16-yr-old at centre of militant alert

Thursday’s nationwide alert for potential militant attacks on key installations came after police detected communications between several alleged Neo‑JMB members, according to intelligence findings.
27 April 2026

Feasibility study for 2nd Jamuna bridge underway: Transport minister

Shaikh Rabiul Alam says multiple alignments under review to ease congestion on Jamuna Bridge
26 April 2026

Rajshahi education directorate suspends college demonstrator after assault incident

Aleya Khatun suspended pending probe; police searching for BNP activist accused of sandal attack
26 April 2026

JS passes bill scrapping duty-free car benefit for MPs

Bill was passed by voice vote after the law minister moved it in parliament
26 April 2026

Ex-deputy education minister Golam Sarwar Milon no more

Veteran politician passes away after cardiac arrest
26 April 2026

Appeal filed against BNP nominee for reserved women’s seat

Both sides present conflicting claims over timing of resignation from Bandarban council post
26 April 2026

DU student found dead, teacher and student detained for questioning

Police examine suspected suicide case as note indicates possible link
26 April 2026

Anwar Pasha appointed new NID registration director general

NID wing is responsible for maintaining Bangladesh’s national identity database
26 April 2026

Primary teacher recruits stage sit-in at Shahbagh, demand appointment letters

Recommended candidates protest delays amid allegations of question leaks, widespread cheating
26 April 2026

BRTA publishes new bus fare chart

Bus fares raised nationwide following fuel price increase
26 April 2026

Be ‘servants and friends of the people’

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged public administration officials to move beyond a bureaucratic mindset and serve as “servants and friends of people”, saying their integrity, efficiency and accountability are key to the government’s success.
26 April 2026

Sufia Kamal National Public Library: Modernisation project lies incomplete 3 years on

The modernisation project of the Sufia Kamal National Public Library at Dhaka’s Shahbagh lies incomplete even after more than three years since the work began in 2022.
26 April 2026

Power outages stretch to 10 hours in Gazipur

Load shedding in Gazipur has intensified amid a widening gap between electricity demand and supply, disrupting public life and commercial activity across the industrial district.
26 April 2026

Roumari upazila in Kurigram: Erosion devours 120 hectares of cropland

Fresh erosion by the Brahmaputra has swallowed at least 120 hectares of cropland in over the past two weeks, leaving more than a hundred homesteads, educational institutions, and rural infrastructure newly at risk and deepening anxiety among riverbank communities.
26 April 2026

3-month fishing ban in Kaptai Lake begins

A ban on fishing for three months in Kaptai Lake started yesterday to ensure proper reproduction and growth of fish in the lake.
26 April 2026

Fuel queues start to ease after supply boost

After nearly two months of what felt like never-ending queues at filling stations in Dhaka, pressure at petrol pumps has finally started to ease.
26 April 2026

Brothers in arms, bound for life

On the occasion of The Daily Star’s 35th anniversary celebrations, members of the Bangladesh War Courses Foundation visited the newspaper’s Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam and presented him with a token of appreciation and pride for his role in the 1971 Liberation War.
26 April 2026

Dreams of PhDs end in Florida

Bangladesh’s embassy in Washington confirmed the developments, with Press Minister Golam Mortoza describing the case as “extremely heartbreaking” in a Facebook post.
26 April 2026

No measles let-up before mid-May

Measles cases and deaths continue to rise with the situation unlikely to improve much until the second week of May despite the ongoing vaccination campaign, experts say.
26 April 2026