The advisory was upgraded from “Reconsider Travel” to “Exercise Increased Caution,” according to the foreign ministry

In 2015, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed 59 cases over the Basic Bank loan scam. Over a decade later, most remain unresolved. Earlier this year, courts even ordered fresh investigations into several of the cases after finding flaws in the original probes.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday cut its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 percent after keeping it unchanged for nearly two years, marking its first monetary easing in six years.

Bangladesh does not feel any pressure over the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed with the US, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman said yesterday after a meeting with US Special Envoy to South and Central Asia Sergio Gor in Dhaka.

Four more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 835 in the country.

In exclusive interviews to The Daily Star, the men describe how debt and failed migrant jobs took them to the frontline while their families remained unaware they were alive

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami spent Tk 23,91,86,934 last year, exceeding its income by Tk 23,62,795, according to the party’s financial statement submitted to the Election Commission yesterday.

Heat-induced productivity losses cost Bangladesh an estimated $1.3-1.8 billion in 2024, equivalent to 0.3-0.4 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), says a World Bank report.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the government has transferred 767 Sub-Assistant Engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) through a lottery-based system.

Malaysia will resume the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the last week of next month, PM’s Adviser and Spokesperson Mahdi Amin said yesterday.

At least three people died of dengue and 463 others were hospitalised across the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The price of rice nearly doubles by the time it moves from the farmer or farm level to the retail or consumer level, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Every monsoon, farmer Mojibor Rahman of Takuria village carries sacks of produce on his back and walks 1.5 kilometres to Aramnagar Bazar because no van or rickshaw driver is willing to brave the mud-soaked road past his home.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said crime cannot be eradicated through punishment alone; rather, society must address the social and economic conditions that drive people towards crime.

The government has appointed 86 Supreme Court lawyers as deputy attorneys general (DAGs) and 179 lawyers as assistant attorneys general (AAGs) to represent the state in cases before the Appellate Division and the High Court Division.

At least 33 people were killed in mob attacks across the country between April and June, according to a quarterly report released by Odhikar yesterday.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has unveiled a Tk 4,004.60 crore budget for FY2026-27, prioritising dengue control, waterlogging mitigation, environmental protection and improved civic services under its “Clean City, Green City” initiative.

Leader of the Opposition and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said his party was banned during the rule of the ousted Awami League regime for “refusing to accept hegemony”.

The convoy of National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders came under two stone-pelting attacks in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila yesterday, damaging the windows of several vehicles, police said.

LGRD Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday expressed regret that although the July uprising was driven by a desire for change, the old culture continued to persist within the administration.