Dhaka International Trade Fair is going on at Purbachal, not in any busy area in Dhaka. The trade fair has been organised there for the second time.

Canada and Dubai have been identified as the key destinations for money smuggled out of Bangladesh.

According to the Road Safety Foundation, 80 percent of the thousands of people killed in road accidents in the country each year are working-class people.

It came to the notice of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh that in Lalmonirhat Horijon community people are being denied basic human respect.

Jamuna Fertilizer Factory Limited has become a major contributor to environmental pollution.

Ankita Islam desires to make a difference in society. In today's Star Special, listen to Ankita's success story and her never-ending struggle to establish her identity.

Based on listening to BBC news during the Liberation War in 1971, a market was established in Pabna's Ruppur village.

Jamalpur's Sarishabari was once a significant jute trading hub in the Indian subcontinent. However, as time went by, the jute mills were closed down. Thousands of jute mill workers have been laid off over the years.

From now on, the families of those killed in road accidents will get at least Tk 5 lakh as compensation.

For the last 10 years, Sultanpur Kashimpur Union in Jashore has taken on a festive look while prepping for their annual bullock race.

As the world gets ready to usher in 2023 and bid farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by pandemic, war in Europe and stinging price rises, in today’s Star Special, we take a look back at 2022 -- how it was for people, and their expectations for 2023.

Star Multimedia producers Saim Bin Mujib and Naimur Rahman traveled on the country’s first metro rail service today.

"Metrogirl" demonstrates how to travel on the first ever Metro rail service of Bangladesh.

The country is waiting for the inauguration of the first Metro rail service in Bangladesh.

The Daily Star talks with Hans Martin Henrichsen, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Grameenphone about the ongoing regulatory issues of the operator.

The Uttara to Agargaon section of Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 or MRT Line-6 will be inaugurated on December 28.

Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi is known nationwide for her struggles for self-reliance and donating money earned by selling newspapers to marginalised women.

After almost 38 years, DDT powder, which is very harmful to the environment and human body, has been removed from Bangladesh. In 1985, about 500 tonnes of DDT powder was brought from Pakistan at a cost of about Tk 3.5 crore for malaria control.

The country’s first ever One Stop Emergency and Casualty (OSEC) service unit in a public hospital was opened at Kurmitola General Hospital on December 5.

There was a bumper yield of Aman paddy this season in six districts of the northern region of Bangladesh. The prices in the market are also not bad, bringing much needed relief among farmers.