Ducsu VP Nur receives death threat over forming political party

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur files a general diary with Shahbagh Police Station after receiving a death threat from unknown people and seeks police protection.
17 June 2020, 15:08 PM

Renovation of road in Kushtia stalled after locals allege irregularities

Renovation works on some stretches of a 1.7-kilometre road in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila have been stalled after locals alleged that the road was being laid with low-quality bricks and bitumen.
17 June 2020, 14:16 PM

4 foreign airlines seek permission to resume flights from Dhaka

Four foreign airlines have sought permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to resume regular flight operations from Dhaka.
17 June 2020, 14:16 PM

‘Went from hospital to hospital but couldn’t save my baby’

Abdul Gafur, a school teacher who lives in Chattogram’s Patiya upazila, lost his two-month-old daughter last Saturday after failing to find an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility that would admit his child on time.
17 June 2020, 13:45 PM

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi tests positive for coronavirus

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi tested positive for coronavirus today, personal secretary to the minister Mohammad Mashooqur Rahman Sikder told The Daily Star.
17 June 2020, 11:54 AM

Coronavirus pandemic: NSU waives 20 percent of tuition fees for Summer-2020

North South University has decided to waive 20 percent of fees for students in the upcoming Summer-2020 semester, owing to the economic fallout due to the coronavirus pandemic.
17 June 2020, 11:06 AM

Digital Security Act: Detectives appeal for photojournalist Kajol’s remand

Detectives have appealed for quizzing photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on remand in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act.
17 June 2020, 10:34 AM

Doctor arrested for sexually harassing patient in Sylhet

A doctor was sent to jail yesterday, allegedly for sexually harassing a patient in his chamber in Sylhet’s Bianibazar.
17 June 2020, 09:18 AM

Water tariff hike: HC to deliver order on writ petition on June 22

The High Court has fixed June 22 for delivering its order on a writ petition filed challenging the decision of Dhaka Wasa to hike the price of water by 25 percent from April 1 this year.
17 June 2020, 07:25 AM

Cautionary signal 3 at maritime ports; possibility of landslide in Ctg

Stormy weather is likely to prevail in coastal areas of Bangladesh as a deep convection is taking place over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas.
17 June 2020, 05:42 AM

Newlywed couple found dead

A newlywed couple reportedly died by suicide at Chapor Parbotipur village in Ranishankoil upazila early yesterday.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Man found murdered

Unidentified criminals killed a man in Baraigram upazila on Monday.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Toxic smoke from brick kilns damages crops

Farmers at Nawdabas village in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram are worried as Paddy, fruit trees, bamboo clusters and betel nuts have been severely damaged due to toxic smoke from nearby brick kilns.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Tangail, Kurigram: People losing dwellings, croplands as Jamuna, Brahmaputra turn furious

Serious river erosion at the onset of the monsoon brings woe to people living on the bank of the Jamuna and Brahmaputra rivers in Tangail and Kurigram districts.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Chattogram jailer granted bail in money-laundering case

The High Court has granted bail to suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas in a money-laundering case.
16 June 2020, 17:51 PM

HC upholds Rashedul Chisty’s bail in corruption case

The High Court has upheld a lower court order that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty in a corruption case involving Tk 9.28 crore.
16 June 2020, 17:48 PM

HC stays legal action order over patient’s death by negligence

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order that had directed the authorities concerned to take legal action over death of patients due to negligence in providing treatment.
16 June 2020, 17:07 PM

Journalist Kajol not shown arrested in DSA case yet

A virtual court today could not show photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act as he was yet to be brought to Dhaka Central Jail from Jashore jail.
16 June 2020, 16:10 PM

Shamima Begum can't enter Bangladesh: foreign ministry

British citizen Shamima Begum, one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join ISIS in February 2015, has no Bangladeshi citizenship rights, the foreign ministry said in a statement today.
16 June 2020, 14:08 PM

SI caught red-handed while selling yaba pills in Dhaka

A police sub-inspector and his associate are caught red-handed with 11,600 pieces of yaba while selling the drugs to narcotics dealers in Mohamamdpur area of the capital.
16 June 2020, 12:48 PM