A section of fishermen continue illegal netting of sharks in the Bay of Bengal as the fish is sold for good prices in different areas of the country.

Human rights campaigners supporting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority call for a global boycott of the country, a day before genocide hearings begin at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The home ministry transfers a total of 11 Additional Deputy Inspector Generals of Police in a major reshuffle to bring dynamism in the police administration.

The government decides to give a subsidy of Tk 10,000 per ticket of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka flight to carry undocumented migrant workers under an amnesty programme back for good (B4G) of the Malaysian government.

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury underscores the need for stopping the sources of terrorist financing to address the root causes of the extremism.

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of illegal casino business, in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader says he will welcome new leadership if he is not re-elected in the party’s 21st national council to be held on December 20-21.

The country’s economy has been destroyed due to corruption at all sectors of the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

The High Court has issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government to explain in three months why they should not be directed to damage and demolish the structures illegally set up on the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar.

Miscreants shoot a fruit trader over establishing supremacy in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the people, both males and females, to be aware so that no child and woman become a victim of torture.

A team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) begins a drive to evict an illegal river port in Pabna’s Bera upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over the prestigious Begum Rokeya Padak to five persons for their outstanding contributions towards the society and women empowerment.

A fire gutted around 20 houses at Torra Islampur village in Haripur upazila of the district yesterday.

A man stabbed by rivals in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday night, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) the next morning.

The chairman of the Board of Trustees of IMPACT Foundation Bangladesh has sent a rejoinder to The Daily Star report titled ‘Patients still paying for a lax eye surgery: A year later, victims of a catastrophic cataract surgery now suffering from pain’ published on December 04, 2019.

Equipped with a pry bar, hammer, hook, some clothes and a blanket on his bicycle, Md Abdul Wahid Sardar sets out on his mission to remove nails from roadside trees in Jashore.

Local people of six villages have been suffering for long for want of a bridge over Debpur canal in Kalapara upazila.

Fall armyworm (FAW) has affected maize crop on 40 hectares of land in Chuadanga, much to the worry of farmers in the south-western district famous for cultivation of the winter crop.

Amid allegations of meddling in rice procurement process at government warehouses and complaints of low prices of paddy at open markets, villages in the country’s northern districts are abuzz with Nabanno -- a festival of harvest.