Independent mayor candidate of Jajira municipality election lodges complaint against Shariatpur-1 lawmaker

An independent mayor candidate of Jajira municipality election in Shariatpur has filed a written complaint against Shariatpur-1 lawmaker Md Iqbal Hossain with the returning officer, bringing allegations of violating the electoral code of conduct.
25 January 2021, 14:24 PM

Water transport workers withdraw strike

Water transport workers have withdrawn their work abstentions following the authorities' assurance to meet their demand.
25 January 2021, 12:51 PM

Two school students killed in Faridpur road accident

Two eighth-graders were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Barishal Highway at Hamirdi under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur today.
25 January 2021, 11:46 AM

Shimulia-Banglabazar ferry services resume after 12 hours

Ferry services on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route resumed 12 hours after suspension due to dense fog.
25 January 2021, 05:20 AM

KU hunger strike: Two students fall sick, admitted to hospital

Two students of Khulna University, who have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday evening demanding the withdrawal of their suspension order, have been admitted to hospital after they fell sick.
24 January 2021, 18:27 PM

Stolen baby rescued

A two-year-old baby boy, allegedly stolen from Bagachhara Bazar in Satkhira’s Sharsha upazila on Wednesday, was rescued from Sonabaria village in Kalaroa upazila on Saturday.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Prime accused held

Police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with a case for gang-raping a pregnant woman in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Squash sees successful farming in Jashore

Habibur Rahman Habib has found success in squash, a foreign variety of winter vegetable, cultivation in Monirampur upazila of Jashore district.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Coal dust hazards being ignored for decades

About a thousand day labourers and others in and around Nagarbari river terminal, in Bera upazila, are being exposed to air pollution due to open-air handling of thousands of tonnes of imported coal.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia ghat resumes after 12 hours

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia ghat, on the Padma river, resumed 12 hours after it was suspended due to dense fog.
24 January 2021, 08:38 AM

Two motorcyclists killed in Munshiganj road accident

Two persons were killed as a covered van hit their motorbike on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Munshiganj’s Gazaria upazila early today.
24 January 2021, 06:35 AM

Where baby girls hailed as princess

Each time a newborn baby girl sees the light of the world in his area, Sub-Inspector Mosharaf Hossain, in-charge of Tangail’s Kagmari police outpost, greets her with gifts, a personal initiative breaking stereotypes about gender.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman Memorial: Dilapidated building finally being reconstructed

Nearly four years after The Daily Star ran a report on the Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman memorial building that fell into disrepair, at his village home in Khordakhalishpur village of Jhenidah’s Moheshpur upazila, the government has finally started to rebuild it.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM

2 killed in road accident in Dhaka

A motorcyclist and a community policeman were killed in a road accident when a passenger bus hit the motorcycle in the capital's Hanif Flyover today.
23 January 2021, 15:52 PM

Ctg admin deploys security around historic JM Sen House

Chattogram district administration deployed law enforcers around Jatra Mohon Sen’s house, complying with a High Court order asking the authority to protect the historically important structure in Rahmatganj of Chattogram.
23 January 2021, 15:34 PM

4 die, 9 missing after trawler capsizes in the Bay of Bengal

Four people died and nine others went missing after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal, nearly 65 kilometers away from St Martin’s Island early today.
23 January 2021, 13:07 PM

Ekramul's remarks on Quader’s family: 8-hour hartal called in Noakhali's Companyganj tomorrow

Nagorik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, has called an eight-hour hartal in Companyganj upazila of Noakhali from 6:00am tomorrow in protest against remarks made on Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader's family.
23 January 2021, 08:20 AM

Language Movement veteran Ali Taher Majumdar passes away

Language Movement veteran Ali Taher Majumdar passed away this morning. He was 100 years old.
23 January 2021, 07:49 AM

4 of a family die in fire caused by live wire in Narayanganj

Four members of a family died after two live wires fell on their house in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila yesterday.
22 January 2021, 18:58 PM

Case filed against youth for raping 7-yr-old child in Bagerhat

A case has been filed against a youth for allegedly raping a seven-year-old child in Bagerhat.
22 January 2021, 08:53 AM