At least 11 police officers were killed in an ambush in northern Burkina Faso late on Monday, a security source said on Tuesday.

Nokia said its employees can choose to work up to three days a week remotely with increased support for flexible working hours from January after its current work from home policy comes to an end in December.

​The Daily Star reporters visit Gazipur, Manikganj and Munshiganj, three of the seven entrance districts to the capital which are under new restrictions from Tuesday dawn.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against the former Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Sonali Bank, Pradip Kumar Sharma, today over fake freedom fighter certificate scam.

Iranian police have seized 7,000 computer miners at an illegal cryptocurrency farm, their largest haul to date of the energy-guzzling machines that have exacerbated power outages in Iran, state media reported on Tuesday.

Spain's government on Tuesday pardoned all nine separatist leaders jailed for their role in Catalonia's failed independence bid in 2017, expressing hope that the gesture might help end a trial of strength that has sown deep divisions.

Ambassador Lee Jang-Keun has asked the Bangladesh government for assistance in vaccinating Korean nationals living in the country.

A Dhaka court today placed eight associates of Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, an influential businessman in Dhaka's Dakshinkhan area and at different posh clubs in the capital, on a two-day remand each in connection with a case filed over human trafficking.

China and its allies called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into the discovery last month of the remains of more than 200 indigenous children at a Canadian boarding school.

​The news of Islamic preacher Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan going missing sparked widespread concern on social media. After he was found, police officials said Taw Haa and his companions "went into hiding willingly" due to various family and personal problems.

Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, arrested following an attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni, has trafficked several hundred people abroad and amassed considerable wealth at home and abroad, said officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today.

Trawlers were seen plying on Shimulia-Banglabazar route disobeying movement restrictions imposed by the government, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.

On 22 June 2021, our nation was faced with an insurmountable loss.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a loan package of $940 million today for the Government of Bangladesh to purchase safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19.

Police have arrested a fugitive convict in an abduction case after 32 years from Joypurhat’s Kalai upazila.

Medical aid from Bangladesh for the people of Palestine was handed over in Jordan yesterday.

Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke about rape and "temptation" in a recent interview with Jonathan Swan for Axios and no one is happy with what he said.

Police today arrested seven people including a woman who they believe to be one of the kingpins of a transnational human trafficking racket.

Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.

Britain added three Myanmar entities to its sanctions list on Monday: state-owned pearl and timber firms, and the 'State Administration Council' which runs the functions of the state, a notice posted on the British government website said.