A team of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have been conducting a drive to evict illegal structures on both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar for the second day.

During the last 15 days of Bangla month of “Kartik”, the followers of “Loknath” light small lamps and special incense asking for the betterment of their loved ones’ health. They also fast in the name of “Rakh” hence the name “Rakher Upobash”. Also known as “Kartik bhroto”, the festival is held on every Saturday and Tuesday in those 15 days.

At least 10 types of bacteria have become more resistant to 17 life-saving antibiotics used for treating patients with infectious diseases across the country, according to a new government study.

Curtains fell on the 18th Asian University Presidents Forum (AUPF) 2019 yesterday, with a vision to have stronger collaborations among Asian universities in mutual cooperation and technology transfers.

Universities should provide students with the knowledge and skills that equip them to become entrepreneurs, said policy makers and academics yesterday.

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Businesses across the country took a hit yesterday, the first day of the strike by truckers, which also halted transportation of goods from all land and sea ports.

Following rumours that salt prices would go up like onions had recently, people across the country went into panic buying yesterday, mptying shelves.

Even in this day and age of technological advancement when many things that were unthinkable 10 years ago are now commonplace, the millennia-old problem of availing safe, clean water for everyone remains one of the biggest challenges for humanity.

Dr Minhaj Uddin, who survived the Brahmanbaria train accident, recounts the scenes of horror during an interview with the Star Live.

Dahagram-Angarpota 10-bed Hospital on two acres of land has everything--a one-storied hospital building, staff quarters, garden, signboards and even patients.

Pundranagar, the capital of ancient Bengal or present-day Bogra in Bangladesh, is famous for its pottery. Traditional pottery got its fame in the Pal era long back, but now some of the potters community still can be seen here and there in the country including Palpara or Kumaras villages in Bogra.

At least 16 people have been killed and 25 injured as an intercity train crashes into another train in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The two-day Kathin Chibardan, the major religious festival of Buddhists community is held at the country’s largest Buddhist temple in Rangamati recently where thousands of devotees from different parts of the country take part.

Very severe cyclonic storm “Bulbul” has weakened into a severe one and started crossing coastal areas of Khulna division in Bangladesh amid low tide, according to Met office.

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Students of Jahangirnagar University, who have been continuing their anti-VC demonstration on the campus, bring out a procession from in front of the registrar building.

Chhatra League men yesterday assaulted teachers and students who had kept Jahangirnagar University Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam confined to her residence demanding her resignation over corruption allegations.

Santals who were evicted from a sugarcane farm in Gaibandha three years ago are yet to get justice for the killing of three men from their community or compensation for the loss of their livelihood.

Ten-year-old Iftakar Ahmed Wazid is still missing after a three-storey building collapsed in Narayanganj on Sunday afternoon.