An elderly man was arrested by Rajshahi police yesterday on charges of sexual assault.

The High Court yesterday cleared the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings against Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

Two school students from Faridpur were among five dead in road accidents across the country yesterday.

A man has been arrested in Rajshahi for sexually harassing women while being in guise of a beggar.

Authorities have deployed 25 platoons of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) across Chattogram city ahead of the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for January 27.

A Dhaka court yesterday set February 10 for delivery of judgment against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam in a case filed over the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in November in 2015.

Underscoring the need for technical education to reach sustainable development goal, speakers at a webinar yesterday asked the government to build necessary infrastructure to attract students.

Dhaka University students yesterday stood in solidarity with incarcerated writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kishore at the Central Shaheed Minar, demanding the release of the two.

Government yesterday decided to hand over 13 canals that are under the management of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to two city corporations of Dhaka.

Women make up 48.83 percent of the electorate in the Chattogram City Corporation polls, but they feel neglected in the pledges made by the two major candidates. Women voters of Chattogram feel that the candidates did not place enough importance in tackling gender-based issues.

Calling upon the law enforcement agencies to act neutrally, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has asked them not to harass innocent people ahead of Chattogram City Corporation election, scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

Households dependent on natural resources of the Sundarbans have been significantly affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This is mainly due to reduced income as a result of limited access, restricted movement, less demand of harvested products and more.

The Daily Star senior staff reporter Mohammad Refayet Ullah Mirdha has won the prestigious AmCham Frontline Journalism Award for his work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Counter Terrorism officials claimed to have arrested a member of “Neo JMB”, who attempted to go to Syria but returned home from Turkey recently, in Dhaka’s Darussalam on Saturday.

Two grassroots women leaders have been awarded for their contributions to addressing the climate crisis.

LGRD Minister M Tazul Islam said structures built illegally in the capital that encroach upon canals and the original Buriganga channel will be evicted.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided not to declare general holiday in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) area on the day of polls, scheduled to be held on January 27.

A fire broke out at a garment factory in Dhaka’s Kamalapur area this morning.

An Indian student of a private medical college in Rajshahi city was found dead in his room at a dormitory on Friday night.

Due to the very low conviction rate in rape cases, a large majority of rapists in Bangladesh believe they will get away with the crime, said Manusher Jonno Foundation executive director Shaheen Anam yesterday.