Appalling state of roads, incessant rain, long tailbacks, and heavy traffic caused untold suffering to thousands of people heading

Areport by this paper has found staff of the DMCH engaged in extorting exorbitant tips for trolley service from people coming to the

If the barbaric torture and murder of 13-year-old child in Sylhet by a gang of four wasn't appalling enough, we now have evidence of

Eaqub Ali Chowdhury alias Badsha Chowdhury, a former lawmaker of Patuakhali-3 constituency, died due to kidney disease at his house

GOING through rights bodies' findings, accounts of victims' families and media reports revolving around the spate of abductions, one cannot help the impression that law enforcers are linked to many of the incidents coming to light.

In yet another tragic case of sexual violence, a teenage girl was allegedly gang raped in the capital during the early hours of Thursday.

Today is the 20th death anniversary of AKM Anisul Islam, former general secretary of the Bangladesh Association of Consulting

It is of grave concern that a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) survey has found 55 percent of urban households across the country use water contaminated by E.coli, a dangerous bacteria that causes serious waterborne diseases.

The government has announced yet another measure to reduce highway accidents – banning three-wheelers from the highways.

Dipok Roy, Magura correspondent of the daily Ittefaq and the daily Independent, died due to old-aged complications at Magura Sadar

While many criticise police for numerous reasons, there are some exceptional members in the force who go beyond their official duties

Despite failing to enforce the ban on the slow, illegal, battery-run easy bikes and locally- and foreign-made three-wheelers on national highways, the government yesterday imposed another embargo on CNG-run auto-rickshaws on highways.

It is a pleasant surprise to hear that party leaders of the AL have spoken against the practice of extortion by some party activists to carry out programmes on the National Mourning Day.

We are deeply concerned over media reports in India that New Delhi is going ahead with its river-linking project which is deemed to be potentially catastrophic for Bangladesh.

The Daily Star has updated its mobile phone application for more convenient and smoother use with a lot of new features.

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University led an international team to the discovery of an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago.

Five people, including three of a family, died early yesterday in yet another horror crash as bloodletting continues unabated on the west side of Bangabandhu Bridge.

What a team of our correspondents did was to take time out of Eid holidays and visit three top government hospitals, two in the capital and one in Chittagong.

The horrific report of a young housewife's eye being gouged out by her husband and in-laws as part of their ongoing torture to extract money from her family, is a chilling reminder of the widespread prevalence of dowry related violence.

Language Movement veteran advocate Abdur Razzak died of cardiac arrest in the capital on Sunday morning.