Shehnai is an Indian sub-continental tubular instrument and the word originates from Turkey meaning “royal flute” which has been part of the musical landscape for more than a hundred years in the sub-continent.

Dhaka court orders judicial inquiry into allegation of sexual abuse of a female university student by a sub-inspector of Adabor Police Station. Police authorities suspend him this morning and form a probe committee.

Though the biting cold of the last week has subsided, the fog in Dhaka will persist for a few more days, said an official of the Met office.

India secure a huge seven-wicket victory over Nepal to become Group D champion of ICC U19 World Cup at Dhaka.

A Special Branch (SB) constable is robbed of gold rings, cash and two cell phones by a doping gang (agyan party) on a bus on his way from Gazipur to Malibagh in Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the Speakers and parliamentarians of South Asia for allocating budgets enabling the countries to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it is a collective journey.

A Dhaka court sends Kamal Hossain, an arrestee of Pahela Baishakh sexual assault case, to jail after he refused to give confessional statement before a magistrate in connection with the sensational case.

An alleged robber, said to be second-in-charge of a notorious gang, has been killed in what Rab describes as gunfight at Bagerhat’s Sundarbans.

Jatiya Party Presidium members decide to quit the cabinet, says the party’s newly appointed Co-chairman GM Quader.

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that issued an injunction on eviction of the Kalyanpur Pora Slum.

Three people are burnt as a fire erupted due to a gas pipeline leak in Kolabagan area of Dhaka.

A woman dies of fear and three other people are injured by splinters as criminals blasted several crude bombs during a robbery at a jewellery shop in Dhaka’s Kuril area.

Doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital will form a medical board tomorrow for the treatment of a patient who was admitted there with a rare disease commonly known as “tree-man” disease.

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker Majibar Rahman dies from old age complications at his residence in the capital’s Uttara area.

Demonstrators block Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection demanding a rise in the age ceiling for civil service. Currently, the age limit to apply for civil service is 30. Demonstrators demand that the ceiling be raised to 35.

Rail communication between Dhaka and northern districts of the country resumes after it was disrupted for nearly three hours this morning due to a technical glitch of Dhaka bound Ekata Express.

Two top mobile phone operators in the country, Robi and Airtel signs the formal deal for merging together in the country.

Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby, who was subjected to police torture for bribe, has rejected the report submitted to the Supreme Court over the incident. “I did not do anything, they grabbed me by my collar from the behind,” he tells The Daily Star hours after the report is filed to the apex court.

Eleven personalities have been declared recipients for Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar-2016.

Dhaka, one of the oldest metropolises in this part of the subcontinent, has crossed the enviable milestone of 400 years. The city, founded by the Mughals in the 17th century, was the economic capital of the Mughal Empire, and later saw rapid growth in urbanization during the British colonization in the late 19th and early 20th century.