Crude bombs were allegedly hurled at an election rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ershad Ullah in Chattogram-8 constituency. The attack occurred during a rally near East Kadhurkhil High School grounds in Boalkhali Upazila on Monday evening. Five individuals threw improvised explosives before fleeing, with no injuries reported. Md Azizul Haque, joint convenor of Ershad’s […]
Bangladesh approved the allocation of about 850 acres in Mirsarai for a new Defence Industrial Zone intended to expand domestic military production and attract global defence manufacturing investment. The decision was made Monday at a governing board meeting of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) chaired by chief adviser Mohammad Yunus.
A government-commissioned review says Bangladesh’s long-term electricity contracts signed without competition are adding billions of dollars a year to power costs, squeezing households and threatening industrial competitiveness.
Bangladesh’s election watchdog is warning voters about a surge of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes ahead of Feb. 12 polls, after The Daily Star documented 97 synthetic posts on Facebook.
About 8.2 million people in Bangladesh use one or more illicit drugs or nearly 5 percent of the population, a survey by Bangladesh Medical University found.
Sir Mark Tully, the former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent whose reporting during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War became a vital source of information, died on Sunday in New Delhi at age 90.
The United States will suspend immigrant visa processing for citizens of Bangladesh starting Jan. 21 as part of a broader halt affecting 75 countries whose nationals the Donald Trump administration says are more likely to require public assistance.
A Bangladeshi child wounded by a stray bullet allegedly fired from Myanmar along southern Teknaf border remained in critical condition on Tuesday.
Bangladesh’s labor productivity has declined over the past three decades, raising concerns among economists about the country’s ability to generate stable jobs and lift incomes. CEIC data shows annual labor productivity growth averaged minus 0.33 percent from December 1992 to December 2024. In December 2024, productivity fell 2.42 percent from a year earlier, underscoring the […]
A large national survey analysis suggests obesity is now common among Bangladeshi adults and is far more prevalent among women than men, while the social drivers of excess weight may operate differently by sex.
