Residents of Barishal City Corporation areas are in a bind as garbage is piling up. The city corporation’s waste workers are threatening to continue work abstention if cases filed against them are not withdrawn.

Arjuda Begum, now 80, gave shelter to freedom fighters, and even sold her land to feed them during the Liberation War in 1971. Her contribution and sacrifice, however, were never officially recognised by the state.

The grenade attack of August 21, 2004 is very likely the most heinous crime in the political history of this country after the gruesome murder of Bangabandhu and his family members. As per verdict by the judicial court, top leaders, ministers of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government along with the then head of National Security Intelligence, head of police and many other top officials conspired with a militant organisation to assassinate then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina and eliminate the top leaders of Bangladesh Awami League.

Heavy rainfall and downpour from mountains in India is causing alarming rise in water-level in Teesta and Jamuna rivers. At least 50,000 inhabitants in Sirajganj are now waterlogged, hoping to be aided by the government.

On the 17th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack, leaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami League and other organizations paid tribute to those who were killed on that dreadful day. Garlands and flowers were offered to honour their memory.

The Banani Building that was burning for over four hours has no minimum fire safety measures, fire officials said.

Today marks the 17th year of the heinous grenade blasts in Awami League's rally, which took 24 lives including prominent politician Ivy Rahman. The Daily Star's deputy chief photographer Anisur Rahman was right there at the heart of the blasts and witnessed the horrific incident.

Last night, miscreants attacked Md. Munibur Rahman, an Upazila Nirbahi Officer in Barishal, for asking not to remove posters and banners at night in front of his house.

About 10,000 acres of agricultural land in two villages of Barguna's Amtali upazila were finally saved from inundation after five illegal dams, built 10 years ago, on a public canal were removed on August 13.

A new law is in development that will ensure that social media and other virtual data of Bangladeshi nationals are kept in servers located inside the country, informs Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State minister of ICT -- generating concerns over stricter surveillance.

In order to avoid collision with the Padma Bridge, ferry services in Shimulia in Munshiganj and Banglabazar in Madaripur have been halted indefinitely.

The magnificent Kuakata beach, known as "Sagarkanya" or the daughter of the sea, is popular with both domestic and international tourists. The beach, however, is still scarred by wounds from multiple disastrous cyclones, and is now on the verge of being destroyed completely.

Anwar Hossain, who built Anwar Group of Industries, one of the largest groups of industries in Bangladesh, passed away yesterday.

According to experts the prime breeding ground of Aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue, belongs to the two city corporations of Dhaka and other governmental organisations.

Afghanistan is now under full control of the Taliban. However, as history indicates, this issue is a matter of substantial concern particularly for Bangladesh.

Nazrul Islam, a Bangladeshi national stranded in Afghanistan, spoke to a member of the Taliban recently.

Most of the coronavirus related restrictions in this country were withdrawn from August 19, even though the ongoing wave is still ravaging the population.

Seven Bangladeshis have been living in Afghanistan for decades. Have they experienced any significant socio-economic shift in the war torn country? How has the return of the Taliban after 20 years affected the country?

Horrific images are coming from Kabul, as desperate people in thousands were seen swarming Hamid Karzai International Airport. How bad is the situation actually in the capital of Afghanistan?

On this day, 16 years ago, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh attacked with a violent and deadly series of bombings all over Bangladesh. In the last 16 years, scores of the militant group's members were arrested, many of their top leaders were sentenced. However, has the threat truly been neutralized?