16 accused in case of seven killings, including burning of six bodies, during July uprising

Arrestee is a neighbour of the victim’s family, police say

Loading, unloading at all jetties and cargo deliveries remain shut amid work abstention over leasing NCT to DP World

There is no scope to downplay current human rights violations by comparing the present situation with past authoritarian rule, speakers said at a symposium yesterday.

Bangladesh has repeatedly risen against authoritarian rule but has failed to turn popular uprisings into lasting structural change, said speakers yesterday, drawing parallels between the 1969 mass uprising and the July 2024 uprising.

Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Gabriel Maria Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru visited The Daily Star office yesterday and expressed solidarity and support for the newspaper, which came under arson attacks and van

Women’s rights organisation Naripokkho has strongly condemned remarks by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on women’s political leadership, describing them as “objectionable” and “bizarre”.

In 2025, fact‑checkers recorded a 30 percent surge in false or misleading content compared to the previous year, marking a sharp escalation in both volume and sophistication.

The controversial executive member of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu), Sarba Mitra Chakma, has withdrawn his decision to resign from his post.

The draft ordinances of the National Media Commission and Broadcasting Commission are a parting mockery to the public expectations, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday.

Deaths from mob beatings more than doubled in January compared to the previous month, while the number of deaths in jail custody also saw a sharp rise ahead of the national election, according to a new study.

Five farmers were killed when a garbage truck crashed into a battery-run cycle-van on the Mohadevpur–Patnitala Road in Naogaon’s Mohadevpur upazila yesterday.

One of the dangers, the IMF said, is the possibility of delayed banking reforms -- or, more seriously, “reversals of exchange rate reform and fiscal discipline”.

A leader of Swechchhasebak Dal has been killed in a clash allegedly between two BNP factions at Trishkania in Kanchan municipality area in Rupganj upazila.

Operations at Chattogram port came to a standstill yesterday over the planned handover of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to DP World.

St Martin’s Island, the country’s only coral island located in the north-eastern part of the Bay of Bengal, will remain closed to travellers for nine months from February 1 as part of a conservation measure.

The Religious Affairs Ministry has announced that applications for Hajj visas for the current year will open on February 8 and continue until March 20.

Victim’s brother files case

Vows healthcare, education and accountability reforms

Six prison guards, deputy jailer suspended