Chattogram Custom House officials have found evidence that an exporter tried to export one tonne of food items by fraudulently showing that two containers had 22 tonnes worth 100,000 dollars.

Murshed Elahy, Head of Business, Navana Foods Ltd (Gloria Jean’s Coffees, La Tarte) at Navana Group., speaks to The Daily Star about the story behind his journey in the restaurant industry throughout the years. He talks about his journey from working with some of the biggest franchises in the world to creating a coffee juggernaut in Bangladesh and how he has managed to overcome tough competition in recent years through focusing on the fundamental value of managing consistency.

A motorcyclist was killed after a truck crashed into his motorbike in Dhaka’s Demra this evening.

More interested in trade and investment, says Momen

Ten noted citizens of Sylhet in a joint statement have termed the 72-hour transport strike in Sylhet, demanding opening of stone quarries, a “contempt of court”.

Discouraging hiring foreign companies or individuals as consultants for various rail projects, a parliamentary body today recommended encouraging the selection of qualified local companies or individuals.

The National Identity (NID) Registration Wing has detained a broker for allegedly taking Tk 1.05 lakh from an applicant to make amends to a NID card.

The recovery of a bag with fake IED from the annex building of US embassy in Dhaka on December 2 made headlines. Law enforcers today said that the whole episode was staged by embassy security guard Zakir Hossain Mollah, who apparently did it for reward.

Twelve police officials of Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) have tested positives in drug tests.

Dundar’s lawyers refused to attend the final hearing. “We do not want to be part of a practice to legitimize a previously decided, political verdict,” they said in a written statement ahead of the hearing.

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali today said that work is underway to operate flights 24 hours a day at all airports in the country.

Four bus terminals will be constructed around the capital, mayors of Dhaka city corporations said today.

The government has been training workers to send skilled Bangladeshi workforce to a post-coronavirus global labour market, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said today.

Passengers flying into India’s biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.

Separate health screenings are being arranged for passengers from the United Kingdom at the three international airports in the country, Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman, chairman, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), said today.

Anti-Terrorism Unit of Police this morning said they arrested a “leader” of banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh from the area near Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka.

Following media reports on two children crying -- at a lower court premises in Dhaka -- for their detained parents, the High Court today granted bail to their mother Washima Akhtar (41) for six months in a criminal case and asked the authorities concerned to release her immediately from the jail custody.

Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka has organised a line-up of exciting programs to rejoice the end of the year 2020 celebration of Christmas and New Year by maintaining proper Health and Safety Protocol along with maintaining social distancing measures.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks a High Court verdict that acquitted three convicted accused who were sentenced to death by the trial court concerned in a case filed for abducting and killing a six-year-old in Cox’s Bazar in 2013.

A group of Dhaka University students today demanded ensuring residential facilities for them before exams of the final year and masters from December 26 during the coronavirus pandemic.