The guardians of students in different schools, at a human chain in the capital, have demanded that primary terminal examinations be abolished so that undue pressure on students is reduced.

It is estimated that there are more than 100 visually impaired teachers working in schools in the country's education system. A

If there is anything that keeps the wounds of 1971 festering in our hearts it is the lack of recognition as yet by the UN that the killings by

We are at a loss to understand why the authorities are assuming such a lacklustre attitude in solving the water scarcity in Sylhet...

As we step into our 46th year of independence and celebrate our freedom, we bow our heads to all the freedom fighters known and unknown...

A trucker and his helper are burnt to death after their truck caught fire in Chandina upazila of Comilla.

The derelict primary school in Bera municipality in Pabna is a tragic accident waiting to happen. Constructed in 1969, the school building was declared

The garment sector's association BGMEA voluntarily took up a project in 2012 to prepare a central database of workers so that it could be used to identify

A mobile court yesterday sentenced 18 brokers to three months' imprisonment each following their arrest on charge of cheating patients

A large number of people of Panchbibi upazila under Joypurhat district witnessed a unique event on Tuesday, saying goodbye to

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam secures bail in a defamation case in Pabna.

The mindless violence that erupted in a series of explosions in Brussels airport and a metro train station on March 22 that claimed some 35 lives has sent a shudder through Europe and the world.

The first phase of union parishad (UP) elections saw widespread violence that left 10 persons killed and a thousand others wounded.

Academic activities at Mazida Khatun Government Women's College in Lalmonirhat town, the district's lone women's college, are being hampered due to an acute crisis of teachers.

“When we sit in the classroom we feel scared the ceiling may fall on our heads, but we still attend classes every day despite the threat," said Md Riad Hossain, a Class V student of Bera BB Government Primary School in Bera municipality.

Tuberculosis patient Shombo Sarker, 55, from Mirzapur village in Dinajpur's sadar upazila is in tears, not for the suffering caused by

This is the first visit by an American president to Cuba in 88 years.

It is heartening news that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will distribute smart health cards among 30,000 poor families of four upazilas.

Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.

The just concluded 'National Indigenous Women Conference 2016' has brought to the fore the extent to which women from ethnic