Speakers at an online discussion yesterday said the government has to play its proactive role to fully implement the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord and resolve peoples’ problems there.

Body of a newborn was recovered in Dhaka’s Pallabi area this morning.

A group of students of Dhaka University have organised a cultural programme protesting fundamentalism and extremism in the country at the Teachers-Students Centre (TSC) on DU campus.

A 140-member contingent of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka by a charter aircraft on Friday night to join a UN peacekeeping mission in Bamako, the capital of Mali.

The Daily Star has won a gold and a bronze at the South Asian Digital Media Awards 2020, presented by WAN-IFRA (the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers).

To ensure safety and security for witnesses, a draft witness protection law has been prepared by Manusher Jonno Foundation, which was presented at a virtual conference yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said no political party other than Awami League practices democracy inside the party though it is needed to give democracy an institutional shape in the country.

A CNG-run three-wheeler driver was killed and five of its passengers were injured when the vehicle collided with a brick-laden tractor in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila yesterday.

Full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord 1997 is a must to ensure the rights of the indigenous peoples in CHT, said rights activists yesterday.

The two expelled students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), were released on bail yesterday hours after they were arrested from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Beribadh area in a case filed by the university authorities.

Youths and women have been two of the most disproportionately impacted groups during the pandemic, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

At least 439 people were killed and 682 people were injured in 417 road accidents across the country in November alone, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.

Savar residents yesterday urged authorities to bar riverbank grabbers from contesting in elections.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday voiced concern that the voter turnout in polls has marked a gradual fall due to people’s apathy for voting and politics.

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday said their party needs to continue its movement for the “restoration” of democracy amid coronavirus pandemic by taking the right strategy.

The two expelled students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), were released on bail hours after they were arrested from Dhaka's Mohammadpur Beribadh area today in a case filed by the university authorities.

A plumber died from electrocution while working at a building in Dhaka’s Gopibagh area this morning.

Today is the 92nd birth anniversary of Syed Mohammad Ali, founder editor-publisher of The Daily Star and a luminary in journalism of Bangladesh.

Anguished and fed-up by her husband’s frequent torture, Farida Begum lodged a complaint with the newly established beat police office at her union in Satkhira’s Debhata upazila in mid-October.

Almost all the CCTV cameras installed in Barishal city’s roads have gone out of order. This means the city streets now lie unsupervised and vulnerable, said residents, fearing a spike in crime.