A total of 150 final-year university students from agriculture-related disciplines across Bangladesh received the Prayash Syngenta Scholarship 2025 at a certificate handover ceremony held at The Daily Star Centre yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit a probe report by February 3 in a case filed over the killing of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

At least 42 incidents of communal violence, including 11 killings and one rape, were reported across the country in January, raising concerns about the safety of religious and ethnic minorities ahead of the upcoming national election, said Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday.

Violence has flared since campaigning began for the 13th national election on January 22, and police say arrests and cases alone will not be enough unless rival groups show restraint.

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) has said it paid Tk 644 crore more than necessary to the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) for furnace oil supplied to power plants over the last one and a half years.

Dhaka-12, as a constituency, can be defined by a high-density corridor where industry, commerce, and community intersect.

Thakurgaon-1 Jamaat candidate cautions against reviving ‘razakar’ politics

Sister recalls holding three-year-old Misbah’s hand when he fell into a tube-well pit

Judge dismisses injunction petitions by Masud & Brothers and Agrani Trading Corporation

Test will run across 13 centres from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Promotion order comes two weeks ahead of election

Govt amends Road Transport Act rules to ease access to compensation

Court instructed CID on Jan 25 to file the report by today

Meeting focuses on strengthening existing relations

Democratic Left Alliance and Anti-Fascist Left Front say an unelected govt lacks the mandate to sign such deals

Prosecutor says appeal challenges tribunal observations that led to lighter sentences

Organisation cites 42 incidents of communal violence recorded from January 1–27

Tribunal takes cognisance of charges over alleged staged militant incident that killed nine youths

Alliance alleges inaction by authorities during election programme violence

Court dismisses challenge to DP World container handling contract