The High Court has refused to grant bail to suspended Gendaria Awami league leaders Enamul Huq Enu and his brother Rupam Bhuiyan in two corruption cases involving Tk 36 crore.

The High Court has granted bail to Mosammat Shanjida in a case filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

A Dhaka tribunal has concluded recording the statements of prosecution witnesses in the arms case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the executive board of three United Nations organisations -- UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS – by securing the highest votes for the term 2021-2023.

A tribunal in Dhaka today framed charges against all 25 accused in connection with the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.

Sylhet’s rail communication with Dhaka and Chattogram was cut off this morning after a cargo train derailed near Maizgaon Railway Station in Fenchuganj.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has expressed the government’s concern about the increasing number of Rohingya refugees arriving on Indonesia’s shores, calling on other countries in the region to share responsibility for addressing the core issues that led to the crisis. In the last two months, Indonesia received almost 400 boat people of Rohingya ethnicity.

Arif Shafique, Co-owner, Tokyo Express, talks to The Daily Star about his aspiration to become a restaurateur, setbacks and how he and his team are adapting to the new normal during this pandemic, to serve the customers to their best capacity.

A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by a thief as she recognised him while stealing in their house in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area last night.

Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 6.8 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2021, according to the latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) report 'Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Update'.

Joe Biden brands President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blames lax forestry and declares, "I don't think science knows."

Renowned Bangladeshi actress Jaya Ahsan has joined leaders and celebrities from across the Commonwealth for the ‘Commonwealth Says NO MORE’ campaign against domestic and sexual violence.

A nine-year-old girl has been raped in Terokhada upazila of Khulna allegedly by a member of police.

The High Court today granted six months' ad-interim bail to Didarul Islam Bhuiyan, an activist of a platform called "Rastrachinta", in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail.

Lalmonirhat Deputy Commissioner Abu Jafor has said he received a letter, suspected to be sent by militants, in which they threatened to blow up the district jail if detained militants are not released from prison.

Scientists have said they detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalising sign of potential life beyond Earth.

A Dhaka court today sentenced five members of Rapid Action Battalion to 10-years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed against them for mugging Tk 18 lakh from a businessman.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today seized an excavator on charge of illegal hill-cutting in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das has praised the government for its steps towards building ‘Digital Bangladesh’ while paying a courtesy call to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chauhdury at her office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

India today announced a ban on the export of onions with immediate effect, stoking fears of a crisis of the vegetable in Bangladeshi markets.