The setting is perfect for an exciting Asia Cup T20, 2016 final today. It's fitting that two of the best teams have made it to the final but as Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh skipper, admitted, India will start the game as favourites thanks to their brilliant run in Twenty20 Internationals recently. But Bangladesh will bank on a lot of other factors to favour them.

A woman attempts suicide after allegedly killing her daughter by poisoning in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar.

Five Bangladeshi workers are killed and two others injured when a trailer hit their bus as they were going to their workplace in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal announces that he will form a new political party.

The Daily Star presents awards to around 2,000 students who achieved outstanding results in O and A levels examinations in 2014 and 2015.

Former Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed blames politicians for the 1/11 political changeover.

Observing that Awami League has no strong opposition in politics right now, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the ruling party’s main challenge is actually to tackle religious extremism.

At least 262 incidents of repression on minorities take place across the country last year affecting 1,562 families, according to a report of Bangladesh Hindu- Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad.

Mashrafe’s exploits as a captain not only enabled Bangladesh to win some nail-biting contests in the recent past, but gave the cricketing world a new perception of Tigers…one that commands respect and admiration unlike never before!

Police recover a body of a indigenous woman in Gulshan of Dhaka. The body of the woman, aged around 28, is found with injury marks on her chest, neck and other parts, cops say.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the masterminds of the 1/11 political changeover would not have dared the move if they did not have support from politicians.

A woman is caught red handed while attempting to steal a baby at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, cops say.

The crocodile population in the Sundarbans has declined further due to rapid destruction of their breeding grounds and unchecked poaching, according to the preliminary findings of a new crocodile survey carried out in the mangrove forest.

A Dhaka court places Mahfuza Malek Jesmine on a five-day remand in a case filed against her for killing her two kids in Banasree area of Dhaka on Monday.

BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed submits the nomination papers for Khaleda Zia, the incumbent chief of the party, for the position of chairperson ahead of BNP’s sixth council.

A Supreme Court lawyer moves a writ petition with the High Court seeking a halt to Dhaka police’s drive to collect identification information about the city dwellers.

Amid the joyous tumult at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, there were a few quiet voices searching for answers.

Suspected robbers loot Tk 1.20 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur, police say.

A Narayanganj court is recording statements of the witnesses in sensational seven murder case.

BNP gets permission to hold its sixth national council on March 19 at the Institute of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB).