BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in the parliament demands that the government amend the University Ordinance 1973 to force the four leading public universities to accept uniform admission test.

Police arrest 16 youths on charge of gambling online on various sports in the Chattogram’s Riazuddin Bazar area.

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das says rail communication between Akhaura of Bangladesh and India’s Agartala will start by next year.

A fire that broke out at DR Tower in Dainik Bangla intersection of Dhaka’s Motijheel area this afternoon has been brought under control.

A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.

Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman has resigned from the post of prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.

Awami League lawmaker Mohammad Nasim yesterday in parliament raised question as to why the Road Transport Act is not being executed properly.

The Rajshahi University student who was prime accused in the rape case of a female student of the same university was sent to jail yesterday.

At least eight people were killed and three injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents and news agencies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government will “light up every house across the country” within the Mujib Borsho (birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) by bringing all under electricity coverage.

A foreign organisation of Rohingyas is assisting some Myanmar nationals -- who took shelter in Bangladesh following the military crackdown in Rakhine State -- in passport forgery, according to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in Chattogram.

IPDC Finance Ltd has introduced an interest-free book loan -- titled “Subodh” -- for bookworms looking to make a big haul at the ongoing Ekushey book fair.

Md Muhitun Nabi, former principal of Government College of Commerce, Chittagong, died in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 75.

Marking the 99th anniversary of Prof Ahmed Sharif

Road safety campaigner Ilias Kanchan yesterday filed a Tk 100 crore defamation case against former shipping minister Shajahan Khan.

A section of Islamic party leaders at a press conference yesterday firmly criticised Hefajat-e-Islam Chief Shah Ahmad Shafi for his controversial remarks on some Islamic rituals and ideologies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said there is no need to enact a new law to stop evening courses at public universities.

Among the innumerable stalls and pavilions at this year’s Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela, you might spot an unusual stall where individuals in uniform are giving instructions about what to do in case of burn injuries.

Bad air quality is one index where Dhaka is consistently topping the global chart, posing serious health risks to residents.

The Daily Star is today celebrating its 29th founding anniversary with the theme ‘Journalism Without Fear or Favour’.