Male students of different departments of Dhaka University bring out a procession on the university campus wearing Bangladeshi traditional dress Lungi, demanding wider acceptance for it. Watch the Star Live video to know more.

Samajtantrik Mohila Forum, a left-leaning women's organisation, stages a protest rally in Dhaka demanding justice to Sonagazi madrasa student, who was set afire four days ago.

More non-government educational institutions will be brought under the purview of Monthly Pay Order (MPO) facility by a month, Education Minister Dipu Moni says.

The whole public bus transportation system for the Dhaka city and the peripheral areas will be brought under six companies, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon says.

Stocks continued to suffer massively for the consecutive fourth session, as general investors’ confidence has been downed and institutional investors are also in hands-off position.

A rights organisation sends a legal notice to the government to make the Road Transport Act-2018 effective through issuance of a gazette notification within the next seven days.

Two persons are held with 50 lakh yaba tablets in the Bay of Bengal, about 50 miles away from Kuakata in Patuakhali.

The High Court asks Jaha Alam to appear before it on next Wednesday for his statement of suffering in jail and to know how he is doing now.

Green Line Paribahan gives Tk five lakh to Russel Sarkar who lost his left leg after a bus of the paribahan ran over him in April last year. The High Court bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader asks the Green Line Paribahan owner to pay the rest of the Tk 45 lakh to Russel in next one month.

The Supreme Court fixes June 18 for hearing the appeals filed by war criminals Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam and Jatiya Party leader Syed Mohammad Qaisar challenging the death penalty awarded to them by a war crimes tribunal.

Four people were killed and three others injured in road accidents in four districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Declaration of Independence, Bangabandhu and Bangladesh

The government yesterday invited South Korean construction companies and investors to come forward and be part of its “smart city” development and township projects.

Belayet Hossain, a resident of Dinnath Sen area in the capital's Gendaria, died at a Dhaka hospital on Monday. He was 78, says a press release.

The High Court yesterday rejected a petition seeking bail for Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza which collapsed and caused death of at

A mobile court stopped works of three under-construction buildings in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram yesterday for not taking no-objection certificates (NOC) from Fire Service and Civil Defence.

A multi-level car parking space was inaugurated at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) Central Command and Control Centre building yesterday.

Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Dhaka University (DU) is going to accord a farewell programme for two teachers at the university's Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) auditorium on April 20, said a press release.

The government is going to convert Akhaura-Sylhet rail track from metre to dual gauge at a cost of Tk 16,104.45 crore in a bid to improve connection with the north-east region.

A three-day “Diabetes Mela”, the first of its kind in the country, will begin tomorrow at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in the capital, says a press release.