Child drowns in bucket in Netrakona

An 11-month-old girl died after falling into a water-filled bucket at her home in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona yesterday morning.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

High enrolment, low learning gains

Speakers discuss edcuation system at IID roundtable
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Bullet-hit body recovered in Lohagara

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Demo held in Ctg protesting port terminal lease

Workers and employees under the banner of Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) staged a red-flag procession in Chattogram yesterday, protesting the government’s move to lease out terminals at Chattogram Port to foreign companies.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

4.2 tonnes of banned sweetener seized

Chattogram Customs House has seized 4.2 tonnes of Sodium Cyclamate, a banned artificial sweetener, at Chattogram Port.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

147 school buildings in Jashore declared risky

Following the recent earthquakes, at least 147 of the total 1,285 government primary schools in Jashore have been declared risky.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Democracies must fight for freedom

Democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom in order to survive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said yesterday, in a speech delivered by her daughter during a ceremony Machado could not attend.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Divisive politics hindered progress on human rights

Opting for divisive politics, rather than choosing a path that brings everyone together, has wasted the opportunity to strengthen the human rights situation in the country in the post-uprising period, said HRSS Adviser and rights activist Nur Khan Liton yesterday.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

58 out of 162 stations remain closed

Fifty-eight of the 162 railway stations in the West Zone remain closed, causing immense hardship for commuters across Jashore, Jhenidah, Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga.
10 December 2025, 18:00 PM

2-year-old trapped in shaft: Oxygen being supplied continuously

Child in Rajshahi’s Tanore fell into the shaft around 1pm Wednesday
10 December 2025, 17:53 PM

Caretaker govt system and judicial independence 'irreversible': Asif Nazrul

Urged all stakeholders to safeguard reforms achieved by interim govt
10 December 2025, 16:26 PM

10 journalists receive Media Award on Judicial Independence 2025

The Daily Star Senior Reporter Baharam Khan among the awardees
10 December 2025, 15:39 PM

Guide to hiring domestic workers: Key checks and documents

Mohammadpur double murder renews focus on recruitment practices
10 December 2025, 15:15 PM

Mobile phone traders block Dhaka's Karwan Bazar in protest against NEIR

Demonstration started around 5:45pm, bringing traffic to a standstill
10 December 2025, 14:32 PM

Govt issues gazette to establish Police Commission

5-member commission to be led by a retired judge
10 December 2025, 13:17 PM

Bangladesh-US bilateral defence dialogue begins in Dhaka

12th round of talks underway to strengthen military cooperation
10 December 2025, 13:06 PM

Asif Mahmud and Mahfuj Alam resign from interim government

Both emerged from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement
10 December 2025, 12:08 PM

ACC to file 60 cases against recruiting agencies over Tk 4,545cr embezzled and laundered

124 owners and officials accused of inflating migration costs
10 December 2025, 11:55 AM

ACC files case against Bashundhara chairman, 15 others

Case filed over Tk 600 crore embezzlement
10 December 2025, 11:29 AM

'Not much we can do, India has to agree to extradite Hasina'

Foreign adviser says he’s heard speculation of third-country resettlement for Hasina but has no information
10 December 2025, 10:59 AM