The government is going to construct 480 modern flats for cleaners, under a project called "construction of residential buildings for sweepers of the Dhaka City Corporation", in the city. The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has started the construction work of the flats, though…

The ruling Awami League has moved to quit race for by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency, which fell vacant after HM Ershad’s death, in favour of its election alliance partner Jatiya Party, now the main opposition in Parliament. AL candidate Rezaul Karim Razu yesterday withdrew his candidature…

Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam yesterday warned that action will be taken if any election official is found involved in providing national identity (NID) and smart cards to Rohingyas. “If any election official is found involved in providing national identity (NID) and smart cards to Rohingyas,…

Shampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council), the association of newspaper editors, elected a new executive committee with  The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam as president and Bangladesh Protidin Editor Naem Nizam as its general secretary. The new body, consisting five office-bearers and four executive…

The Supreme Court yesterday found the government’s statistics of thousands of instances of death, terror and violence in Jammu and Kashmir from 1990 as “formidable reasons” leading to the August 5, 2019 lockdown that followed the withdrawal of the special rights and privileges of Kashmiri…

Honeybees descended on an Air India aircraft on Sunday morning, delaying the flight that had already returned twice from the runway following a snag. The bees were detected when the plane’s cabin crew was trying to open the door to allow members of a delegation from Bangladesh to get off. The…

More than half of the 147 tigers confiscated from a controversial Thai temple have died, park officials said yesterday, blaming genetic problems linked…

South Korea’s main opposition party leader shaved his head yesterday to protest against the controversial appointment of a new justice minister despite allegations of corruption against his family. Law professor Cho Kuk began his duties as the justice minister last Monday as state prosecutors…