State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has launched a fresh exploration drive at Mobarakpur in Pabna, hoping to tap commercially viable gas reserves after an earlier attempt was halted over technological limitations.

Families found their footwear beside the pond while searching for them

Physics, Accounting and Logic first papers will be held for registered candidates at Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College

Former chief adviser to the interim govt says the president-elect’s long political career and grassroots experience can help uphold the dignity of the country’s highest constitutional office

Beijing expresses readiness to work closely with Dhaka to further strengthen bilateral cooperation

Order issued this afternoon

Health minister says meeting with Indian envoy was purely a courtesy call

Police say they fired tear gas after suspended workers threw bricks and stones during a protest demanding reinstatement

Gen Waker also identifies border issues, CHT insurgency and energy crisis as major national challenges

Doppler's first national survey shows electricity, gas and price hike the biggest concerns

Former minister and Awami League leader Dipu Moni will be released on parole from Munshiganj District Jail today to attend the funeral of her husband, Supreme Court lawyer Tawfique Nawaz, who died on Tuesday night.

Ahmed Babu, 37, a cosmetics trader, was supposed to return home to Savar yesterday after a routine business trip to Kolkata in India.

Rights activists and legal experts yesterday called on the government to revise the proposed laws on enforced disappearance and the National Human Rights Commission, saying allegations against law enforcement agencies must be investigated independently.

Bangladesh needs a coordinated national approach to road safety, backed by reliable crash data, better-trained drivers and faster emergency response, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Local administration has cancelled a concert by popular band Ashes, scheduled to be held at Kishoreganj’s Old Stadium yesterday, following opposition from a group identifying itself as “Tawhidi Janata”.

After spending one year and 25 days in jail, former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque was released on bail from Keraniganj Central Jail yesterday, his lawyers Md Motaher Hossain Sazu told The Daily Star. Khairul, however, cannot leave the country without court permission, his lawyer said.

About two-thirds of children under five, who got admitted to Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute with measles, were malnourished, according to a study carried out on 354 children.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested a man over the killing of his co-worker following an altercation over money in Ashulia.

The beleaguered Excelerate Energy LNG terminal at Moheshkhali is likely to be offline until August 23 after it ran out of gas yesterday afternoon.

At least two dengue patients died, and 671 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.