaibandha and Bahadurabad Ghat terminal in Jamalpur are almost at a halt.

Unknown miscreants kill a five-year-old boy at Boro Ghagatia village in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj.

Local people affected by the massive influx of the Rohingyas are not getting equitable benefits of the development projects undertaken in Cox’s Bazar, say development experts, government officials and aid agencies.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26 in Bangladesh if the sky remains clear, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

Two ministers come down heavily on the officials of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for poor planning and maintenance of roads that causing people’s suffering and wasting public money.

A mild cold wave is sweeping over different districts of the country causing sufferings to the poor and the elderly people.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee urges the government to form a judicial inquiry commission to find out the people, who included the names of freedom fighters in the Razakars’ list.

In a major reshuffle in the police force, 26 superintendent of police (SP)-ranked officials including SPs of 12 districts and nine deputy commissioners (DC) of the metropolitan cities have been transferred.

The International Migrants Day was celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, December 18. Bangladesh government, UN agencies and NGOs have chalked out a three-day elaborate programme in Dhaka and elsewhere marking the day. On the occasion, The Daily Star has arranged a special talk show to discuss the situation of the Bangladeshi migrants, challenges and prospects. Today's guest is migration expert Shariful Hasan, head of BRAC Migration Programme.

Cattle farmers in Dahagram in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat are incurring a huge loss for years now as they do not have permission to sell their animals on their own will.

Savar police have arrested two youths on charge of raping a housewife.

Another worker injured in the December 11 fire at a Keraniganj plastic factory dies, raising the death toll to 21.

A bridge built in the early 60’s on Dhaka-Bagura highway in Sirajganj has caved in, snapping direct road communication between Dhaka and 11 northern districts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says stern actions will be taken against fraud recruiting agencies so that migrant workers do not fall victims to deception.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and its secretary requesting them to offer an unconditional apology to the nation within 24 hours for including the names of freedom fighters in the list of Razakars.

A mild cold wave is sweeping over parts of the country with a forecast of a slight fall in temperatures in the night.