The United Nations aid agencies and NGO partners yesterday launched a Joint Response Plan, seeking $920 million to meet the needs of over a million Rohingya refugees and vulnerable Bangladeshis in Cox's Bazar.

The Border Guard Bangladesh on Thursday filed two cases against some 275 villagers of Baharampur village in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila, including two deceased, in connection with the Tuesday's incident.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the BNP had an evil intention to make the December 30 general election questionable and it is still trying to do so.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion yesterday seized over 5.5 lakh yaba tablets in Bandarban and Cox's Bazar.

Different politicians and analysts said Jamaat should apologise to the nation as advised by Abdur Razzaq who resigned from the party yesterday.

Jamaat's assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzaq has resigned from the party, a move insiders say will create pressure on Jamaat to reform its charter.

The old saying "No Teacher, No Nation" points to the fact how indispensable teachers are in building a nation. Afterall, they are the embodiment of knowledge and wisdom, the lighthouse without whom building an enlightened nation would not be possible.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today urged lawyers to conduct at least two cases without any fee in order to ensure justice for justice seekers.

Bangladesh's leading English language daily, The Daily Star is celebrating its 28th anniversary with the motto 'journalism without fear or favour'.

Two more devotees die of cardiac arrest at Biswa Ijtema venue in Tongi.

Supreme Court stays the High Court order that summoned Shafiqul Alam, managing director of Jamuna Bank, to appear before it and explain his inaction to comply with a 2017 directive involving money disbursement.

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Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Founders Space, a US-based startup incubator and accelerator, to support the startups in the country.

Bangladesh’s leading cultural group Chhayanaut is to be conferred the Indian government’s prestigious Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony on Monday, February 18.

The squat should be a compulsory exercise for everyone. Squats help build your leg muscles but they also create an anabolic environment, which promotes body-wide muscle building. They engage the legs to handle the weight and the core to stabilise the trunk.

Two people are arrested in a case filed in connection with the murder of a former principal of Eden Mohila College Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin.

India will take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure the “complete isolation” of Pakistan in response to an attack by an Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says.

Hong Kong customs seize a record 40 kg (88 pounds) of rhino horns worth around HK$8 million ($1 million) from Johannesburg en route to Vietnam, the latest bust for authorities trying to tackle the rising volume of endangered species trafficked through the Chinese territory.

In this interview with Rafi Hossain, Kumar Bishwajit shares his thoughts and opinions about the past, present and future of the Bangladeshi music scene.

The Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital starts operations hours after a fire broke out in the hospital.