Recalls difficult road journey back to Dhaka from Sylhet during election campaign

Decision to be reviewed by commission tomorrow

Haor floods wash away harvest overnight, stench of rotting paddy fills air in Habiganj

Tarique Rahman inaugurated a project to develop both banks of the Surma River, including beautification and flood protection infrastructure

Mountaineer Babar Ali has become the first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest peak, marking his fifth successful ascent of an 8,000-metre mountain

To join canal excavation inauguration and Notun Kuri Sports programme

Among the recipients are two photographers from The Daily Star—Rashed Shumon and Firoz Ahmed.

Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso and Vice Mayor Chi Atienza open the Digital Media Asia 2026

Embassy begins process to repatriate her remains; Limon’s body to arrive in Dhaka on May 4

Legal action to be taken against those responsible, says project director

Namaz-e-janaza at Gulshan Central Azad Mosque, Dhaka

Female labourers earn Tk 150-200 less per day than male counterparts

Project delays and design flaws blamed as first heavy rains of the season inundates port city's low-lying areas

Appointments might take place under previous constitutional procedures, says Attorney General Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal

Around 34 percent of voters cast their ballots in the election for the executive committee of the Dhaka Bar Association for the 2026–2027 term.

Poets and academicians have emphasised the importance of skilled translators in bridging Bangla literature with world literature and taking Bangla poetry to readers across languages.

The parliament yesterday passed two bills removing age limits for appointing the heads and members of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA).

Shamima Pervin has been appointed superintendent of police (SP) of Dhaka district, becoming the first woman to hold the post in Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday granted ad interim bail to Sheikh Tasnim Afroz Emi, former vice-president of Shamsunnahar Hall Union at Dhaka University, in an anti-terrorism case filed over playing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech on a loudspeaker.

The recent inundation of streets in Chattogram after heavy downpours was “water congestion, not waterlogging”, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam said yesterday.