BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today will once again skip trial proceedings in the Zia charitable and orphanage trust

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) pursued her sustained literary, educational and political activism in the face of stiff social opposition from critics unwilling to accept her gender egalitarian messages positively.

Armed criminals yesterday intercepted a microbus of BD Foods Limited at Bahadurpur under Gazipur City Corporation and took away over

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court verdict that cleared the way for a lower court to run trial proceedings of Niko corruption case filed against her in 2007.

Over 10 months after his arrest, BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was finally freed from jail on bail last night.

An Awami League presidium member yesterday told a Dhaka court that BNP leader Tarique Rahman and several others were involved in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to BNP leader Tariqul Islam for four weeks in a vandalism case.

The nomination papers of 17 mayoral candidates backed by the BNP and three endorsed by the Awami league have been declared void.

A teenage girl was killed after rape in Purbo Chandkhali area under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as

Discrimination against so called “lower caste Dalit Harijans” is a violation of the country's constitution and it deprives the community

BNP yesterday said both it and the government had taken an identical stance over the fact that IS was nonexistent in Bangladesh, and

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist was shot after he beat up a local youth in Halishahar area of Chittagong city

Speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded immediate release of leader of Nagorik Oikya Mahmudur Rahman

BNP yesterday demanded that the Election Commission announce fresh polls schedules in places where its candidates could not file

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today will once more skip trial proceedings in the Zia charitable and orphanage trust corruption cases for, as her counsel Sanaullah Miah told The Daily Star, being “unwell”.

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, to 20 years'

Pakistan's recent statement in which it denied committing atrocities in Bangladesh in 1971 has drawn strong protest and condemnation from different civil rights organisations, educational institutions, political parties and freedom fighters.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday directed the prosecution to submit formal charges, if any, on January

Dr Gowher Rizvi, the prime minister's international affairs adviser, has urged the indigenous community to be patient and have faith in the government about implementation of the CHT peace accord.

The BNP yesterday asked the Election Commission to retain the provision in the new electoral code of conduct that restricts lawmakers from electioneering for mayoral candidates.