The minimum legal marriageable age for females should be kept at 18 without attaching any condition in the new child marriage restrain act, demanded Samajik Protirodh Committee yesterday.

The 3rd death anniversary of Dr Anwarul Abedin; founder chairman of American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB); was observed on Saturday.

The 3rd death anniversary of Dr Anwarul Abedin, founder chairman of American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB), was observed on Saturday.

We cannot but express our concern over the wretched condition of Bangladesh's land ports with India and Myanmar as called to attention at a seminar on land port development last Sunday.

The WHO has made an ominous forecast: an estimated 10 million deaths per year and a global gross domestic product 2-3 percent less than woluld otherwise be by 2050.

Fatema Khatun; mother of Hedayetullah Al Mamoon, senior secretary of the Commerce Ministry; died due to old-age complications on

Today is the fourth dearth anniversary of Momtaz Begum, mother of former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton.

In view of increasing violence against children incidents, a Child Rights Commission rather than a mere ombudsman is required in the country to protect and promote the interest of children, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

We welcome Europe's waking up to the realities of the ongoing migrant crisis that has stirred the human conscience.

Eight workers of Shital Enterprise are fighting for their lives in hospital after being critically injured when a gas cylinder exploded at the ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda Upazila where they worked.

Syed Quamrul Hussain, founder-proprietor of Modern Art Press and Modern Library of Khulna, died on Friday. He was 78.

Renowned media personality Shykh Seraj turns 62 today.

Arecently organised seminar titled “Global Port, Global City: Prioritising Chittagong for Accelerating National Growth” dwelt on problems

Today is the 1st death anniversary of Rokeya Khan, wife of a senior government official and mother of former ambassador Mohsin Ali Khan, Shawkat Ali Khan,

Today is the 19th death anniversary of Prof Mohammed Noman, former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.

Language movement veteran Dr Mohiuddin Khan died due to old-age complications in his Jublee Bagan village residence in Sirajganj town on Friday. He was

ABMS Zahur, a former bureaucrat and a columnist of The Daily Star, died due to old-age complications in his residence, 19/2 Prominent Housing,

Abdus Sattar and Sekender Ali were made president and general secretary respectively of The Daily Star Employees Union (DSEU) for 2015-17, says a press release.

The world has been transfixed in recent weeks by the unfolding refugee crisis in Europe, an influx of migrants unprecedented since World War II. Their plight was chillingly highlighted on Wednesday in the image of a drowned Syrian toddler, his lifeless body lying alone on a Turkish beach.

That the capital comes to a standstill due to waterlogging every time there is heavy rain is hardly a surprise if we consider that as much