Ansar member run over by truck

An Ansar commander was killed after being run over by a soil-laden truck in Tangail’s Delduar upazila yesterday.
4 April 2025

Mobile court halts child marriage

A 14-year-old student in Brahmanbaria was saved from being forced into child marriage, thanks to the intervention of Sadar upazila administration yesterday.
4 April 2025

Mob beats murder suspect to death

A man was stabbed to death inside a tea stall at Ronshibari Bazar in Jhikra union in Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila yesterday.
4 April 2025

Beach encroached for hotel project in Kuakata

What began as a makeshift market on the sands of Kuakata Sea Beach in Patuakhali, is now creeping illegally toward the shoreline to make way for a two-storey residential hotel and restaurant, allege locals.
4 April 2025

Eid fair that brings Thakurgaon together

Every Eid, as the sun begins to set over Thakurgaon Government Boys’ High School ground, a familiar rhythm takes hold -- laughter, music, the creaking sound of Ferris wheels, and the murmur of people catching up with old friends.
4 April 2025

Baromasia Canal: Mobile court snaps water pumps’ lines, dismantles dams

A mobile court yesterday disconnected the electricity supply to four pump machines used for illegal water extraction from the Baromasia canal in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram.
4 April 2025

Freedom fighter’s house vandalised in Cumilla

A group of alleged Jamaat-Shibir members attacked and vandalised the house of freedom fighter Abdul Hai Kanu in Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila early yesterday.
4 April 2025

Man dies as train hits him in Narsingdi

An unidentified man died after being hit by a freight train near Narsingdi Railway Station yesterday afternoon.
4 April 2025

Fire guts 19 shops, 3 houses in Madaripur

At least 19 shops and three houses were gutted in a fire at a market in Madaripur Sadar upazila early yesterday.
4 April 2025

Two new apex court judges meet president

Newly appointed Appellate Division judges, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub, paid a courtesy visit to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on Thursday evening.
4 April 2025

Jamuna boat capsize: Another body recovered, one still missing

The body of a man who went missing after a boat capsized in the Jamuna River in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur was recovered yesterday.
4 April 2025

Hope and fear in the haor

As farmers across the Sylhet division prepare for the boro paddy harvest, they aim for a good yield due to favourable weather and increased cultivation.
4 April 2025

Earthquake readiness: Unprepared Dhaka at grave risk

The recent 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and parts of Thailand serves as yet another warning for Dhaka.
4 April 2025

Exports to US face stiff challenges

Bangladesh’s garment industry, already under consistent pricing pressure from global clothing retailers and brands, now faces a fresh challenge due to new reciprocal tariff measures implemented by the Trump administration.
4 April 2025

Rohingya repatriation: Yunus calls for visible actions from BIMSTEC

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called on BIMSTEC member states to take steps to promote dialogue between conflicting parties in Myanmar and restore stability in its Rakhine State to facilitate the long-overdue repatriation of Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh.
4 April 2025

Yunus-Modi talks in Bangkok: Dhaka, Delhi to take ties on the right track

In a thawing of relations, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting yesterday, seeking to work together and set the relations on the right track.
4 April 2025

Entire family perishes in Ctg crash

All five members of a family have died in the road crash that occurred in Lohagara, Chattogram on Wednesday.
4 April 2025

A ray of hope for Dhaka-Delhi ties: Fakhrul

The meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a “ray of hope” for both countries, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
4 April 2025

Man stabbed for protesting harassment of schoolgirl

Police yesterday arrested a man accused of stabbing another for protesting the harassment of a schoolgirl in Netrakona’s Atpara upazila.
4 April 2025

Play obstructed in the face of locals' protest to be staged tomorrow

Kapasia Upazila Nirbahi Officer Tamanna Tasnim confirmed the development to The Daily Star tonight
4 April 2025