Switzerland has committed an additional 9.8 million Swiss Francs (Tk 90 crore) to scale up its support for an effective community-based response as Covid-19 cases are again on the rise in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has appointed Md Delwar Hossain, director general of Myanmar wing at the foreign ministry, as the next ambassador to South Korea.

Envoys of various countries to Bangladesh, police officials, people of all walks of life and relatives have paid tributes to those killed in the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in the ...

An alliance of university teachers yesterday strongly condemned what they termed 'vindictive' punishment against two teachers of mass communication and journalism department at Comilla University, and ...

With the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Chattogram, accommodating the surge of patients is becoming difficult in government hospitals with limited ICU facilities.

A doa mahfil for Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, and his grandson Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was held at The Daily Star Centre yesterday.

Speakers at a webinar on Wednesday demanded a separate land commission for indigenous people living on plainlands.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know the government’s decision about the old trees at capital’s historic Suhrawardy Udyan, an integral part of Liberation War history.

BNP yesterday said there is no reason for its Chairperson Khaleda Zia to seek clemency from the president since she did not commit any crime.

DBH Finance PLC, one of the country’s largest housing finance institutions, recently held the ninth meeting of its Shariah Supervisory Committee at its head office in Gulshan.

A team of Bogura cyber police early yesterday arrested two, including a student, for allegedly spreading an old video on social media and stating that it is recent footage.

The US wants the speedy repatriation of around 5,000 undocumented Bangladeshis currently living there, as the Trump administration steps up its anti-immigration drive, diplomatic sources said.