Strong governance is the key to planned urbanisation in Bangladesh, said urban experts from home and abroad at an international conference in Dhaka yesterday.

Onion prices were nearly one and a half times that of a week ago, and local traders are blaming the hike on increased prices in India, the country's main source of import.

The International Convention City Bashundhara donned a lavish look of revelry last night for the award ceremony and gala of the 10th edition of The Daily Star-Standard Chartered Celebrating Life, a film-making, photography and lyrics contest.

Good news: Annual Import of US$3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is to ease the decades-long gas crisis of the country. Import will start in April, 2018 and by October more than one third of the country's gas needs would be imported in the form of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

Shamim Mirdha and Sadhin lured their friend Abul Kalam into the capital's Botanical Garden for a hangout on April 13 around 8:00pm. A little later, two more youths joined them.

The UN children's agency yesterday said it found high levels of acute malnutrition among children in the Rohingya refugee camps, and

United Nations human rights investigators said Rohingya refugees fleeing the military crackdown in Myanmar have testified about a “consistent, methodical pattern” of killings, torture, rape and arson.

As BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves the capital for Cox's Bazar today to distribute relief supplies among the Rohingyas, her party is all set for a massive showdown on her way to Cox's Bazar.

Catalan lawmakers yesterday voted to declare independence from Spain but Madrid immediately moved to quash the breakaway bid in a sharp escalation of a crisis that has caused jitters in secession-wary Europe.

Myanmar's Catholic bishops are "nervous" Pope Francis will mention the Rohingya during his visit next month, a spokesman said

Up till yesterday's first T20I between Bangladesh and South Africa in Bloemfontein, the overwhelming theme of the tour was that there

The UN Security Council is weighing a draft resolution that would pressure Myanmar to address the violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh. The proposed resolution, drafted by Britain and France, would call on Myanmar authorities to "immediately cease military operations" and allow refugees now living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh to return, according to the text obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Myanmar's promise to take back the Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military crackdown, looks hollow, as it is still showing an unbending attitude towards them.

The training Biman's Captain Atiqur Rahman received every six months kicked in when he heard from the air traffic control (ATC) of

An allegation has surfaced that a CID sub-inspector has taken Tk 45 lakh as bribe from the co-owner of a recruiting and travel agency

If you are poor and in jail for some reason and you happen to be seriously ill, you are probably out of luck. But if you are a rich inmate or have political clout, you do not even need to be sick to have extended holidays at the country's leading government hospitals.

Jail inmates of different foreign nationalities often have to languish in prison beyond their conviction period due to the cumbersome process of securing their release.

Bangladesh is waiting for the goodwill of Myanmar to begin to take back its nationals who have fled violence in Rakhine

Dhaka has intensified diplomatic efforts for the UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session and adopt a

The finance ministry has moved to assess how much budgetary allocation is needed for handling the increasing number of Rohingyas