Customs Intelligence officials seize around 7,000 mobile phone sets worth Tk 20 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Chittagong police custody.

A total of 87.04pc students pass SSC, equivalent exams, which is 4.30pc points lower than that of last year.

At least seven members of a family suffer burn injuries in a fire that broke out due to gas line explosion at a house of Kalabagan in Dhaka.

Shayera Moula who had been with The Daily Star since the age of 15 passed away in the capital's United Hospital last night, succumbing to infections she battled for the past three weeks.

Bangladesh insists that poverty is not necessarily the main driver pushing her people into the hands of traffickers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Land Boundary Agreement ratification, which has been unanimously passed by the Indian parliament, is a political and diplomatic success of the Awami League government.

Myanmar's navy seizes a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast.

Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to address the "root causes" of a migrant exodus at talks in Bangkok.

Australia pledges grant of $5 million Australian dollars in humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Mardan Mamat consolidates his lead in Bashundhara Bangladesh Open as Dulal Hossain’s title hopes fade after the third round at the Kurmitola Golf Club.

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.

A regional conference, with the member states of Asean and representatives from the US and the UN, is under way in the Thai capital Bangkok to discuss possible solutions to the South East Asia migrant crisis.

The four were in a hurry, had little time to bargain for the cricket bat's price. Most excited among them, Nur Alam pulled out his moneybag hurriedly, paid Tk 300 and almost snatched the bat from the salesman.

The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, says Malaysia's deputy home minister.

At least three people are killed and five others are missing after a boat capsized in the Meghna River in Narsingdi.

The UN will honour more than 100 “blue helmets”, including eight Bangladeshis, who lost their lives while serving the cause of peace.

Malaysia detains 12 policemen suspected of human trafficking, two of whom are said to be connected to recently discovered jungle graves.

Dulal Hossain storms to fourth position on the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open leader-board after a scintillating eight-under (63) in the second round at the Kurmitola Golf Club.

“He is our son, we are sure about it,” these are the words of a man, whose university going son went missing during an outing in St Martin of Cox’s Bazar a year back.