Blender’s Choice commences

Ispahani Tea Limited and The Daily Star Sunday announced the commencing of the Blender's Choice - The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards, recognizing and celebrating outstanding achievements in Bangladesh's Over-the-Top (OTT) and Digital Content space, with global video sharing platform, TikTok being the Entertainment Partner for the first

Kaspersky discovers information and crypto stealing campaign

Kaspersky has detected an online fraud campaign aimed at stealing cryptocurrency and sensitive information by exploiting popular topics such as web3, crypto, AI, online gaming, and beyond. Targeting individuals worldwide, the campaign is believed to be orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and spreads info-stealing and clipper malware. Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response

YiXin Bangladesh to invest US$ 7.45 million in BEPZA EZ

Chinese company YiXin Bangladesh Co. Ltd. is going to set up a Shoe Accessories manufacturing industry in BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ). They will invest US$ 7.45 million to produce annually 10 million pairs of footwear materials. The company will create employment opportunity for 1509 Bangladeshi nationals. In presence of BEPZA Executive

Fakhrul returns home from Singapore, hails interim govt

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home on Saturday from Singapore, after receiving medical treatment there for six days. The BNP secretary general, along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight around 10:40pm, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of

50 injured in BNP factional clash over setting up extortion racket

At least 50 people were injured Friday night in a clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its affiliated organizations over dominance and extortion in the Puran Bazar area of Chandpur. The violence broke out around 6 pm in the Bou Bazar neighborhood, with both groups engaging

India must respect Bangladesh’s sovereignty, says Rizvi

Voicing concern over Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday urged the neighbouring country to respect Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty. Talking to reporters after placing a wreath at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave, he also reminded India that the people of Bangladesh

UN to plan for replacing Kenya-led police mission in Haiti

The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on Friday asking the United Nations to begin planning for a U.N. peacekeeping operation to replace the Kenya-led mission now in the Caribbean nation helping police to quell gang violence. The proposed Security Council resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, says U.N.

Govt will do nothing controversial: Khalid

Adviser of the interim government on religious affairs Dr AFM Khalid Hossain has said the present government will not do anything to create controversy in the country. "We are an interim government, our responsibilities are to reform the constitutional institutions, arrange a free, fair and participatory election and finally hand over