At least three persons are killed, 11 policemen among 30 injured as cops open fire after being attacked by locals protesting power plant project at Banshkhali in Chittagong, SP says

Rail communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong remain suspended as a railway bridge in Moulvibazar goes under water due to overnight rain.

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam today secured bail in two defamation cases in Shariatpur.

Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fire Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister said today.

Amid previous controversies and considering the state of mind of the candidates, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid avoids entering exam hall on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination.

Hailstorms accompanied by hails and rain damaged over 1.000 tin-roofed structures, including dwelling houses, shops and mosques,

Bangladesh as a nation just observed the forty-fifth anniversary of its glorious independence. While it is time for celebration for most

Railway authorities shut down 15 railway stations out of 31 under Santahar-Lalmonirhat section of western railway due to shortage of manpower during the last two years. Revenue earning has fallen drastically because of the shut down.

The posts of headmasters at 264 government primary schools in the district are lying vacant, much to the disturbance in schooling and

The ethnic minority people formed a human chain near Shaheed Minar in Parbatipur upazila town under the district yesterday, urging the

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, expresses deep concern over the law enforcement agencies’ alleged harassment and pressure on Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s family to give statements they had prescribed.

Bangladesh mission in Tripoli has asked its nationals living in Libya to remain alert amid the rise of violence in the war-torn North African country.

Eight people were injured, four of them critically, when a Dhaka-bound train hit a sand-laden truck at Jhaoil level crossing near

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says the cabinet may decide whether Qamrul Islam and AKM Mozammel Huq can hold the office as ministers following today’s Supreme Court judgement.

Reena's parents were shot by the Pakistani army in front of her eyes. She didn't know where her brothers were, or even if they were alive

A guard is strangled to death in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh following a rivalry between two member candidates who took part during union parishad elections.

At least 10 people, including housewives and schoolgirl, attempted to commit 'suicide' in Chuadanga district in the last two days.

Thirty-five students of Kalidas High School in Sakhipur upazila of the district were attacked by mass hysteria yesterday.

Zika, a virus which is known to have affected mainly pregnant women and is currently an epidemic around the globe, was found in Bangladesh in 2014. The trace was found within a blood sample taken in 2014 from a sexagenarian in Chittagong, state minister for health, told reporters.

Over 20,000 people from 12 villages in Melandah upazila's Kulia union in Jamalpur have been suffering for eight months since the lone