Bangladesh Coast Guard (East Zone) yesterday seized 3,576 smuggled Indian clothes, mostly saris, worth Tk 71.52 lakh.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a passenger of Malaysia Airlines after recovering four gold bars, weighing 4 kilogramme, worth Tk 2 crore, on his person in round

The month of self-abnegation, purification and spiritual salvation begins today. Devotees abstain from food or drink from dawn to dusk and devote in intense prayer seeking mercy and guidance from the Almighty.

Business leaders have expressed concern on the proposed imposition of 4 percent value added tax (VAT) on e-commerce sales.

Bangladeshi citizens' deposits with various Swiss banks rose by 36.02 percent year-on-year in 2014, according to the Swiss central bank.

“All captured Razakars will be blindfolded when taken to camps (.) No one to talk to them except interrogating officers (.) Instances of

He left for Iraq with dreams of bringing solvency and happiness for his five-member family, of ensuring a good education for his son.

Burglars took away valuables and cash from the residence of a Daily Star journalist in the capital's Hatirpool area yesterday.

Kazim Uddin and Mamunur Rashid have been elected as president and general secretary of Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) of Titas Gas

Kazim Uddin and Mamunur Rashid have been elected as president and general secretary of Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) of Titas Gas

Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins tomorrow as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in the country yesterday.

In a legal process spanning nearly five years, Jamaat-e-Islami's secretary general and former minister Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed has been handed the death penalty.

According to the National Human Rights Commissioner, about 70 percent of all complaints of violation of human rights received by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) are against law enforcers, and half of all these complaints are allegations of torture by members of the law enforcing agencies.

The Daily Star and telecom operator Robi Axiata Limited yesterday signed an agreement to stimulate English language learning among

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) have mapped out a plan of action that will pave the way for movement of passenger and cargo vehicles across their borders.

A study by this paper has found that 82 percent of rape victims are under the age of 20, many of them minors. More than half of the victims were schoolgirls who were raped on their way to or from school. About twenty-two percent were sexually abused at home.

Rahima Khondoker, mother of Sadharan Bima Corporation Director AK Mizanur Rahman, FCA, died on Friday. She was 77.

The 33rd death anniversary of Akikunnessa Ahmad, a noted writer and pioneer in progressive women's movement in the late 1940s, will

Nasima Aktar Shoma of The Daily Observer has been elected president and Abul Kalam Azad of the daily Ajker Patrika general secretary of Dhaka Sub-Editors' Council (DSEC).

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