The High Court grants six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases. However, Khaleda cannot get released from jail as she is convicted in two graft cases.

Supreme Court has begun appeal hearing against death penalty of convicted war criminal and former Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam.

The Office of the Career Guidance and Placement of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) held a daylong job fair for its students and graduates on its Bashundhara campus in Dhaka yesterday.

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The High Court will pass its orders today on two petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in two separate defamation cases against her.

The fifth and last phase of upazila election takes place today in 20 upazilas.

A group of non-government organisations yesterday called upon the government to reconsider the budgetary allocation for people with disabilities.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon the countrymen to remain alert as there is “no reason to think that the incident that happened in Sri Lanka would not take place in Bangladesh.”

The cabinet yesterday gave its final approval to the proposed Bangladesh Tariff Commission (Amendment) Act-2019, amending the country’s main tariff law -- originally enacted in 1973 -- in its weekly meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the PMO.

With over one lakh people thronging Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur every day during the Eid holidays, it still remains a must-visit place for Dhaka residents on public holidays.

The deadline set by students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) to fulfill their 16-point demand was over yesterday, with their demands remaining unmet.

Ashrafun-nesa Shiri, mother of The Daily Star Rajshahi Staff Correspondent Anwar Ali Himu, passed away at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital yesterday morning. She was 80.

The High Court (HC) yesterday observed that the deputy commissioners (DCs) of districts concerned should quit their jobs if they cannot take actions to stop illegal sand extraction from rivers.

Police yesterday began investigating the death of Lance Corporal (retd) Nannu Hossain Miah, who was allegedly killed by staff of a foreign company at Mirsharai Economic Zone in Chattogram.

The United Nations (UN) has released a special video featuring flight lieutenants Nayma Haque and Tamanna-E-Lutfi, who brought pride for Bangladesh serving in UN peacekeeping mission as helicopter pilots in Congo.

Four people were killed in road accidents across three districts yesterday, report our correspondents.

Senior vice chairman of Zaker Party Saim Amir Faisal yesterday urged the government to take tough measures against loan defaulters to tackle the ongoing “anomalies” in the country’s banking sector.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed a Town Sub-Inspector (TSI) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on two-day remand, in connection with a yaba peddling case filed with port city’s Double Mooring Police Station.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urges the countrymen to remain alert in any circumstance.

A group of non-government organisations have called upon the government to reconsider the budgetary allocation for people with disabilities.