The body of a khadem (caretaker) of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque has been found inside the mosque in Dhaka’s Azimpur area.

This year’s Hajj flight carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims starts for Saudi Arabia.An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines leaves Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Saudi Arabia with 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims.

Police claimed to have arrested the bus driver of “Mohammad Ali Paribahan” linked to an accident in which Feroz Sarker, a Rajshahi College student, lost his forearm recently.

Bangladesh has so far maintained traditional diplomatic relations, and also opened up to trade and economic relationship with China and other countries, Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi said yesterday.

The son of missing IT professional Ataur Rahman Shahin yesterday pleaded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her direction on the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to rescue his father.

Three roads of the capital will be made off-limits to rickshaws from July 7 to improve the traffic situation.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to take necessary steps to remove unauthorised structures -- including shops -- from roadside car parking spaces in Dhaka, to ease traffic congestion.

Apologising for “untoward incidents” centring the committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, its aggrieved leaders yesterday officially called off protests and promised to follow the directives of BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

People’s participation and inclusion of minority voices in policymaking are key to democracy and good governance, academics and civil society leaders said yesterday. Therefore, it is crucial for the government to create space for civil society and media to make

A one-and-half-year-old child was killed, while four people were injured after major portions of a wall collapsed on them following a gas explosion at their house in Savar yesterday.

Local NGOs yesterday demanded leadership roles through equal partnership with international NGOs in development activities of Bangladesh.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed a student of University of Science and Technology of Chittagong (USTC), who allegedly poured kerosene on a professor’s body, on a two-day remand in a case filed over the incident with Khulshi Police Station.

Mirza Shakil, Tangail correspondent of The Daily Star, has won the ASE International Photo Awards-2019.

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Environmentalists and city planners at a discussion yesterday urged the government to take strict measures to check air pollution in Dhaka immediately as it has become one of the biggest threats to public health nowadays.

The Education Ministry approves the proposed routines for Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations in 2019 and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations in 2020.

UNDP launches a six-year-long project for improving the standard of living of the city’s four million poor people.

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the leading private airliner in the country, has recently signed an agreement with Grameenphone Limited for a joint partnership promotion.

The health condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who is undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, has improved slightly.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says that he has directed the prosecution to take necessary steps for immediately starting the trial proceedings of Barguna’s youth Rifat Sharif murder case.