There are many faces of magic in literature. Prospero's art, Keats's 'charm'd magic casements,' the satirical sylphs in Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock,' Yeats's occultism are some of the faces of magic that we meet in the syllabuses of the English departments. We are comfortable in dealing with magic as a component of fantasy fiction—a long tradition that includes Homer and Apuleius, the Holy Grail, The Faerie Queene. We are happy to see the re-emergence of magic in the works of contemporary author such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.K. Rowling and others.

Forest officials rescue 18 hilly mynas from Tongi, at the outskirts of Dhaka.

An elderly man was trampled to death by a wild elephant while another died of cardiac arrest after being panicked at Pathorer Char village

Thousands of people, including children, of four wards under Santhia municipality have to cross a 200-foot-long bamboo bridge to

A victim, Nurul Islam from Sylhet, who was in jail for more than two years in place of his younger brother in a sensational murder case, gets bail from the High Court.

A farmer was killed by lightning at Muradpur village in Chouhali upazila of the district on Tuesday.

Fifty-three leaders and activists of ruling Awami League, including Fulchhari upazila unit president GM Salim Parvez, have been sued on charge of vandalising the offices at the upazila parishad complex on June 6.

Each day Mokhlesur Rahman rides his bicycle 15 kilometres from his Bakerganj home to Barisal City's Rupatali in pursuit of his

At least two people are killed by a herd of wild elephants in Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district.

Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah is forced to adjourn the parliament sitting for want of speakers on the proposed budget for 2016-17 fiscal year.

Two officials from Indian High Commission today met with the family of a slain Hindu priest in Jhenidah and assured them of monetary assistance.

For pilgrims seeking to perform hajj in Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh, the process of online registration ends at 8:00pm tonight.

Three people were killed and five others injured by lightning in Kaliganj and Patgram upazilas of the district yesterday morning.

Customs Intelligence seizes a luxury car worth Tk 3 crore, which was allegedly brought into the country by dodging tax, from Nasirabad area in Chittagong.

The Embassy of France is deeply shocked and saddened by the three recent murders in Bangladesh, it says in a press release.

The High Court today grants anticipatory bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for eight weeks in 10 cases.

Cyclone Roanu, which hit the southern region on May 21, has caused serious damage to infrastructure in six districts of Barisal

Police seek five-day remand for the youth who was shown arrested in the murder case of Christian grocer Sunil Gomez in Natore’s Bonpara yesterday. Assailants hacked 60-year old Sunil in his shop at Bonpara Christian Palli in the upazila after offering Sunday prayers, leaving him dead.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal suggests an Israeli link to the recent killings of secular bloggers and minorities.

Holy Ramadan, the month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins tomorrow as the new moon was sighted in the country.