Lack of approach roads forces thousands to risk their lives daily in Patuakhali

The University Teachers’ Network yesterday urged the Dhaka University authorities to ensure due process when taking action against teachers over their alleged roles in the July uprising, warning against blanket measures and a culture of “witch-hunting”.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has alleged that its sanitation workers were assaulted in Uttarkhan yesterday.

Exactly two years ago, on this day in 2024, tens of thousands of people gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.

The government has announced a series of measures to restore Dhaka’s rivers and waterways, including preventing pollution, improving drainage, maintaining navigability and exploring private-sector operation of water bus services.

4.7 lakh vaccinated in 7 days

Study finds most households borrowing, many exhausting savings and selling assets

Organisation says Khursheed played a key role in strengthening ASK’s founding principles, institutional development and expansion of its human rights work since its inception

Thousands struggle to cook as supply shortfall following Maheshkhali LNG terminal fire hits households, factories and transport

Doctors later confirmed Halima Khatun’s death before relatives buried her again

Police are examining whether the intimidation is linked to a neighbourhood dispute

Humaiun Kobir says home ministry is handling the matter

Centuries-old monument has been under archaeological protection since 2019, but locals say they were never informed

Security stepped up amid intel warning of possible attacks by extremist groups or other miscreants

The 165th birth anniversary of the pioneering chemist has revived questions over whether Bangladesh has done enough to honour his legacy

Bangladesh has decided to join the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), initially as an observer, said the foreign ministry in a statement yesterday.

“Who do we go to when the police murders?” -- read a placard at a march of defiance titled ‘Droho Jatra’ that unfolded in Dhaka and was joined by thousands, including teachers, cultural workers, members of civil society, and leaders and activists from left-leaning political parties.

Kainwai Mro, 2, and elder sister Dongwai Mro, 4, lie side by side on a narrow bed in the isolation ward of Bandarban Sadar Hospital, both undergoing treatment for measles.

The Daily Star explores the trafficking routes, the threats and the impacts of drug abuse. The second instalment looks at how drugs are used as a currency for illicit cross-border trade.

US Special Presidential Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor’s three-day visit to Bangladesh underscored US support for the new administration while signalling greater economic engagement through trade and investment.