Businesses across the country took a hit yesterday, the first day of the strike by truckers, which also halted transportation of goods from all land and sea ports.

Following rumours that salt prices would go up like onions had recently, people across the country went into panic buying yesterday, mptying shelves.

Even in this day and age of technological advancement when many things that were unthinkable 10 years ago are now commonplace, the millennia-old problem of availing safe, clean water for everyone remains one of the biggest challenges for humanity.

Dr Minhaj Uddin, who survived the Brahmanbaria train accident, recounts the scenes of horror during an interview with the Star Live.

Dahagram-Angarpota 10-bed Hospital on two acres of land has everything--a one-storied hospital building, staff quarters, garden, signboards and even patients.

Pundranagar, the capital of ancient Bengal or present-day Bogra in Bangladesh, is famous for its pottery. Traditional pottery got its fame in the Pal era long back, but now some of the potters community still can be seen here and there in the country including Palpara or Kumaras villages in Bogra.

At least 16 people have been killed and 25 injured as an intercity train crashes into another train in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The two-day Kathin Chibardan, the major religious festival of Buddhists community is held at the country’s largest Buddhist temple in Rangamati recently where thousands of devotees from different parts of the country take part.

Very severe cyclonic storm “Bulbul” has weakened into a severe one and started crossing coastal areas of Khulna division in Bangladesh amid low tide, according to Met office.

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Students of Jahangirnagar University, who have been continuing their anti-VC demonstration on the campus, bring out a procession from in front of the registrar building.

Santals who were evicted from a sugarcane farm in Gaibandha three years ago are yet to get justice for the killing of three men from their community or compensation for the loss of their livelihood.

Chhatra League men yesterday assaulted teachers and students who had kept Jahangirnagar University Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam confined to her residence demanding her resignation over corruption allegations.

Ten-year-old Iftakar Ahmed Wazid is still missing after a three-storey building collapsed in Narayanganj on Sunday afternoon.

During an exam for second semester students in September, the teachers of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute noticed, to their astonishment, that some of the students were whiling away the hours.

Delhi’s air pollution has left several Bangladesh players with sore throats and itchy eyes but coach Russell Domingo dismissed any health concerns and said they were focused on giving a good account of themselves in Sunday’s Twenty20 match against India.

The Bangladesh national cricket team yesterday braved the severe air pollution in New Delhi for nearly four hours to train ahead of the first of a three-match T20I series against the hosts, to be held on Sunday at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

At least five children are killed and seven others injured critically as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded near a school in Rupnagar Residential area of Dhaka.

A section of students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) are demonstrating to realise their one-point demand to remove the university’s vice chancellor, proctor and student advisor.

When Liyana Tripura Poppy moved to Dhaka four years ago, she must have had dreams of a better future for herself and her family. Like hundreds of thousands who come every year to the capital leaving their family, she must have toiled hard to find ground beneath her feet. With her earnings from working at a beauty parlour, she was supporting her brother’s education.