Islamic State claims responsibility of the attack in the Spanish restaurant at Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone where at least two police officers have died and over 20 others being held hostage.

Stay tuned with The Daily Star for live updates of the hostage crisis at a restaurant in Gulshan, Dhaka.

Dhaka University’s vice chancellor is attacked and its registrar suspended over its annual publication that mentioned Ziaur Rahman as the first president of Bangladesh.

Dhaka Mariners Youngs Club will be hoping to end their trophy drought in top-flight hockey when they take on reigning champions Usha Krira Chakra in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League's final Super Six match at the

The player payments of two of the four Dhaka Premier League (DPL) clubs, which had not paid its players, were completed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board over the last two days.

A rickshaw puller is shot during a factional clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Chawkbazar area of Dhaka.

Law enforcers have claimed detention of three people, including an alleged official of mobile operator Airtel, on charge of selling SIM cards registered with false information.

Government officials and employees have illegally occupied some 128 houses or residences across the country, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain tells Parliament.

People have recently become victims of extremism, militancy, murders and enforced disappearances as an unaccountable government is running the country, a senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed.

Although Abahani won their game against Prime Bank Cricket Club at 4pm yesterday, it was not until 8:30 pm that they were officially declared champions of the Dhaka Premier League.

We know that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the epitome of courage. The current Bangladesh ODI and T20I skipper is not only a rare example for his fighting spirit to overcome one injury struggle after another but also as a “braveheart” cricketer for his on-field courage that has brought many recent successes in international cricket.

622 runs and 15 wickets in 16 games, a stunning batting average of 77.75 that tops the list and a series of match-winning performances, 20-year-old Mosaddek Hossain barely did anything wrong in the Dhaka Premier League.

Police arrest five Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal men of Government Titumir College unit including its president and secretary with seven cocktails in Dhaka.

Abahani Limited captain Tamim Iqbal is handed a one-match suspension and 1 lac Taka fine while Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club player Nasir Hossain is fined 20,000 Taka for their unruly behavior during the Dhaka Premier League match at BKSP on June 12, 2016.

Good news for civil servants! The government declares a long nine-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, starting from July 1.

Abahani Limited, led by Tamim Iqbal become the Dhaka Premier League 2016 champions when they trounce Prime Bank Cricket Club by 115 runs at Mirpur today.

Will Abahani lift the Dhaka Premier League title for the 17th time? Or will the most competitive 50-over domestic competition of the country witness a new champion?

The two mayors of Dhaka city corporations are awarded the status of full minister, the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation is given the status of deputy minister, according to a gazette notification.

We’ve all heard various stories of harassment by the “protectors” of our society but today I experienced it firsthand.

A vested group, which wants to grab state power by creating anarchy, might have dumped firearms and ammunition in a canal in Dhaka’s Uttara area, police say.