In the last eight months, 12 dolphin carcasses washed ashore in Kuakata and Patuakhali.  Of them, five were found last August.

For the last few months, the passport office has been struggling to issue new and renewed machine readable passports as the official server was facing technical difficulties. Finally, the authorities have announced that the problems have been resolved.

People of two villages engaged in a battle on a river in Brahmanbaria. After a dispute over a football game turned physical, the fight carried over into water as each side got on boats to continue the skirmish for about two hours.

With the completion of installing road slabs, Padma bridge has concluded another phase of its construction. On Monday, 23 August, the last road slab was placed on the 2-F span standing on the 12th and 13th pillars of this highly anticipated mega project.

Almost every Bangladeshi household yearns for the nostalgia of “deshi” chicken. But this yearning comes with a high price tag.

Fazli is the largest and sweetest of the natural varieties of mangoes. However, hybrid mangoes are gradually gaining popularity among local consumers. As a result, many Fazli mango growers are now shifting to hybrid mango production.

In a pond adjacent to Thakurgaon Pourashava, a recreational fishing event has started, upholding the yearly tradition.

In Manikganj district’s Aricha point the water level of Jamuna river is now flowing at least three centimeters above the danger line.

Despite the assurance from foreign minister and Biman Bangladesh Airlines to start pre-booking of flights, lack of approval from Indian civil aviation authorities has kept resumption of aviation communication between India and Bangladesh on hold.

Residents of Barishal City Corporation areas are in a bind as garbage is piling up. The city corporation’s waste workers are threatening to continue work abstention if cases filed against them are not withdrawn.

Arjuda Begum, now 80, gave shelter to freedom fighters, and even sold her land to feed them during the Liberation War in 1971. Her contribution and sacrifice, however, were never officially recognised by the state.

The grenade attack of August 21, 2004 is very likely the most heinous crime in the political history of this country after the gruesome murder of Bangabandhu and his family members. As per verdict by the judicial court, top leaders, ministers of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government along with the then head of National Security Intelligence, head of police and many other top officials conspired with a militant organisation to assassinate then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina and eliminate the top leaders of Bangladesh Awami League.

Heavy rainfall and downpour from mountains in India is causing alarming rise in water-level in Teesta and Jamuna rivers. At least 50,000 inhabitants in Sirajganj are now waterlogged, hoping to be aided by the government.

On the 17th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack, leaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami League and other organizations paid tribute to those who were killed on that dreadful day. Garlands and flowers were offered to honour their memory.

The Banani Building that was burning for over four hours has no minimum fire safety measures, fire officials said.

Today marks the 17th year of the heinous grenade blasts in Awami League's rally, which took 24 lives including prominent politician Ivy Rahman. The Daily Star's deputy chief photographer Anisur Rahman was right there at the heart of the blasts and witnessed the horrific incident.

Last night, miscreants attacked Md. Munibur Rahman, an Upazila Nirbahi Officer in Barishal, for asking not to remove posters and banners at night in front of his house.

About 10,000 acres of agricultural land in two villages of Barguna's Amtali upazila were finally saved from inundation after five illegal dams, built 10 years ago, on a public canal were removed on August 13.

A new law is in development that will ensure that social media and other virtual data of Bangladeshi nationals are kept in servers located inside the country, informs Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State minister of ICT -- generating concerns over stricter surveillance.

In order to avoid collision with the Padma Bridge, ferry services in Shimulia in Munshiganj and Banglabazar in Madaripur have been halted indefinitely.