Inflammation happens to everyone whether they notice it or not. It is a normal immune response of the body to harmful stimuli, damage or infection.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed the pandemic fallouts and the Russia-Ukraine war for the soaring prices of basic commodities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was set for a resounding victory but a reduced majority at elections in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, exit polls forecast yesterday.

The High Court yesterday summoned 64 defaulters of People’s Leasing and Financial Services (PLFSL) for their failure to reschedule their loans despite its directive.

Born in Khulna’s Khalishpur in 1988, Shobha, earlier known as Shubho, began feeling out of place during her adolescence.

The central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate with fundamental flaws and jaw-dropping inadequacies, reflects extremely negatively on how this project was planned, designed and implemented, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the environment, forest and climate change ministry.

Two primary school students were injured while playing with an abandoned crude bomb in Natiabari area of Bera, Pabna, yesterday.

The High Court has blasted the Anti-Corruption Commission once again for its failure in bringing money launderers to book.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested eight members of a security agency including the mastermind of the racket involved in the swindling of about Tk 3 crore from 231 ATM booths of a private bank.

In recent weeks, people have witnessed a curious sight unfolding in a farm in Dhondogaon area of Thakurgaon.

Armed Police Battalion has arrested the chief commander of so-called Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Ulama branch), who issued the fatwa for the assassination of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah.

People landing in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to take Covid-19 PCR tests, the kingdom said on Saturday.

Three men died when a tractor rammed their motorcycle on Saturday night in Brahmanbaria. 

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till April 26 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and six others in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case.

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead near Kushtia’s Daulatpur border on Saturday night.

Policy Research Institute, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organisation, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with The Daily Star on “Policy initiative for DFS in Bangladesh”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is leaving for the United Arab Emirates today on a five-day visit.

Four bullet-hit bodies were found in Gherao Mukh area of Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila yesterday morning.

A boat carrying more than one hundred Rohingya refugees, including dozens of children, landed on the coast of Indonesia’s westernmost province Aceh early yesterday, police said.

A man, sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was right under the nose of law enforcers in Dhaka for 21 years.