Three historically important houses and six archeological sites are being developed as museums in Cumilla, aiming to boost tourism.

Several hundred dwellers of Chalantika slum in the capital’s Mirpur area yesterday laid siege to the Rupnagar Police Station, protesting detention of three slum dwellers.

In the concrete jungle that is Dhaka, any sight of greenery is a respite for the senses. While household gardening continues to be a popular hobby among residents of the city, office spaces and banks are nowadays often seen adorned with plants, both indoor and outdoor kinds.

Twenty-three days after his death, the body of Emdadul Haque Lipon, a businessman of Khulna, was exhumed from a Tutpara graveyard in Khulna city yesterday for autopsy, under the direction of Narayanganj court.

Police arrested three alleged human traffickers and rescued five victims who were scheduled to be sent to Libya, from a residential hotel in port city’s Railway Station area yesterday noon.

Two people, including a four-year-old, died after a pick-up van ran one of them over at Bakhrabad area in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla around 9:30am.

With BNP willing to contest the next Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election, party leaders and activists are already gearing up to take the field in full strength.

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The recently held by-election in Rangpur-3 was not competitive, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader remarked.

Condemning the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling party members have “stained their hands with blood,” so that no one can speak about the misdeeds and wrongdoings of the Awami League-led government.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi yesterday said solutions are urgently needed for millions without citizenship or at the risk of statelessness around the world, including the Rohingya, and minority populations at risk of statelessness in India’s Assam.

Hasina Rahman, a member of Rotary Club of Dhaka Mavericks, has been named one of the winners of this year’s “People of Action: Connectors Beyond Borders” award for her significant contributions to health of Rohingyas.

Bangladesh Chhatra League expels its 11 leaders of Buet unit for their alleged involvement in the incident of student Abrar Fahad murder.

Prof Dr M Shahjahan has been made acting Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj seven days after Khondoker Md Nasiruddin resigned from the post of VC.

A CCTV footage obtained by The Daily Star from police shows that Buet student Abrar Fahad is being taken by a group of students towards a staircase from a corridor of Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university.

The World Bank releases a study on Bangladesh’s poverty eradication situation saying some eight million people came out of the poverty cycle from 2010 to 2016 while Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expects it to be reduced significantly in next three years.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday to brief media about the outcome of her just-concluded visit to New York and India.

Mentioning that the government has been able to create a conducive atmosphere for all to celebrate religious festivals with due dignity and freedom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says it is the best achievement of Bangladesh as all people irrespective of their religions are celebrating the festivals together.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) files two separate cases against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat with Ramna Police Station under firearms and narcotics control acts.

A total of nine students have so far been detained for their alleged link to murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, according to police.