The Ichhamati, the once vibrant river that features prominently in several Bangla literary works, has turned into a narrow channel filled with garbage, thanks to rampant encroachment and indiscriminate dumping of waste.

The fifth Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) 2019 concluded yesterday and featured mesmerising performances by Malek Kawal and Chandana Majumdar from Bangladesh, Sattuma from Russia and Junoon from Pakistan.

Police last night recovered the body of a journalist from his rented home in the capital’s Banasree.

Little did Sumi Akter know the extent of misery awaiting her when she left for Saudi Arabia to work as a domestic help. She was tortured, kept confined for days, and sold by her employer.

A railway probe committee has held the driver, his assistant and the guard of Turna Nishita Express responsible for Tuesday’s fatal accident in Brahmanbaria, that left 16 passengers dead and scores injured.

Rebels have killed six members of the same family in eastern DR Congo, local officials said yesterday, more than two weeks after the Congolese army announced an offensive to root out insurgents.

Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut power to some 300,000 homes, with icy conditions snarling train and road traffic yesterday.

Rebels have killed six members of the same family in eastern DR Congo, local officials said yesterday, more than two weeks after the Congolese army announced an offensive to root out insurgents.

Bangladesh Coast Guard intercepted a wooden boat carrying 119 Rohingya refugees bound for Malaysia as it was about to sink, officials said Thursday, the latest in a spate of trafficking incidents this year.

Rail connection between Dhaka and Ishwardi was resumed yesterday, 30 hours after it was disrupted due to a rail accident in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila.

Chile announced yesterday it will stage a referendum to replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution -- a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of sometimes violent civil unrest.

Chile announced yesterday it will stage a referendum to replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution -- a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of sometimes violent civil unrest.

A suspected Rohingya drug peddler and an alleged leader of a robber gang were killed in “gunfights” with BGB and police in Cox’s Bazar and Narsingdi early yesterday.

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters defied a warning by China’s President Xi Jinping and again took to the city’s streets yesterday, as the political turmoil seeped out to London where a minister from the Southern Chinese city was confronted by masked demonstrators.

A teenage boy gunned down fellow students at a California high school on his 16th birthday Thursday, killing two and wounding another three before turning the pistol on himself.

US President Donald Trump bribed Ukraine by withholding aid until Kiev committed to investigating his political rival, the top congressional Democrat said Thursday after the first impeachment hearings yielded “devastating testimony” against Trump.

A rickshaw puller in Bogura set an example of honesty by returning Tk 18.5 lakh to one of the passengers who rode his vehicle yesterday.

The essence of Bangladeshi Baul songs met Pakistani Sufi songs and intimate Malian melody yesterday on the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) 2019, held at Army Stadium.

Editors of The Daily Star and the Prothom Alo, along with the owning companies of the national dailies and their printer, were recognised as the top taxpayers in the journalist and media categories for the fourth straight year yesterday.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has permanently “postponed” the production, distribution, sale and export of heartburn drug ranitidine after detecting carcinogenic ingredients in its raw materials.