Weighed down by the burden of loans he had taken out for the treatment of his mother, 17-year-old Abdul Mottalib came to Dhaka in 2007 in search of a job.

Bangladesh yesterday rolled out the red carpet for Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas as he arrived in Dhaka on a three-day official visit.

Moving away from asking only for little things, police in the last three police weeks have been demanding more power and repeal of

“We are constrained to pen our view that the enforcement agencies have shown blatant inefficiency and negligence in executing tribunal's

Twenty people were shortlisted yesterday for election commissioners' posts.

The visiting Rakhine commission yesterday stressed the need for granting citizenship to Rakhine Muslims and ensuring their dignity to find a lasting solution to the current crisis.

US President Donald Trump has fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders. In a sharply worded statement, the White House called Sally Yates "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration" and also criticised Democrats for not yet confirming the appointment of attorney general-designate Jeff Sessions.

Dreaming of a better future, Bithi (not her real name) left for Malaysia 11 days ago to secure a well-paid job.

“My wife came to this country on a refugee visa in the middle of the Cold War! My blood is boiling right now!”

The family of Badal Mia, the railway staff who was killed while saving a girl from being crushed under a train on Friday, sees bleak days ahead.

Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT) has sent a rejoinder to a news headlined “TIB finds mishandling of climate projects”

Hajj for Bangladeshis would be costlier this year. Each pilgrim would be paying at least Tk 14,000 to Tk 21,000 more than what they paid last year.

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of "The Dowry Prohibition Act-2017" incorporating maximum 14 years' rigorous

Gunmen stormed into a mosque in Quebec during evening prayers and opened fire on dozens of worshippers, killing six and wounding eight in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned as a "terrorist attack."

Most of the 31 political parties, which held talks with the president on formation of the Election Commission, propose names to the search committee today for the five-member commission.

A judicial magistrate in his investigation has found involvement of three police personnel and some local miscreants in setting fire to Santal houses during an eviction drive in Gaibandha on November 6 last year, according to a source who has access to the probe report.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina responded to some questions raised by the members of parliament during the PM's question hour. Those answers were reported by different newspapers the following day. In reference to some of the prime minister's comments made during the JS session, the Yunus Centre has sent the following 'rejoinder'.

The Ministry of Industries yesterday formed a probe committee to investigate corruption and anomalies in the urea fertiliser transportation and distribution system following a series of reports published by The Daily Star in the last few days.

Three-members of Myanmar's “Advisory Commission on Rakhine State” visited two unregistered Rohingya slums in Cox's Bazar's Ukhia and Teknaf yesterday.

A group of civil society members would ask the search committee to pick competent, impartial and courageous people for constituting the five-member Election Commission.