The flood situation in Gaibandha and Bogura districts is deteriorating as the water level of five rivers flow above the danger level triggering the inundation of cropland.

Facebook Inc says it will start replacing the direct messaging service within Instagram with a version of its Messenger app, the first major step in its plan to tie together messaging across its suite of apps.

The driver of a pickup van was killed and his helper injured as it collided head-on with a covered van on Bangabandhu Bridge East Link Road in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweets.

A man accused in 29 cases filed with different police stations of Chattogram has been arrested from the port city.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have arrested the key suspect in a case filed over the murder of a woman and her son in Chandgaon of Chattogram city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for enhancing surface water by increasing the storage capacity of water bodies across the country, aiming to protect the biodiversity, boost fish production and ensure safe water for all.

Military and security expert Dr M Sakhawat Hossain (SIPG, NSU) tells The Daily Star

The head of Israel’s foreign intelligence service Mossad met Bahrain’s heads of national intelligence and strategic security during a visit to Bahrain, Bahrain’s state news agency (BNA) has reported.

The UN Committee on Migrant Workers has called on governments to take immediate action to address the inhumane conditions of migrant workers who are stranded in detention camps, and ensure their orderly, safe and dignified return to their home countries.

Google plans to invest $1 billion in partnerships with news publishers worldwide to develop a "Showcase" app to highlight their reporting packages, chief executive Sundar Pichai said today.

The mayor of a Bhola municipality allegedly held a vehicle of Transcom Distribution Company Limited today for withdrawing a case filed against his followers on September 27, last year with Char Fasson Police Station for attacking the staffers of the company and robbing them.

Amazon appears to have taken an early lead making in-roads with the Biden camp, while Tech is strengthening relationships in case of a Biden victory to ensure they have a voice in an onslaught of federal and state investigations into their business practices.

The country’s remittance earning has continued to soar despite global economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Dhaka court today sentenced Enayet Ullah to 45 years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed against him for possessing 9,000 yaba pills and 100 grams of heroin in May 2018.

Three performance halls of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) -- National Theatre, Experimental Theatre and Studio Theatre -- are set to open their doors to theatre lovers of the country from October 23, after over seven months of closure.

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a framework for US-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute over a border that has been the frontline of several conflicts.

Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States.

A Chattogram court today issued a show cause notice to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) administrator Khursed Alam Sujan asking him to explain why an injunction should not be imposed on his move to pull down structures leased by previous mayor AJM Nasir Uddin.

The prime accused in Savar schoolgirl Nila Roy murder case-- Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury--today confessed to a Dhaka court that he killed the girl because she refused to continue a “love affair” with him, court sources said.