Cancel travel agency ordinance

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) and Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of the Travel Agency (Registration and Control) Ordinance 2025.
23 November 2025, 22:37 PM

CWASA water connections: Rusty pipelines, disrupted supply

Md Alamgir Hossain, manager of Morium Bhaban in Chattogram’s densely populated Akbar Shah area, spends three consecutive nights every week waiting by the motor switch for water from Chattogram Wasa.
23 November 2025, 22:37 PM

No signs of security risks ahead of polls

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdh-ury yesterday said the government has detected no signs of security risks ahead of the upcoming national election.
23 November 2025, 22:31 PM

Morrelganj, Sharankhola: Delayed bridge work worsens sufferings

Prolonged delay in construction of the Panguchi Bridge has been causing immense sufferings to around four lakh residents of Morrelganj and Sharankhola areas of Bagerhat.
23 November 2025, 21:36 PM

A village entirely devoured by the Brahmaputra

Once a vibrant and self-reliant agrarian village with around 350 families, Char Montola, a shoal in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila, has disappeared from the map as the Brahmanputra devoured it entirely following two years of intensified river erosion.
23 November 2025, 21:35 PM

Officials debate abolishing NTMC

Top government officials yesterday weighed whether the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, long criticised for allegedly enabling the former Awami League government’s crackdown on dissent, should be abolished.
23 November 2025, 21:32 PM

Khaleda Zia has developed infection in heart and lungs: Doctors

Currently under close medical observation at Evercare Hospital
23 November 2025, 20:12 PM

Army to extend full support to govt, EC in polls

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday said the army would extend full cooperation to the government and the Election Commission in the upcoming national election.
23 November 2025, 20:00 PM

‘You too can be made an accused’

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam yesterday warned defence counsel Nazneen Nahar, who is representing Maj Gen (relieved) Ziaul Ahsan, that she herself could face charges.
23 November 2025, 18:42 PM

Bangladesh on track for LDC graduation

Bangladesh is projected to lose around $8 billion in exports after graduation
23 November 2025, 18:41 PM

A daily battle for every drop

Shrinking ponds, salt-filled tubewells leave thousands relying on murky water to survive
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM

16 months on, quake safety assessment facility awaits nod for launch

A project to construct and equip an institute to assess the seismic vulnerabilities of Dhaka’s buildings ended 16 months ago, but the Rajuk renewed preparations for its launch only after three earthquakes shook the country in just 32 hours.
23 November 2025, 18:35 PM

Take immediate action to prepare for earthquakes

Shaken by three quakes in 32 hours, experts at a Star roundtable urged swift, coordinated government action to minimise casualties and damage
23 November 2025, 18:34 PM

Hill market turns popular in Cox’s Bazar

Near the Burmese School in Cox’s Bazar town, several vendors from indigenous communities, most of them women, were seen on both sides of the road in a simple, modest market setup.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM

We need a climate solution built on people, not projects

Friendship’s Earthshot Prize win has shifted the world’s view of Bangladesh, from that of a climate-vulnerable country to one capable of offering credible climate solutions, said the its founder Runa Khan.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM

3 medical colleges, 2 universities suspend classes

Amid nationwide panic following a series of tremors, authorities have suspended academic activities at three medical colleges and two public universities in the capital.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM

8 more die of dengue, 778 get hospitalised

At least eight dengue patients died while 778 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Sack on head, OC’s quick move amid fire wins praise

Video goes viral; Gazipur warehouse blaze contained
23 November 2025, 17:51 PM

Oppressed are becoming oppressors: Mahfuj Alam

Calls for ending all forms of oppression against dissenting voices
23 November 2025, 16:56 PM

‘Tech Connect’ final exhibition brings together youth from eight countries

GYRF and BNCU host concluding event of global citizenship project in Dhaka
23 November 2025, 16:46 PM