The fates of the 31 stranded Rohingyas living on the no-man's land in Kaziatali border of Brahmanbaria's Kasba upazila for three days remains up in the air as yesterday's flag meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India's Border Security Force (BSF) ended inconclusively.

For the first time in history, eight transgender persons have collected Awami League nomination forms to vie for seats reserved for women in parliament.

Local leaders of the ruling Awami League are hectically lobbying party high-ups and lawmakers to secure party nominations for the upcoming upazila parishad elections.

The government has banned import and sale of meat and bone meal, a protein concentrate for poultry, because of its health risks to human and livestock.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized as "too slow" Myanmar's efforts to allow the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees, describing the lack of progress as a source of "enormous frustration."

Two women and three girls, including a four-year-old, were allegedly raped in five districts in the last two days.

The Sylhet phase of the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League ended yesterday in contrasting fashion to how it had started. While the first two days of the Sylhet leg saw mostly low-scoring encounters, the final two days provided the crowd with what they love most -- exciting, high-scoring matches.

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star on Thursday touched upon the human rights situation in Bangladesh and discussed the much-talked about probe report by a committee of the commission on the recent Subarnachar gang-rape incident in Noakhali.

A noble effort to help visually impaired pedestrians in Dhaka city is becoming pointless due to the insensitivity of some hawkers and the authorities concerned.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday promised to honour people's confidence placed in her government through the national polls, saying her administration would work for all citizens irrespective of their political affiliations or views.

The stakeholders in Bangladesh politics should engage in meaningful dialogues, spokesperson for the UN chief has said.

The opposition alliance -- Jatiya Oikyafront -- cannot last as ties between communal and non-communal forces cannot continue, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan's all-round performance helped Dhaka Dynamites return to winning ways as they recorded a six-wicket win over Sylhet Sixers in yesterday's first Bangladesh Premier League game at the Sylhet International Stadium.

Myanmar's army has killed 13 rebel fighters in the western Rakhine State, a military spokesman said yesterday, as government troops battle to contain a new insurgency in the troubled region.

A domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer for about two years at his flat in a two-storey building in the city's Halishahar area.

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has come up with a grading system for restaurants on the basis of quality of food and overall hygiene of the establishments.

Buoyed by the recent in-situ or supernumerary promotion in large numbers, the police sent the government another list of 280 officials, ranging from superintendent of police to additional inspector general, for promotion.

The key suspect in the gang-rape and murder of a female garment worker has been found shot dead in Savar on the outskirts of the capital.

The High Court rejects the writ petition filed challenging the legality of oath taking of the lawmakers elected on the December 30 general elections.

Seeking the international community's cooperation to meet challenges ahead of the new government, Dhaka has promised to ensure good governance in Bangladesh by maintaining a strong “zero tolerance policy” for “corruption and terrorism”.