Young Nurjahan Begum and Nuru Mia got married in early 1971.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed two owners of an unauthorised chemical warehouse on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the devastating fire that killed six people in old Dhaka’s Armanitola on April 23.

Research and advocacy organisation Progga (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) yesterday demanded increasing prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products through imposing specific taxes.

The skeletal remains recovered earlier today evening from Bayezid Bostami shrine's pond belong to a nine-year-old who had been missing since Monday noon.

Freedom fighter Amir Hamza Chowdhury (67) is a retired insurance official. He lives in Dhaka along with his wife and two school-going sons.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directive on the government to formulate national short-, mid- and long-term plan in order to prevent spread of Covid-19 and to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens -- irrespective of age.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its order for conducting a judicial inquiry into an altercation between a physician and authorities over the doctor’s movement pass in Dhaka on April 18, the video of which went viral on social media.

Dr Mahbubul Islam, chief cardiac anaesthesiologist at Labaid Cardiac Hospital and director of Labaid Management Committee, breathed his last around 4:20am yesterday.

Two siblings were sent to jail after they were arrested by police in a case filed under Digital Security Act (DSA) at Satkania upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

A youth was killed yesterday after a tractor carrying soil overturned at Chouddopai area near Rajshahi University.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded everyone that vaccine is not the only solution to the coronavirus problem.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has decided to hold a preliminary entrance test for the 2020-21 honours academic session. This will be held before aspirants sit for the final admission test.

More than 300 Bangladeshis got stuck in India’s Petrapole land port yesterday, as Bangladesh government on Sunday closed the border with India, due to a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.

Voicing concerns over the Covid-19 vaccine crisis in the country, BNP yesterday said the government’s decision to procure it by a single organisation from a single source was “suicidal”.

The 59th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed today in the country.

BNP chairperson’s advisory council member and four-time former lawmaker Ziaur Rahman Khan was laid to rest at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard yesterday.

Formed in 2012, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has earned a reputation for solving the seemingly unsolvable, “sensational” and difficult cases. This specialised unit conducts criminal investigations and digital forensic services by the order of court and Police Headquarters (PHQ). In an interview with The Daily Star, PBI chief, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Banaj Kumar Majumder spoke about the organisation’s work process, achievements, challenges, constraints and future plans.

Former adminis-trative officer of Directorate General Health Services TM Rahmatullah passed away yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking results 2021 has ranked Daffodil International University (DIU) first among Bangladeshi universities.

Eminent citizens yesterday called for initiatives to preserve Syed Abul Maksud’s humanist ideology, scholarly works and immense knowledge by