Rab raids two flats belonging to Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon after arresting them from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.

The first day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was about to end with the game evenly poised until off-spinner Nayeem Hasan scalped his fourth wicket by dismissing centurion Craig Ervine in the dying moments, giving the Tigers the edge at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday welcomed the government plan to set up a banking commission in order to save the ailing sector riddled with bad loans, irregularities, and weak governance.

One Bangladeshi national living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been diagnosed with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), reports Reuters.

The business studies teachers are lobbying hard for continuation of the evening courses as the Dhaka University authorities are likely to decide tomorrow whether to stop enrolment of students in those courses.

As The Daily Star honoured students who achieved extraordinary marks in their O- level and A-level exams for the 2018-19 session, at its award-giving ceremony yesterday, one common dream seeped through the hall -- these youngsters would build the Bangladesh of tomorrow.

Grameenphone has decided to deposit Tk 1,000 crore to the state coffers tomorrow as per the order of the Supreme Court on Thursday -- a move that is likely to save it from BTRC’s regulatory measures.

Humming the tune “Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February”, thousands of people thronged Shaheed Minars across the country yesterday to pay tributes to the Language Movement heroes.

The government is considering shelving its plan to shift one lakh Rohingyas to remote Bhashan Char following persistent objections from international aid agencies to the relocation.

A staggering 77 percent of the government primary schools do not have Shaheed Minar, a monument where students can pay homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement.

The High Court observed in the full text of a verdict that games played with money at stake and dependent on luck rather than skills are gambling.

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered Grameenphone to pay Tk 1,000 crore by Monday, in a development that can be viewed as the walls closing in on the country’s leading mobile operator in its protracted tussle with the telecom regulator over unpaid dues.

The government move to ensure children from ethnic communities are given early childhood education in their mother tongue is apparently falling flat due to a lack of teachers with a good command of these languages.

A top official at the Benapole Customs in Jashore yesterday allegedly posted on Facebook the photograph, identity and address of a passenger, claiming a coronavirus patient was identified at the port.

The Buet and Chittagong University will not adopt the centralised admission system this year as they have decided to follow the existing admission system to enrol students.

A mother of two died several hours after she was picked up from home by Detective Branch of police in Gazipur on Tuesday night.

Hundreds of relieved passengers finally disembarked a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan yesterday after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China and spread panic worldwide.

One of the five Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus in Singapore is in “very critical condition”, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Unpaid for five months, over 70 Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are living at a factory dorm in Balakong with money borrowed from relatives.

The High Court will hear the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday.