Good food is personal and far reaching at the same time. It creates a bond, sheds light on values that are important to us, and reveals the perspective and way of life.

The world is increasingly getting closer to the next technological revolution and Bangladesh has to take advantage of the situation by developing youths to be technologically skilled and knowledgeable.

About 100 million people will be affected due to Rooppur nuclear power plant project, said Prof Anu Muhammad at a programme in Natore yesterday.

After nearly 11 months of investigation, Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police has submitted its final report on the much talked-about case of Biman Bangladesh aircraft hijacking bid at Shah Amanat International Airport last year, implicating Polash Ahmed, who was killed in a commando operation.

Losing all of her belongings to a fire, Lipi Akter was bewailing at the site in Chattogram city’s Mirzar Pool yesterday.

Six people died in separate road accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

Hundreds of people spent a day among feathery friends at a bird fair at Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday. For the entire day, the sky, the lakes, and the greenery of the campus was abuzz with avian adventurers who bring over their communities to the area around this time every year.

Sundarban holds different attractions for different visitors, offering a virtually endless menu of delights.

Rakibul Alam, while walking through Mirpur 10, stopped in his tracks to listen to what a bunch of people holding signs and banners were talking about. Right there, a street rally of Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidate Sajedul Haq Rubel was taking place.

With election to the Dhaka city corporations around a week away, ward councillor candidates are campaigning in full swing. However, most of them do not have any specific vision to develop their wards, if elected.

Firefighters recover the bodies of two workers who had been reported missing on Thursday after they were crushed under a ship’s torn chain in a dockyard at Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

A fire breaks out in a slum in Panchlaish area of Chattogram city.

The fire breaks out in Chalantika slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur area around 4:15am, Lima Khanam, an official at Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, tells The Daily Star.

A 23-year-old woman dies after being run over by a covered van and her mother is injured in the same accident in Dhaka’s Wari area.

Two people died in separate road accidents yesterday, report our correspondents. Additionally, a man from Dinajpur succumbed to his injuries following a bike accident on Tuesday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday night arrested the prime accused in a case filed over the murder of Nazmul Hossain. He was hacked to death on January 14 in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila for protesting the stalking of his niece.

As part of the government’s efforts to prevent question leaks, the central bank yesterday asked Mobile Financial Service (MFS) providers to beef up monitoring of transactions on their platforms and report suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies.

The Department of Films and Publications (DFP) yesterday revoked the media enlistment of Bangla daily Sangram.

Chattogram Shilpi Sangsad at a press conference in the city yesterday alleged that the artistes of Chattogram have been deprived from participating in programmes of Bangladesh Television (BTV) Chattogram centre. Instead, many programmes of BTV’s Dhaka centre are being rerun frequently, they claimed at the programme held at Chattogram Press Club.

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid yesterday in parliament said the government should pass a Baksal-like law, as the country is moving towards a one-party rule.