A suspected mugger was stabbed to death in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area on Thursday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed the prime accused, Meheraj Islam, on a five-day remand in the case filed over the murder of Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez.

The slightest noise now wakes Lokman Hossain from his sleep, bringing back the horrors of his ordeal in Libya.

Residents of Noakhali municipality have long been suffering due to the town's poor sewage system. .A grim scenario persists across the 150-year-old municipality. The sewage drains have not been maintained and cleaned since those were constructed. There is no valve or cover on the drains. T

Detectives have arrested six leaders and activists of the Awami League and its associate bodies in Dhaka, including one accused in a case filed over the torching of an army vehicle in Gopalganj.

Every other day, businessman Babul Miah boards a crowded bus from West Shewrapara and heads to Karwan Bazar to buy vegetables for his family..“It’s not convenient to carry seven or eight kilogrammes of vegetables back home by bus,” he said..“But I do it out of necessity. My business

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all to become proactive in ensuring the best use of intellectual property and protecting copyrights so that a prosperous Bangladesh can be built.

Aiming to inspire the youth to read newspapers, the selection round of The Daily Star-bKash Newspaper Olympiad Season-4 was held at The Daily Star Centre in the capital yesterday.

Train service on the Lalmonirhat-Burimari rail route remained suspended for five days due to a blockade on the rail line enforced by locals.

A fish trader was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers in Tangail’s Delduar upazila early yesterday.

They were produced before a Jashore court this afternoon which sent them to jail

As dengue-related deaths and infections continue to climb, the Dhaka South City Corporation conducted a special mosquito control and cleanliness drive yesterday in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.

A man was electrocuted to death after at Rajshahi University yesterday while trying to connect an electric line at a juice shop on the campus

Customs officials seized approximately 1.5 kilogrammes of liquid gold yesterday at Sylhet Osmani International Airport from a passenger arriving from Dubai.

The education ministry has officially relieved Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) Vice-Chancellor Prof Muhammad Masud and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Sheikh Shariful Alam of their duties following student protests.

A persistent heatwave continued its sweep across the nation for the fifth consecutive day yesterday, with the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasting the intense conditions lasting till tomorrow.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday urged the authorities to hold local government polls before the national election in order to demonstrate the Election Commission’s sincerity and capability.

The International Monetary Fund has no major disagreement with Bangladesh over reforms to the National Board of Revenue, one of the conditions set by the lender for the fourth and fifth instalments of the $4.7 billion loan.

Demands rally organised by Inqilab Mancha

The civil administration appears to be weighed down by excessive appointments of top-tier officials beyond sanctioned posts, a contentious practice known as supernumerary promotion.