Three individuals claiming to be election observers were taken into police custody late Wednesday night after entering a polling centre in Sylhet. The incident occurred around 10:00pm at the Shahjalal ...

A mobile court in Cumilla last night sentenced eight people to two days in jail each for violating the electoral code of conduct as tension arose soon after a local National Citizen Party (NCP) leader ...

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) helicopters will be deployed in remote areas of Rangamati during the national election to meet “special needs,” Rab Company Commander Md Saifur Rahman said today. He made ...

A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said on Wednesday that the board will prioritise existing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 franchises when finalising teams for the inaugural Women’s ...

A heated altercation broke out between Jamaat‑e‑Islami’s Chattogram‑8 candidate Dr Abu Naser and local BNP activists at the Khalashi Pukurpar Government Primary School polling centre on Wednesday ...

On February 11, 2026, the day before the election, The Daily Star documented 49 unique instances of online disinformation that were fact-checked by three fact-checking organisations -- Rumour Scanner, ...

NCC Bank PLC has extended support to the “SeaSafe Lifeguard” programme run by the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) at sea beach to help reduce drowning risks and raise ...

A trade agreement signed between Bangladesh and the United States on February 9, just days before a national election, has drawn sharp criticism from economists and policy observers.

Bangladesh has long imported agricultural commodities from abroad. Last year, it became the eighth-largest market for US wheat. Under a reciprocal trade agreement signed on February 9, American dairy, ...

Bangladesh has agreed to abolish the requirement for non-life insurers to reinsure at least 50 percent of their business with the state-owned Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC), under the newly signed US ...

ONE Bank PLC has recently launched a new CRM booth at its Gulshan Islamic Banking Branch on Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka, reinforcing the bank’s commitment to delivering convenient, modern and secure ...

Bangladesh’s recently signed trade deal with the United States promises slight tariff relief but carries deeper implications for fiscal stability, foreign policy and democratic transparency, according ...