There were incredible scenes as a cavalcade of at least 300 motorbikes showed up to the home of cricket in Mirpur yesterday afternoon with a brass band, preparing to head towards the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to receive the 2020 ICC Under-19 World Cup champions.

The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 yesterday but the rate of new cases per day fell.

From this year, all public universities have to enrol students through a centralised admission test as the University Grants Commission is all set to introduce the new system to reduce hassles of admission seekers.

The wider social impact small individual actions can have and the immense transformative power one single person can harness are often underestimated. There are far too many in the society who are content with injustices and inequalities around them, or resign themselves to sufferings they endure.

Most Dhaka University teachers and Ducsu leaders oppose the University Grants Commission’s move to hold uniform admission test for all public universities.

At least 15 Rohingyas were killed as a trawler sank in the Bay of Bengal near St Martin’s Island in Teknaf upazila early yesterday. They were trying to go to Malaysia illegally.

At around 4:55 pm today, the nation will for the first time have the opportunity to welcome home world champions.

The World Health Organization yesterday warned that the novel coronavirus was a “very grave threat” for the planet as it hosted the first major conference on fighting the epidemic.

Carrying a small bag, Ahsan Ullah Tutul yesterday attended a press conference organised to seek justice for his son and numerous others killed in road accidents.

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of an amendment bill, dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotic control tribunals, to pave the way for competent courts to try narcotic-related crimes.

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have never travelled to China could be the “tip of the iceberg”.

Declaring gambling in any form, involving cards or roll of the dice or luck and through games like bingo, a criminal offence, the High Court yesterday asked the government to stop these nationwide.

It’s a classic case of how poor planning can increase the cost of a project and delay its implementation. The upgrade of the 70km road from Joydevpur to Elenga in Tangail to a four-lane highway was due to be completed by March 2018 at a cost of Tk 2,788.45 crore.

Bangladesh’s first World Cup-winning captain, Under-19 skipper Akbar Ali talked to The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi over the phone from South Africa regarding the team’s triumph, discussing his and the team’s feelings after delivering the historic result.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is set to visit Dhaka in the first week of March ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to attend the launch of birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17.

Pakistan crushed Bangladesh, handing the Tigers a humiliating innings-and-44-run defeat on the fourth day at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.

The government has taken measures to ensure navigability in 10,000 kilometres of river routes through dredging 178 rivers, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury today told parliament.

Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah became the youngest bowler to take a hattrick in Test cricket, leaving the visiting Bangladesh on the verge of yet another humiliating innings defeat in the longest format of the game.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated that the ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and terrorism will continue to protect the society from such menaces.

Fire incidents across the country rose by 22.5 percent to 24,074 last year, compared to 19,642 in 2018, causing a loss of Tk 330.41 crore, says a government report.