Buet student Rafid shares his ordeal with The Daily Star

Hafizur, former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, and 14 others were brought to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court under heavy security

Calls grow for justice ahead of Enforced Disappearance Day

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said his party has no expectations from the current interim government.

Bangladesh exported fish worth Tk 470 crore 61 lakh 86 thousand to India through the Benapole land port in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

Shahbagh Police Station's SI Toufiq Hasan appealed to the court to keep the accused in jail

The government yesterday submitted two compliance reports to the High Court stating that 1,500 to 2,000 unidentified individuals have been sued over the large-scale looting of stones from Sada Pathor, a major tourist site in Bholaganj of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday filed a case accusing 33 recruiting agents, including three former MPs, of laundering over Tk 100 crore involving labour recruitment to Malaysia between 2016 and 2024.

The remains of a printing press, believed to be around 150 years old, have been left abandoned for decades near Mrittunjoy School in Mymensingh.

Calling the sharp rise in child sexual abuse across Bangladesh a “national crisis”, rights groups have urged the government to take urgent and coordinated action.

After missing previous deadlines, the government is finally preparing to launch seven semi-automatic traffic signals on a pilot basis to help habituate commuters with traffic signal systems.

Tangles in government services remain a major challenge for turning ideas into reality and becoming successful entrepreneurs, said young innovators at a roundtable yesterday.

A primary school in Mymensingh’s Phulpur upazila has been at risk of river erosion for years.

Police say custody aimed at ‘ensuring safety amid public unrest’

The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel has announced its manifesto for the Ducsu election, consisting of 10 key commitments and 65 specific pledges.

Non-residential students of Dhaka University are likely to play a significant role in the upcoming central student union polls, as they make up a significant portion of the electorate.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 120 bank accounts of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his family members, and their beneficiaries over corruption allegations brought against them.

The BNP and Communist Party of Bangladesh welcomed the Election Commission work plan for the next parliamentary polls, while the National Citizen Party and Islami Andolan Bangladesh criticised it.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal yesterday nominated Sheikh Sadi Hasan as vice-president candidate and Tanzila Hossain Boishakhi as general secretary candidate for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election, scheduled for September 11.

Al Sadi Bhuiyan, a candidate for general secretary from the Independent Student Unity panel in the upcoming Ducsu election, said his candidacy is driven by a sense of responsibility toward Dhaka University and its students.