“Our position is not good. I say it's alarming. Our position is only better than Afghanistan in South Asia."

In the silence of nights, Lutfar Rahman prayed and hoped to see his only son alive, hear him call “baba” since he went missing in October, 2015.

If you watched Marvel's Doctor Strange last year, you already know how awesome its visual effects were. And the team in-charge of the mind-boggling visual effects (VFX) includes a Bangladeshi -- Wahid Ibn Reza.

President Abdul Hamid has formed a six-member search committee, led by an Appellate Division judge, for constituting the next Election Commission.

Once bitten, twice shy. This idiom means when something hurts you once, you tend to avoid that thing or person. But this does not seem to apply to the state-run Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). A man has been conning BCIC over and over again but the corporation continues to do business with his firm.

President Donald Trump yesterday signed a sweeping set of immigration-related executive actions jumpstarting a wall along the US-Mexico border, cracking down on sanctuary cities, and directing significant resources toward swifter deportations for undocumented immigrants currently in the country.

“Our leader [Sheikh Hasina] has asked us not to hold any rally blocking roads. We do politics for people. We have to see that people don't

Media was the recipient of severe criticism of some ruling Awami League MPs including Leader of the House Shiekh Hasina during a discussion in parliament on Sunday, January 22.

Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a shot at amending them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down hard on the rights bodies that remained silent over the killing of Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 Manjurul Islam Liton.

Nearly three years into the elimination of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the country, a recent outbreak of the particular strain of avian influenza resulted in deaths of 3,000 birds at a poultry farm in the capital's outskirt Dhamrai.

Sometimes, a simple phrase can make you richer by hundreds of crores of taka. Consider the magical term “in transit,” which is making a syndicate of fertiliser traders unimaginably rich. This syndicate along with some officials of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has made off with urea worth hundreds of crores of taka over the last eight years with impunity, The Daily Star has found.

When Bangladesh returned after a 10-minute innings break to open their second essay an hour before lunch on the fourth day of the second Test

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's New Delhi visit next month seems unlikely as most of the focus in India would be on elections in five states, including the most populous Uttar Pradesh, beginning February 11.

Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, chairperson of Ispahani Group, passed away yesterday at the age of 67.

Climate change funds are allocated under the influence of ministers and powerful quarters, not considering the severity of risk and

Police have demanded repeal of the law that prohibits both mental and physical torture in custody by law enforcement agencies.

At least two people were killed and several others injured in a landslide during an illegal hill cutting in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet yesterday, said police.

Named after a sufi saint, a hillock in Sylhet's Companiganj upazila is an example of how cruel man can be towards nature and the environment. Shah Arefin Tila in Bholaganj is gradually being razed to the ground, thanks to the greed of some unscrupulous stone traders and the authorities for not taking proper steps.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday slated the media for not telling the truth about last year's shooting of a minor boy allegedly by Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton.