Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group Corporation is going to buy 20 per cent stakes of bKash, one the largest mobile financial service providers in Bangladesh.

The government of Bangladesh decided to close all the educational institutions, like many other countries, as part of preventive measures against the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.

Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends of Germany, today is the third of October, and on this day, we Germans celebrate our National Day.

The Germany Academic Exchange Service has supported over 2.6 million students and researchers.

Germany is counting on multilateralism. Did you know how strong the country’s international involvement is? 15 examples.

In celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2021, Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited and The Daily Star jointly organised a three-part webinar series from September 16 to 18, 2021.

Monir Hossain found himself in a precarious situation as soon as Covid-19 hit the country in March last year. The 70-year-old businessman from Faridpur has been suffering from heart disease for the past five years and as such, regularly visits Dhaka for check-ups.

“While on a trip to Bandarban with a group of about 50 doctors and their families, I noticed a professor of surgery sitting on a bench with his wife screaming for help.

At around 10:30am on September 22, a noisy crowd of people were seen standing in queues in front of the ticket counter of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD), eagerly awaiting an appointment with one of 12 physicians at its outdoor department.

Abdul Hakim suddenly felt severe chest pain late at night sometime in August last year.

In an example of misuse of public property and flagrant disregard for rules, the chairman of Madarbunia Union Parishad (UP) allowed a family to live in a classroom of Nandipara Government Primary School in Patuakhali Sadar upazila.

Nagad yesterday said it unblocked all but eight accounts, including that of the chief executive officer of digital commerce company Shirajganj Shop, which were alleged to have been involved in a “scam”.

The world at large is now experiencing the devastating effects of the global climate crisis, including droughts, floods, tsunamis, water scarcity, and rising sea levels.

Following the global financial crisis of 2009, there has been growing recognition that the financial system must stay grounded and look beyond short-termism.

Sustainable financing has gained popularity in recent years as both banks and enterprises in Bangladesh have become increasingly keen to embrace the business model that protects the environment from pollution. 

Sustainable finance has become one of the mainstream considerations of City Bank. City Bank is a good contributor in financing sustainable rural agri-businesses and women entrepreneurs through its small and micro financing.

Today is the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies.

No government can work in a legal vacuum or without a proper roadmap for its initiatives to achieve development goals. After Bangladesh secured independence in 1971,

The earliest effort to enquire into the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members and of the four national leaders was to constitute a commission in the UK in 1980. The commission published their preliminary findings on March 20, 1982. Here we publish the preliminary report.

Daily Star (DS): You may not have any memories of Sheikh Shaheb of the early years, like his role in the menial workers strike of 1949. But what are your earliest memories?