A woman yesterday claimed that her husband has been traceless since Saturday night, two days after he was taken to Thakurgaon Police Station.

The condemned killer of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur last night.

There was some of the fight, and a high-quality one at that, that supporters would have wanted to see from Bangladesh but it came too late to have any impact on the outcome in the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton yesterday.

As the non-cooperation movement launched by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was on full-swing, the state-run Radio Pakistan in Dhaka started broadcasting as Dhaka Betar Kendra on March 4, 1971.

Biman high-ups, including some of its board members, have been misappropriating huge money through irregularities in tender process. On the other hand, some officials of CAAB, the aviation regulator, accept bribes from contractors, who are “looting money” by building poor-quality towers and boarding bridges, the Anti-Corruption Commission has found.

The authorities on several occasions after 2010 Nimtoli fire urged the traders of Old Dhaka to relocate their chemical factories and warehouses from residential areas. But they did not pay heed to the repeated requests.

Two Gonoforum lawmakers-elect yesterday wrote to the Speaker expressing their willingness to take oath on March 7.

A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing yesterday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, but tensions continued to simmer amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

The first Test against New Zealand may be over by the time fans in Bangladesh wake up and turn on their television sets today if the Tigers keep batting the way they have so far in the game.

After the shocking declaration of suspension of parliamentary session sine die by President Yahya Khan on March 1, 1971, the country, which has long been waiting to spew out its years-long frustration, erupted like a volcano.

At least seven independent candidates stood their ground on contesting the polls to Dhaka University hall unions despite facing pressure from Chhatra League to withdraw their nominations.

The Daily Star in cooperation with IPDC Finance Limited presented the awards to the outstanding personalities at a gala event at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital. They were selected out of more than 100 nominations.

Pakistan handed a captured Indian pilot back to his country yesterday as the nuclear-armed neighbours appeared to scale back a confrontation that has prompted world powers to urge restraint.

Hosts New Zealand ended the second day of the first Test just as they had started it -- on top -- as they managed to reach 451 for

President Abdul Hamid yesterday said there should be initiatives to make the voters aware of their rights and responsibilities.

Archaeologists have found crop seeds as old as 2,500 years in Bogura's Mahasthangarh.

Old Dhaka is so prone to fire disasters that last year it saw at least one fire incident a day on average.

“Do they need our votes? Like they did in the December 30 election, someone will cast my vote.”

Bangladesh got off to a promising start but could not make the most of it as they folded for just 234 runs, despite a resplendent Tamim Iqbal century, in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton yesterday.

Pakistan yesterday said it will release a captured Indian pilot as a "peace gesture", taking a step towards rapprochement as clashes between the nuclear-armed rivals ignited fears of a disastrous conflict.