A total of 29 artistes and film professionals have achieved the National Film Award-2014 in 26 categories, reports UNB. According to the Information Ministry notification announced yesterday, the awardees are: lifetime achievement - Syed Hasan Imam and Rani Sarker, Best film- Brihannala produced by…

Singapore has expressed its interest to hire skilled manpower from Bangladesh to meet its growing labour demand, reports UNB. Singapore Manpower Minister LIM Swee Say said this during a meeting with a Bangladesh delegation, led by Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam…

Though one year has already elapsed, the investigation agency could not yet make any headway in debunking the mystery behind the murder of blogger Avijit Roy, reports UNB. However, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, assigned for handling the case, claimed that they have already…

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was released from prison early yesterday after serving about four years of a five-year sentence for possessing weapons supplied…

A court in Pabna has summoned The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 24 in a defamation case. Pabna Senior Judicial Magistrates Court Judge Rezaul Karim passed the order yesterday after police submitted an investigation report complying with an earlier order, said  a counsel…