BNP-backed Shikkhak Karmachari Oikyajote (SKO)has asked for the government portion of its Eid-Ul-Fitr bonus and salaries due for August and September by Sunday, Sep 5. read more...

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the third Karnaphuli Bridge on Wednesday. read more...

The government is not preventing Tarique Rahman, elder son of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, from returning home, law state minister Kamrul Islam has said. read more...

Garment workers of Naryanganj have declared to lay siege on the houses and cars of factory owners if festival allowances are not paid before Eid which is likely to fall on Sep 10 or 11. read more...

Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland are the most stressful cities in America, according to a new study. read more...

which has infected nearly 300 people and killed about 150 cattle in the north of the country in the past two weeks.The outbreak was first detected on August 19 in Sirajganj district, 150 km (90 miles)... read more...

Shah Alam Chunnu, Wazirpur upazila Jubo Dal secretary, has been killed allegedly by the cadres of a rival faction.Solaiman, a Jubo Dal activist and younger brother of the victim, blamed Ahmedul Kabir ... read more...

Livestock officials check buffalos on a Dhaka-bound truck at the entrance of Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge in Sirajganj district as the government has announced a red alert following detection of anthrax ... read more...

At least 3,108 civil and criminal cases are pending with Noakhali district Judges Court, as posts of six Judges still remain vacant. Public Prosecutor of the district judges court ATM Mohib Ullah said... read more...

A BNP activist was shot dead allegedly by a gang of armed robbers at Gopalpur in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur early yesterday. The victim was identified as Azim Uddin Babu, 30, son of Arshad Ali of ... read more...

A house built on the grabbed portion of Navaganga River in Jhenidah town, below, a man puts a signboard claiming ownership of a part of the riverbank. Photo: STAR read more...

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has started special steamer services on Dhaka-Barisal-Khulna routes for the homebound passengers on the occasion of Eid for 11-day from September ... read more...

Ten people went missing as a trawler capsized in the Padma at Mangalmajhi ghat in Jajira upazila of the district yesterday morning. Sources said a Shariatpur-bound trawler from Mawa with about 100 pas... read more...

Hizla police in Barisal are yet to receive the court order asking them to submit the probe reports on the deaths of three infants within hours after being injected with measles vaccine. Mrittunjoy Mis... read more...

Power hungry people barricaded Panchagarh-Dhaka highway yesterday afternoon for about three hours at Dhakkamara village under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh. During the barricade from 2.00pm to 5.00pm, a... read more...

UNB, DhakaThe holy Shab-e-Qadr, a night of blessings, was observed across the country Monday night with due solemnity.This night is believed to be the night when Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM).Muslim devotees spent the night seeking divine blessings for peace and progress of the country and the Muslim Ummah as well.Muslim devotees passed the night offering special pr read more...

Staff ReporterDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque yesterday said there was no scope of charging ruling party Parliament Member Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon under the Arms Act.The DMP Commissioner contradicted State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam a day after he said a ruling party MP was guilty of murder under the Arms Act.Shahidul Haque was speaking at a press conference a read more...

Staff ReporterAn anthrax outbreak has spread in eight districts of the country and infected almost 400 people so far, health officials said. The outbreak began a month ago, when 38 villagers in a district grew ill after eating beef from sickly cows. Later it spread to surrounding districts. Fifty-seven more people infected with suspected anthrax in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira yesterday, raising the read more...