Yet another minor -- a 12-year-old boy working as a bus helper -- has been subjected to torture at the hands of some transport

As The Daily Star completes 26 years in its journey, we extend sincere thanks and gratitude to our readers, well-wishers, patrons and advertisers without whom we would not be where we are today.

Pictures may speak a thousand words, but they do not always tell everything. It was a sad spectacle of a helpless woman lying recumbent in the middle of a road, published in this paper on February 20, that has shocked us.

The nation solemnly remembers the supreme sacrifice of the valiant souls who laid down their lives to establish the right of our mother

Yesterday's investigative report in our paper has unraveled the painful situation where patients in need of a kidney transplant cannot

It is extremely alarming that out of 1,126 private and government-owned malls, supermarkets and kitchen markets in the capital, 1,080 were found to be noncompliant with mandatory fire-safety standards, according to an inspection report by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Dhaka is becoming drearier by the day. As the capital loses most of its natural scenery, more and more unpleasant sights such as film posters and haphazard advertisements on walls and elsewhere are being put up everywhere.

The figures are horrendous but true. More than 45,000 posts of teachers in the government primary schools in the country are vacant

When rickshaw puller Abdul Samad Sheikh cannot sleep one night, it is because he couldn't plant a tree that day.

The findings of the second Bangladesh Health Injury Survey (BHIS), 2016 carried out by the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) was revealed yesterday and the four leading contributors to injury-related deaths came from suicide, traffic accident, drowning and fall.

We are deeply saddened by the news of yet another suicide bombing in a Sufi shrine in Pakistan that has left 70 people dead and over

The people in Dhaka breathe the most polluted air risking their lives to fatal health hazards. This has been revealed by the 'State of

It is heartening to note that the Dhaka South City Corporation and the relevant agencies will launch a joint drive against over 20-year-old

Reportedly, the life of the Khasi people living in Meghatila village in Kulaura upazila is getting harder as they are constantly threatened of

The new Election Commission (EC) has taken over on February 15. We wish the new team good luck. The new CEC had expressed his

The case against former senior executives of SNC-Lavalin Group in Canada has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court.

We are deeply disturbed by the recent leak of the Math question paper of the SSC Exams, which adds to a long list of such scandals.

Death and injury in the road are a disturbingly regular phenomenon. Despite this, we are shocked to read a report published in this paper

As if the tragedy of an infant losing most of his family members in a terrifying accident was not enough. One and a half year old Tasfir

Hundreds of farmers from three villages under Mauha union in Gouripur upazila demonstrated on Saturday, for the restoration of power supply to a deep tube-well used for boro cultivation in the area.