Renowned dancer and actor Zeenat Barkatullah has been put on life support at a hospital in Dhaka.

Abdul Karim in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila has achieved success by growing and selling oranges and maltas of Darjeeling variety.

The only known artisan who still makes hand-woven blankets with pure sheep wool in the country is Abdul Khaleq from Nayagola area of Chapainawabganj town.

The Department of Environment has fined six brick kilns Tk 10 lakh for running their businesses without clearance certificates and permission.

An Awami League unit leader allegedly ordered the torture of three brick-kiln workers in Sadar upazila of Bandarban as they demanded their arrears.

Lottery for admissions to the 683 government schools across the country from class I to IX, which was scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education said.

Speakers at a webinar organised by the Bangladesh Embassy in Amman, Jordan lauded Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s leadership quality and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s politics of development.

Journalists of The Daily Star Mohammad Jamil Khan and Rafiul Islam received Best Reporting Award 2020 from the Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh (CRAB) for best investigative reports on narcotics and human rights respectively.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says no election can ever be fair under the existing government and the Election Commission.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate two flats and six acres of immovable properties of Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder in a money laundering case.

With just a day remaining till the deadline for submissions of income tax returns for the 2020-21 fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) today asked individual taxpayers to clear tax payments through banks by Wednesday as they will remain closed on Thursday.

Bangladesh has planned to go all out with a big celebration next year featuring visits from heads of state and government between March 17-26 marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of Bangladesh's independence.

Police have pressed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in fraud and drug cases filed with Uttara Paschim Police Station in July this year.

Doctors in Jamalpur General Hospital and other upazila health complexes in the district have been observing work abstention for third consecutive day, paralysing the treatment facilities in the district.

The average monthly return of migrant workers increased by four times in the last three months than what was in previous five months, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit said today.

An alleged Indian smuggler was shot dead at Suryapur Dumnikura border area under Halaughat upazila of Mymensingh early today.

Thirty people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of the country are now reaping the benefits of democracy.

The High Court today cleared the way for students aged under 11 to apply for admission to class six in government high schools across the country.

Government is planning to hold next year's SSC exam in June.