A Dhaka court yesterday sent actor Nusraat Faria to jail in connection with an attempted murder case linked to the July uprising.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is planning to visit Dhaka to engage with stakeholders on the ground and discuss existing challenges.

The Election Commission identified 586 citizens with two National Identity cards and resolved the issue by cancelling their second NIDs recently, said its NID Wing Director General ASM Humayun Kabir yesterday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has sent a rejoinder to two reports published in The Daily Star titled “Licence to fly: Regulator repeatedly ignored red flags” and “Licence to fly: Pilots faked flying records” on May 11 and May 12, 2025 respectively. Below is the full unedited

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed speaks to The Daily Star

​​​​​​​All 28 civic services that the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) delivers from the Nagar Bhaban have stopped as supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain continued their sit-in for the fifth consecutive day yesterday.

Economists yesterday expressed disappointment over what they said was the interim government’s indifference towards implementing reforms recommended in the white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy and in taskforce reports on economic strategies.

He has done it, and that too under 90 days.

Three children were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Jashore yesterday morning after mistaking the device for a toy while playing.

At least 40 students of Kazirhat Secondary School in Pabna’s Bera upazila suddenly fell ill and lost consciousness during class yesterday, sparking panic among fellow students and guardians.

A man was killed, and his pregnant wife and daughter were critically injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila yesterday.

Shahana Iqbal passed away due to age-related complica-tions at Dhaka CMH (Combined Military Hospital) on Sunday. She was 85.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to form an expert committee with the persons having necessary technical knowledge to prevent loss of lives from lightning strikes and to submit a progress report on this issue before it in six months.

More than 700 bridges and culverts under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have been found to be highly risky and in need of urgent repairs, according to an RHD survey.

The victim is Shahin Mia, 35.

Issues one-week ultimatum for 'unconditional apology'

"We are opposing the move because we want to keep all the earned foreign currency in the country"

Demands visible progress into the trial of the July killings by next July

The man is currently being interrogated by members of the airport's security agency

"We have always cooperated with this government. But that doesn't mean we've handed you a blank cheque"