Mabia Akhtar Simanta earned the distinction of winning the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the 12th South Asian Games now being held in Guwahati and…

Jatiya Sangsad today demanded trial of The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and one of its owners Latifur Rahman for publishing misleading and fabricated news against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and inviting an unconstitutional government during the 1/11 political changeover in the country, reports…

Thailand’s government has evinced interest in introducing direct coastal shipping between Chittagong port and Thailand’s Ranong port. A high-level 13-member Thai delegation will arrive in Dhaka today for a three-day visit, sources in the shipping ministry told The Independent yesterday.…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday got three more judges as the government made final their appointments to the Apex Court, reports BSS. The three judges are Justice Mirza Hussain Haider, Justice Md. Nizamul Huq and Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman. "The honorable President made…

North Korea said yesterday it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, with a rocket launch widely condemned as another defiant step towards a missile capable of striking the US mainland, reports AFP from Seoul. The launch, which violated multiple UN resolutions, amounted to the North doubling down…

The probe panel, formed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to look into the death of Mirpur tea-seller, has found four suspended policemen guilty, reports UNB. The one-man investigation committee also found then officer-in-charge of Shah Ali Police Station Shahin Mollah’s negligence of duty in…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and offered Bangladesh to be member of a UN high-level panel to be formed on water which she has readily accepted, reports UNB. "Ban Ki-moon phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina around 8 pm and said the United Nations…