BNP yesterday said there is no reason for its Chairperson Khaleda Zia to seek clemency from the president since she did not commit any crime.

Azim Uddin Ahmed, one of the founding members of North South University (NSU), has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of Board of Trustees of the university for the fourth time.

A doa mahfil for Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, and his grandson Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was held at The Daily Star Centre yesterday.

Speakers at a webinar on Wednesday demanded a separate land commission for indigenous people living on plainlands.

With the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Chattogram, accommodating the surge of patients is becoming difficult in government hospitals with limited ICU facilities.

An alliance of university teachers yesterday strongly condemned what they termed 'vindictive' punishment against two teachers of mass communication and journalism department at Comilla University, and demanded that the decisions be repealed.

The expatriates' welfare ministry yesterday said outbound migrant workers have to be registered with Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) first to have access to the Surokkha app for Covid-19 vaccine registration.

Envoys of various countries to Bangladesh, police officials, people of all walks of life and relatives have paid tributes to those killed in the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital's Gulshan on July 1, 2016.

Mohammed Tanweer Karim passed away on June 29 in Dallas, Texas in USA. He was 74, says a press release.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday told parliament that Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office has identified irregularities amounting to Tk 59,466 crore in the short span of 2018-2021.

The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 300 million to the Bangladesh government as loan to implement a five-year project to improve livelihood, which is scheduled to begin from July.

Former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday blamed the current DSCC mayor, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for the court order on freezing eight bank accounts belonging to Khokon and his family members.

Authorities were supposed to open Kalarpool bridge in Chattogram -- which was initially planned to open in 2018 -- today, but an accident on Friday evening has delayed it for at least six months.

A Chattogram court yesterday asked the district administrations of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram to appoint receivers to look after suspended OC Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife Chumki Karan’s property.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to Uttara Club Limited’s former president Nasir Uddin Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in an attempted rape and murder case filed by actress Pori Moni.

A team of Bogura cyber police early yesterday arrested two, including a student, for allegedly spreading an old video on social media and stating that it is recent footage.

The High Court yesterday summoned two investigation officers of a child murder case in Bogura to appear before it to place their explanations over allegation of forcibly taking confessional statement from the deceased’s brother, who is also a minor.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know the government’s decision about the old trees at capital’s historic Suhrawardy Udyan, an integral part of Liberation War history.

A 32-year-old man was killed and four others injured in a clash between two groups in Narayanganj city last night.

Today marks the first death anniversary Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, who passed away at the capital’s Combined Military Hospital, after a month-long battle against Covid-19 last year.