Police today arrested a moneylender on charges of selling the newborn baby boy of a woman to earn interest, as her husband failed to repay the interest on a loan in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj.

Vice Chancellor - a guardian, a lighthouse for the most talented minds studying in the highest institutes of education. They are among the most respected people in our country. Or are they, nowadays?

On April 17, 2022 morning, residents of Gaibandha Sadar upazila's Tinmail witnessed a very strange incident.

Haji Shariatullah was a prominent leader of the Faraizi movement. He was also a social activist and Islamic scholar of the then Bengal.

The Roads and Highways Department is going to establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) to manage and monitor the Joydebpur-Rangpur highway efficiently.

Hoisting the apron of the Chef de Cuisine of Raffinato Ristorante Italiano, Aziz is one such individual who has donned many hats in his three-decade-long career.

Dhaka has been experiencing huge traffic congestion for the last few weeks. What are the causes behind it? Is there a solution to this problem? In today's episode of Public Speaks.

What is the possibility of Bangladesh ending up in an economic disaster like that of Sri Lanka? This has been the topic of discussion on social media of late. ADB economists have advised Bangladesh to build a more robust macroeconomic management, internal revenue collection, as well as credit management policies.

Despite the less than adequate quality of treatment, most people in our country depend on government hospitals for treatment. Being an overpopulated country, Bangladesh still lacks enough government hospitals to serve all its people. Criminal gangs posing as brokers are taking the opportunity of such circumstances. While seeking treatment, ordinary people are falling into the traps of these brokers.

The Hindi film “Jalsa” directed by Suresh Triveni was released last month. The two main characters in the film are "Maya Menon" and "Rokhsana" played by Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah respectively. The story of the film with these two powerful actors is centred around an accident.

This is the year 1429 in the Bengali calendar. However, since many argue that if Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar 438 years ago, why is it the year 1429 in the calendar?

After two years of Covid-19 pandemic related restrictions, the welcoming ceremony of Bangla New Year began this morning (April 14) with numerous shades and colours.

For the second episode of “Star Lifestyle Recipes” sponsored by Fresh Spices, we show you how to make the delicious Shundhi Daal Bhuna, something that can be paired with rice or bread like naan, like we have, or paratha.

Shafiqul Islam, a Gaibandha engineer, has been working to develop an electric version of the traditional rice grinding tool "Dheki".

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq of the Bangla department of Dhaka University was a colleague of Prof Humayun Azad. He spoke to The Daily Star about his late friend. He also spoke about how a universal democratic system could widen the path to free-thinking.

The dedicated service lanes and bus bay or bus stop projects amounted to around Tk 700 crore, and the construction work at various bus stands and market locations from Gabtoli to Paturia Ghat is near completion. However, most bus stops and market areas along the Dhaka-Nabinagar route do not use these separate lanes for the stoppage. As a result, the highway is completely packed all the time.

Health plays an important role in our lives. It is mostly defined by the mental, and physical fitness of our body. If our physical health is not well, neither will be our mental health and vice versa.

Humayun Azad, a writer, poet, linguist, and a professor of University of Dhaka was brutally attacked by extremist militants on February 27, 2004. The verdict of his murder case is going to be delivered today at last after 18 long years.

Bangladeshi garment exporters to Russia did not see the eastern European country’s war with Ukraine coming. They became really worried about their payments from Russian buyers when the US government and the European Union started imposing bans to hamper Russia’s foreign transactions. Even bans were slapped on the use of airspaces. Moreover, the Biden administration took steps to cut off Russia's central bank from US dollar transactions.

Hridoy Chandra Mandal, a teacher of Munshiganj Sadar Upazila's Binodpur Ramkumar High School, has been released on bail.