Star Online Report

On Wednesday, GSM Association (GSMA), the London based industry organisation that represents the global mobile industry, pulled the plug on the 2020 Mobile World Congress show. The show's organiser said the coronavirus, the virus infecting tens of thousands of people globally and originating from China, had made it "impossible" for the show to proceed.

After Bangladesh Under-19s' seminal World Cup triumph on Sunday, the cricketing world both at home and abroad, legends past and present, showered Akbar Ali's teen titans with praise.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 800 in mainland China today, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be "stabilising".

US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has posted on Facebook in Bengali seeking support from the Bengali diaspora in the US for his Medicare for All campaign.

A mobile court today jailed five madrasa teachers for two years for providing answers to Dakhil examinees during an MCQ test at an exam centre in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila.

Our reporters stationed at different polling centres across the city have found instances of “artificial queues” being formed to show high voter turnout in the Dhaka City Corporation polls.

Awami League’s mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam said he will accept the election result, whatever it is.

Three hundred and forty one Bangladeshis will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow night on a special flight from Wuhan, China

Western diplomats in Dhaka said they want to see democracy in action as the Dhaka South and North City Corporation elections are going to be held day after tomorrow.

A Tangail court today rejected a bail petition of Baul singer Shariat Sarkar in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for “hurting religious sentiment”.

Popular social media site Facebook has recently launched a tool for its users to strengthen the privacy of their personal information.

The government has formed seven special monitoring committees to control price of rice in the market. The initiative was taken by the Food Ministry in a bid to prevent increasing price of rice in the market through illicit means, according to a press release of the ministry issued today.

Three youths died after a train hit the motorbike they were on while crossing an unmanned level crossing in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila this afternoon.

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to prohibit the gender detection of fetuses in order to ensure the protection of the babies and pregnant mothers.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told parliament that Bangladesh is intensely observing Indian’s internal situation regarding the country’s controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Grameenphone today filed a review petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, seeking its permission to pay Tk 575 crore in 12 equal monthly instalments as adjustable deposit to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Earlier on November 24, the Supreme Court directed Grameenphone to pay Tk 2,000 crore, around 10 times higher than what the carrier was willing to pay as adjustable deposit, to the telecom regulatory body.

The Supreme Court today upheld its earlier order that cleared the way for the government to publish the gazette notification for implementing the recommendation of 9th Wage Board for journalists.

The issue has also blown up on Twitter and hundreds have so far tweeted with the hashtag #BangladeshIsNotUkraine.

Four grenade explosions reportedly rocked parts of two districts in Assam this morning as India is being celebrated the 71st Republic Day, police said.

The residence of two death row convicts of the Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case is ransacked and torched in Gazipur’s Tongi upazila.