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DMP arrests 504 in 24-hour anti-crime drive

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 504 people and filed 35 cases during its regular anti-crime drives across the capital in the 24 hours until Sunday morning. Of the total, 34 ... Read More


Bangladesh races to cash in on demographic dividend

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Bangladesh is entering a critical phase in its demographic transition, with a shrinking dependency burden and a large working-age population offering a potentially powerful engine for... Read More


BGB foils BSF bid to push three individuals through Chuadanga border

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members on Sunday foiled an alleged attempt by India's Border Security Force (BSF) to push three people, including two women, into Bangladesh through the... Read More


PM Tarique people's person; India optimistic over solutions: Dinesh Trivedi

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Describing Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as people's persons, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday expressed optimis... Read More


Man held with 9,730 Yaba pills in Bagerhat

, Aug. 9 -- Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 9,730 Yaba tablets from Baroikhali of Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat district on Sunday. ... Read More


Father, son among 3 killed in Bogura road crash

Bogura, Aug. 9 -- Three people, including a man and his son, were killed and another person was injured when a truck hit another stationary truck on the Dhaka-Bogura highway in Sadar upazila of Bogura... Read More


Presidential election: 11-party alliance picks Oli Ahmad as its candidate

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- party alliance, led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has chosen Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmad as its candidate for the presidential election. Opposition ... Read More


BNP collects two nomination forms for presidential election

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The ruling BNP on Sunday collected two nomination forms for the upcoming presidential election. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni c... Read More


Severe weather affects over 380,000 people in Philippines

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- More than 380,000 people across eight regions of the Philippines have been affected by severe weather caused by the enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones, according to offi... Read More


Daily Star journalist awarded EJN Reporting Fellowship

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Md Asaduz Zaman, a staff reporter at The Daily Star, has been selected for the 2026 Reporting Fellowship on Climate Change and the Private Sector in Bangladesh, organised by the Earth... Read More