OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM
News
Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Environment
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
News
Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Country
Rivers swelling up again in Sirajganj
The water level has started to increase for the fourth time in Sirajganj, threatening prolonged floods in the district.
13 August 2020, 07:01 AM
Farmers Bank scam: Ex-CJ SK Sinha, 10 others indicted
A Dhaka court has framed charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case filed for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank in 2016.
13 August 2020, 06:30 AM
Govt to promote youth-led innovations addressing climate emergency: Momen
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the government will promote youth-led innovations and solutions to build greater resilience combating climate emergency.
13 August 2020, 05:10 AM
4 killed in Kurigram road accident
At least four people are killed and three injuredin a head-on collision between a bus and a private car on Kurigram-Rangpur highway in Kurigram Sadar upazila.
13 August 2020, 05:04 AM
Slow progress mounts sufferings on commuters
Slow progress of Juri-Batuli customs station road work in Juri upazila of the district is causing immense sufferings to thousands of commuters. The work is scheduled to be completed within this month. But only 30 percent of the work has been completed till now.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Seasonal rawhide traders upset as prices drop amid lack of buyers
Seasonal traders, engaged in rawhide business centring the Eid-ul-Azha, face huge losses this year too as only a small number of buyers are showing up at the markets in Tangail and offering very low prices for the items.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Woman killed by husband over family feud in Noakhali
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over family feud in Sonaimuri upazila of the district on Tuesday.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Farming in Bagerhat: Covid-19 could not hold down cucumber growers
When farmers in many areas in the country are struggling to market their produce amid limited access to wholesale markets due to pandemic scare, cucumber growers in five upazilas in Bagerhat are delighted to be able to sell the produce for not just good prices, but right from the field too.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bidyanondo to give away laptops, smartphones to disadvantaged students for online classes
Bidyanondo Foundation, a youth-led charity organisation, has announced that it will distribute free smartphones and laptops among students who come from families with financial constraints.
12 August 2020, 17:30 PM
Liaqat shot an unarmed Sinha: Sefat
"Stepping out of the car, I started walking towards the rear. He [Sinha] also got down. I heard him saying, 'Calm down, calm down'… Moments later, I heard the gunshots… I saw Sinha lying on the ground," Shahadul Islam Sefat, who was accompanying Sinha, has said.
12 August 2020, 16:56 PM
ACC allowed to interrogate Regent Hospital Chairman Shahed
A Dhaka court today allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to interrogate Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed at the jail gate to gather information about the crores of taka amassed by issuing fake Covid-19 results.
12 August 2020, 15:32 PM
No decision on HSC, JSC exams yet: education ministry
The date for this year's Higher Secondary School Certificate examination has not been fixed and no decision has yet been taken to cancel the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination, an education ministry press release said today.
12 August 2020, 14:56 PM
Environment minister tests positive for Covid-19
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin has been tested Covid-19 positive today, Dipankar Bar, senior information officer of the ministry confined The Daily Star.
12 August 2020, 14:35 PM
Video of Lalmonirhat OC taking bribe after ‘using hand sanitiser’ goes viral
A video of the officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station has gone viral on social media that shows him taking bribe money from some people in connection with filing a “false case”.
12 August 2020, 14:01 PM
ICT probe body releases report against 4 Razakars in Noakhali
Investigation agency of the International Crime Tribunal (ICT) today finalised and released the probe report on the crimes against humanity committed by four alleged Razakars from Noakhali.
12 August 2020, 14:00 PM
Woman denied admission at maternity centre; gives birth at roadside market
A woman ended up giving birth to a baby girl at a roadside market in Gaibandha town after she was denied admission at the Gaibandha Mother and Children Welfare Centre.
12 August 2020, 13:53 PM
Rajshahi range SP sued in extortion case
Md Belayet Hossain, superintendent of police (SP) of Rajshahi range, is sued in connection with an extortion case registered with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
12 August 2020, 13:14 PM
Writ seeks HC directive to display Bangabandhu’s portrait at JS session room
A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to preserve and display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the parliament session room in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
12 August 2020, 12:46 PM
Lawmakers keen on development schemes for rural areas: TIB research
Lawmakers are keen on projects related to the development of rural road system, construction of bridges and culverts, a Transparency International Bangladesh research said today.
12 August 2020, 12:25 PM
Covid-19: Decision on Chinese vaccine next week, says health minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said a decision on buying coronavirus vaccine from China and running trials for it in Bangladesh will be taken next week.
12 August 2020, 12:21 PM