The High Court has rejected four bail petitions of a clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent in Chattogram in four cases filed over smuggling.

Leaders of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Kalyan Front yesterday expressed concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of India.

A third-grader was killed after a truck ran him over in Digholpara area of Rajoir upazila of Madaripur yesterday.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26 in Bangladesh if the sky remains clear, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

In a major reshuffle in the police force, 26 superintendent of police (SP)-ranked officials including SPs of 12 districts and nine deputy commissioners (DC) of the metropolitan cities have been transferred.

The International Migrants Day was celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, December 18. Bangladesh government, UN agencies and NGOs have chalked out a three-day elaborate programme in Dhaka and elsewhere marking the day. On the occasion, The Daily Star has arranged a special talk show to discuss the situation of the Bangladeshi migrants, challenges and prospects. Today's guest is migration expert Shariful Hasan, head of BRAC Migration Programme.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the pledge of AL in the 21st national council will be eliminating militancy and resisting the communal forces.

Amnesty International has expressed concern about the health condition of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and urged Bangladesh government to ensure that she is treated in accordance with the UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners.

A man is killed after a bus hit him in Asad Gate area of Dhaka.

Authorities have to hold brokers accountable after bringing them under the purview of law, to ensure safe and orderly migration of women workers, said activists yesterday.

Another worker injured in the December 11 fire at a Keraniganj plastic factory died yesterday, raising the death toll to 20.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the government’s decision to import cattle meat, in spite of surplus production in the country.

Rather than reducing air pollution, government institutions actually contribute to it, environmental activists alleged at a press conference in the capital’s Kalabagan yesterday.

The body of Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin Bir Bikram was brought to Dhaka last evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to put a stop to trespassing, drugs and goods smuggling, and human trafficking by performing their duties properly.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to former chief engineer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Saidur Rahman in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission over forgery in the design of Banani’s FR Tower, which caught fire in March, leaving 25 people dead and 73 injured.

Activists of Muktijuddho Moncho and Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad faced off on Dhaka University campus yesterday, as the two organisations called separate programmes at the same venue at the same time.

The inaugural session of a seminar on “Protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in China and Bangladesh” was held on the capital’s North South University (NSU) campus on Tuesday.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised its largest debate tournament titled “IUB Ascension 2019” on December 12-15 at the university’s campus in the capital’s Bashundhara, said a press release.

In another regrettable day on the roads, five people were killed in separate accidents across four districts in the last two days, report our correspondents. In addition, a man lost his right leg after being a hit by a truck at Joypurhat.