Seventeen more cases including six sedition pleas are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in 17 districts.

Train services between Dhaka and Dinajpur resumes after eight hours of a train derailment Monday morning in Lalpur upazila of Natore.

A rifle and a shotgun, which went missing after a boat carrying a patrol team of police capsized in the Meghna River near Ashuganj on

Akhtaruzzaman Elias is difficult and ambiguous. His language is turgid and his narrative tortuous. His characters spout dirty,

Primary task to conduct a census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh has begun in six districts.

Police have recovered a drone-like object from outside the premises of IDB building at Agargaon area of Dhaka.

Employees of Alim Jute Mills here yesterday blocked Khulna-Jessore highway protesting the authorities' move to hand over the ownership

Nearly 104 brickfields in the district have suffered a big blow as a sudden rain on Monday night damaged huge quantities of raw bricks that were piled in the open field for drying.

Munshiganj Water Transport Workers' Union went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday midnight, protesting rampant extortion and attacks on its workers.

Villagers beat a leopard to death after it attacked the mayor of Sribordi municipality at Shait Kakra village in Sribordi upazila of Sherpur.

Chief Justice SK Sinha expresses hopes that the sitting and retired judges who enjoy state facilities will abide by the norms and values.

A mob demolished an ancient shrine at Govipur village under Buripota union in Meherpur Sadar upazila and ousted the devotees from there yesterday.

A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader files a Tk 50-crore defamation case against The Daily Star editor for publishing reports based on information given by DGFI which allegedly tarnished the image of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina. Meanwhile, a local BCL leader files another Tk 1-crore defamation case in Khulna on the same charge.

Fisheries Directorate seized 40 maunds of jatka (young hilsa less than 10 inch or 26 centimetres in length) from the Arial Kha River in

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian national with cattle and Indian rupees at Padmar char-Bakher Ali village in

International Crimes Tribunal-1 issues arrest warrant against two accused from Netrokona over crimes committed against humanity during 1971 Liberation War.

Hundreds of people staged a demonstration at Dhala Railway Station in Trishal upazila of the district yesterday morning, protesting the

Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique files a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that had upheld cancellation of his candidacy for Tangail-4 by-polls.

A paddle steamer along with around 100 passengers runs aground on an underwater shoal in Kirtonkhola River near Kauwar char in Barisal city due to dense fog.

A 15 kilometre tailback has ensued on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway after a truck broke down on the Meghna bridge in Munshiganj.