Today is the 24th death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.

The Bangladesh cricket community was shocked by the demise of two former national cricketers yesterday. In the morning, news broke about Samiur Rahman Sami’s before Mosharraf Hossain Rubel’s passing in the afternoon.

The Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh in the capital’s Farmgate was decked out in a riot of colours from February 28-March 2, when the

A youth has been arrested in Bagerhat for “hurting religious sentiment” hours after an unruly mob destroyed his house and vandalised a nearby Hindu temple.

The BNP has demanded that the Anti-Corruption Commission probe a leaked conversation allegedly between the law minister and an adviser to the prime minister over a government project.

The government’s move to ensure uninterrupted traffic movement on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway is facing a setback as bus operators are not using the designated bus bays and service lanes built under a Tk 696 crore project.

The Ratnai Bridge on Lalmonirhat-Mughalhat road in Durakuti area of Sadar upazila has turned risky as it has tilted on the west end.

Embattled Pakistani leader Imran Khan yesterday nominated former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed for the office of caretaker prime minister, as the top court adjourned without deciding on the legality of Khan’s actions in blocking an opposition attempt to oust him.

Muslims in Bangladesh have started observing the holy month of Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, from today as the new crescent moon was sighted yesterday.

A 14-year-old boy died yesterday after his co-worker in Anwara Mannan Textile Mill at Sreepur pumped air through his rectum.

Ukrainian attack helicopters executed a low-flying pre-dawn raid on Russian territory yesterday, a Russian official said, eluding air defenses to strike a fuel depot and signalling Kyiv’s ability to broaden the field of the war.

Police recovered the body of a man from Chuadanga’s Alamdanga yesterday, four days after he went missing.

Nree Foundation, a voluntary organisation based in Sherpur, has been serving daily lunch to the unfed people since August last year to alleviate the impact of coronavirus pandemic. The programme titled “Food for the Hungry” has come as a respite for the destitute.

The Covid pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said yesterday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.

Western sanctions against Russia are having a huge impact on its economy, Germany’s finance minister said yesterday, as the G7 mulled further punitive measures in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Iurii Melnyk, an associate professor of journalism at the Ivan Franko National University of Ukraine’s Lviv, is keeping the world posted after Russia began its invasion on February 24. The Daily Star’s Diplomatic Correspondent Porimol Palma caught up with him on Friday for on-the-ground information.

Afif Hossain and Mehedi Hasan Miraz forged a record unbeaten 174-run partnership for the seventh wicket as Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead against Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series with a four-wicket victory at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh could decide this week to lodge a case with a US court to fight that country’s sanctions against Rab and seven of its current and former officials.

The European Council today adopted a fourth round of sanctions given the continuing grave situation and intensifying human rights violations in Myanmar.

A recent survey by Plan International Bangladesh found that fear of sexual harassment and social exclusion are the major reasons behind parents marrying off their daughter at an early age.