The 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League will commence at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on January 19, with defending champions Comilla Victorians taking on Durdanto Dhaka. Ahead of the latest season, The Daily Star’s Sports Podcast Pitch Perfect points out factors associated with the franchise tournament which are far from ideal.

Today's Star Connects will address these pressing issues

Currently, the gas supply stands at approximately 2,500 million standard cubic feet per day (mmcfd), falling short of the demand, which is at 3,800 mmcfd.

Rabiul Islam, better known as Arav Khan, cursed The Daily Star and urged his followers to report the link of the newspaper’s report on his swindling AED 425,500 (about Tk 1.46 crore) out of 10 Bangladeshi expatriates

BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that GM Quader, chairman of Jatiyo Party, has sold the party for his wife, who contested the polls from the Dhaka-18 constituency. Rizvi said this and more during a prayer mahfil of the Bangladesh Nationalist Women's Party today

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said there are conspiracies to endanger the country's economy

Following Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan Papon’s swearing in as Minister for Youth and Sports in the new government on Thursday, questions have been flying around whether the incumbent BCB boss can resign now and a new president is nominated, or does he need to wait till the end of his tenure to do that, which is October 2025? There seems to have been a lot of curiosity, and confusion too, in this regard among the general people. Papon himself spoke to the media on consecutive days regarding the issue, but his statements have hardly helped clarifying things. One thing he said categorically, though, was that the fact that whoever takes charge after him will have to be a director of the board. What does the BCB constitution say regarding the standing down of an incumbent president and the instalment of a new one? And are those in line with ICC guidelines? As people continue to speculate regarding Papon’s tenure and the next president of the country’s most followed sporting federation, Non-Striker’s End, The Daily Star’s digital cricket show, attempts to answer all these questions.

The northern part of the country is covered in fog. People of Lalmonirhat are suffering in the bitter cold

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today described the formation of the new Awami League government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the beginning of one-party fascism in Bangladesh

The ministers and state ministers in the new cabinet

AL to hold rally on January 10 marking Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s strategy to make the election look competitive worked well, so much so that over a dozen heavyweights came tumbling down yesterday.

At least four people were killed when Benapole Express was set on fire in Gopibagh area of ​​the capital on Friday, said the Rapid Action Battalion

Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila's Charbata Union Parishad member Md Akbar Hossain Shahnaz has asked voters to openly seal on "boat" -- ruling party's polls insignia -- during the January 7 election. A video of his speech has gone viral on social media.

On Star Special, let's take a look at some of the interesting threats made during the campaign

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have to be kept in power again to save the country from the enemies of the country and abroad.

The US is closely following the case against Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus and noted the international condemnations after he was convicted by a court.

Clashes broke out today between BNP activists and police during the opposition party’s anti-polls leaflets distribution programme at Ashwini Kumar Hall premises in Barishal around 11:00am.

Islami Oikya Jote's nominated candidate Maulana Aslam Hossain Rahmani is campaigning in Moulvibazar-2 constituency

A total of 155 earthquakes struck Japan on Monday. So far 48 people have been reported dead