Without improving the living standards of marginalised people, the government’s goal of achieving higher GDP growth rate will not be sustainable, lawmaker Shirin Akhter said at a seminar yesterday.

A man was killed yesterday morning after a bus hit him while he was crossing the road in the city’s Asad Gate area.

A Dhaka court yesterday set January 14, 2020 for hearing on charge framing against 10 members of the banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in the Kalyanpur militant den case.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26 in Bangladesh if the sky remains clear, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

In a major reshuffle in the police force, 26 superintendent of police (SP)-ranked officials including SPs of 12 districts and nine deputy commissioners (DC) of the metropolitan cities have been transferred.

The International Migrants Day was celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, December 18. Bangladesh government, UN agencies and NGOs have chalked out a three-day elaborate programme in Dhaka and elsewhere marking the day. On the occasion, The Daily Star has arranged a special talk show to discuss the situation of the Bangladeshi migrants, challenges and prospects. Today's guest is migration expert Shariful Hasan, head of BRAC Migration Programme.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the pledge of AL in the 21st national council will be eliminating militancy and resisting the communal forces.

Amnesty International has expressed concern about the health condition of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and urged Bangladesh government to ensure that she is treated in accordance with the UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners.

A man is killed after a bus hit him in Asad Gate area of Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday asked the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to submit a report on steps taken by the government for rehabilitation of homeless children across the country, within 40 days.

As China wants to make major investments in Bangladesh, legal harmonisation and multimodal connectivity between the two friendly nations are imperative, said officials and researchers from China and Bangladesh yesterday.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested three persons of a gang that cheated at least 55 youths with fake appointment letters of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Chattogram Custom House, Bangladesh Army and Chattogram Port. Members of the gang took bribes of Tk 8-26 lakh from each person for these jobs.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive yesterday fined four brick kilns Tk 33 lakh, demolished three of those and sent owner and manager of two to jail for damaging the environment and operating business without any clearance.

Abul Mansur Ahmad tried to uphold the Muslim identity in undivided Bengal through strong criticism of religious and social bigotry -- issues still relevant today, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Abul Asad, editor of Bangla daily Sangram, to jail in a case filed over circulating provocative report and sedition.

Authorities have to hold brokers accountable after bringing them under the purview of law, to ensure safe and orderly migration of women workers, said activists yesterday.

Another worker injured in the December 11 fire at a Keraniganj plastic factory died yesterday, raising the death toll to 20.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the government’s decision to import cattle meat, in spite of surplus production in the country.

Rather than reducing air pollution, government institutions actually contribute to it, environmental activists alleged at a press conference in the capital’s Kalabagan yesterday.

The body of Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin Bir Bikram was brought to Dhaka last evening.