At first glance, one definitely has to appreciate the current key political positions held by women in Bangladesh: head of the

Over 10,000 people of 10 villages under Kamalapur union of Patuakhali Sadar upazila are suffering because the 300-foot bamboo

Teachers and students of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University in the district held a rally and formed a human chain on the campus

Four people including a Chinese national are burnt critically in an explosion at a factory in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila.

A head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Comilla has triggered a 10 kilometre long tailback on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

Police rescued a two-year-old boy from Bandartila area in Chittagong city early yesterday, two days after his abduction from Feni town.

The daylong countrywide hartal (shutdown) sponsored by the Jamaat-e-Islami ended without reports of any significant occurrence anywhere in Bangladesh. In Dhaka metropolitan, despite a marginally thinner traffic, all public and private transport services are plying the streets as usual.

A Magura court grants bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in a Tk 50,000-crore defamation case.

A mysterious disease at remote Khatiamari village in the Jamuna River basin area of Fulchhari upazila under the district has become a

All eyes are on the Supreme Court, which is set to deliver the verdict tomorrow on the appeal filed by war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty amid comments from different persons including two ministers on the chief justice.

Jessore court grants bail to The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a Tk 10-crore defamation case filed by a former Awami League leader of Chougachha Upazila unit. The court sets May 10 for next hearing.

Doctors at all public and private hospitals and private chambers in Khulna district began a 48-hour strike yesterday, protesting assault

The Daily Star presents awards to around 2,000 students who achieved outstanding results in O and A levels examinations in 2014 and 2015.

History is about what is written of it, often about the way the rulers wanted it to be written. In 2006, everybody was scrambling to

A trucker and his helper were injured when robbers tried to stop their vehicle on Bogra-Natore highway under Shajahanpur upazila of the

Teachers and students of five schools and colleges formed a human chain at Chourasta Intersection in Chuadanga Sadar upazila

To see a father look at photographs of his son will most often be to detect a range of happy emotions: love, joy and pride. But in the

A mobile court during a day-long drive on Tuesday closed several roads for movement of trucks to 24 sand ghats (collection centres) beside the Jamuna River in Bhuapur upazila under the district.

Several hundred villagers besieged the local office of Power Development Board (PDB) in Ghatail upazila of the district yesterday, protesting frequent power outage and low voltage.

At least six students of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) were injured in a clash over holding of a programme of M-53 batch at town's Baghmara Medical Hostel on Tuesday night.