Arecent photo in this newspaper showing the illegal setting up of shipyards on the banks of the Shitalakkhya after

Today is the second death anniversary of eminent educatio-nist Prof Syed Moqsud Ali.

The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that struck the gathering in front of the city's Hossaini Dalan early hours Friday have been used in the country by militant outfits in the past. Operatives of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Harkat-ul Jihad (Huji) have the expertise to make them and the materials are also available in the country. But any third party, like Islami Chhatra Shibir, might acquire this know-how, investigators said.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) demolished 23 illegal shops along the footpath in New Market area of the city yesterday.

Today is the 21st death anniversary of Rokeya Begum, mother of Daily Star Senior Reporter Hasan Jahid Tusher.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday alleged that a quarter was trying to destabilise Bangladesh by creating fear through anarchy at a time when hanging of war criminals has become inevitable.

Shahana, with determination to stop child marriage and empower adolescent girls, made her first visit to the homes of Bangladesh at 6:15pm yesterday.

Though the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram and the first month of the Islamic calendar, is related to many events of historical significance...

Big cities thrive on the banks of great rivers. For Chittagong it is the Karnaphuli River. Yet over the nearly two and half decades, we have stood as silent spectators to its gradual degradation as greed paved the way for unbridled encroachment.

Owners and drivers did not operate unauthorised battery-run three-wheelers, known as easy-bikes, in Bandarban town yesterday

Physically disabled Jalmat Hossen, 62, has opened a grocer's shop in Keshba village. “I hope for better days,” he says. It's his first business venture. Elderly widow Mofizon Bewa, 75, meanwhile, is busy rearing chickens in nearby Uttor Durakuthi village. Without any living relatives to support her, she relies on the ten eggs her hens lay each day, which she sells in the market to meet her daily costs.

In the face of public protest, the Dhaka North City Corporation started building a speed breaker on Kalshi Link Road yesterday, a day after a female student was killed in a road accident there.

We congratulate the Hindu community for celebrating Durga Puja with all the fanfare it deserves, in peace and a festive manner.

The Prime Minister's directive to the education and other ministries to take steps to make sure that all children are able to enroll into schools in their localities is certainly laudable.

Hindu devotees were both happy and sad at the same time yesterday -- the mother Goddess had been with them for the last few days and now she was set to leave the world for another year.

The alarming number of casualties in road accidents exposes how deadly the roads, particularly highways, are in Bangladesh. Casualty figures in road crashes vary but that should not detract us from the fact that the number of dead and injured is still unacceptably high in Bangladesh.

In what can only be termed as very rough tactics, the recent attacks on the “road march” called by the left-leaning platform 'Ganatantrik Bam Morcha' by the police and, reportedly, by pro-government student activists, leave us wondering whether the government has lost its

The four youths, freed on Monday after serving 38 days in jail on charges that could not be proved, are not suffering from low morale.

Today is the second death anniversary of Hamida Begum, wife of late Adeluddin Ahmed who was a founder member of

Over the last week we have witnessed two instances betraying major discrepancies in police's handling of cases. In the first example, the