Yet another person has lost his life in what is described as a 'gunfight' between the Rapid Action Battalion and the dead. The dead is an accused in the most

The poignant story of Mahafuzar Rahman which appeared in this paper on Feb 25, ought to move the conscience of the state, and impel it to take concrete

Global search and rescue charity, Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), will begin a new mission in the Andaman Sea and adjacent areas on March 3 to track, monitor and, if needed, provide search and rescue of refugees or migrants.

According to the World Health Organisation, 21,000 people die due to road accidents in Bangladesh.

That a few members of the police force are standing in the way of the eviction drives by Dhaka South City Corporation, according to Mayor Sayeed Khokon...

A Pabna court summons The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 24 in a defamation case.

There are ample researches and reports that clearly show that people with disabilities (PWDs) are not inefficient...

In its latest survey of Japanese companies operating in Asia and Oceania, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) took inputs from CEOs of more than 9,500 Japanese companies in 20 countries over October and November, 2015.

Eminent scholar, archeologist and former secretary to the ministry of Cultural Affairs Abul Kalam Muhammed Zakaria passed away today in Dhaka.

We are saddened by the untimely death of a young man riding a motorcycle which was hit by a police-requisitioned vehicle in the Kakoli area of the capital on February 23.

The stories of human sex trafficking from Bangladesh to Syria, as documented by a prominent Bangla daily, are truly horrifying.

AGAIN a teenaged girl has been gang-raped, this time in Dakshin Khan area of Dhaka. It is reassuring that the police have arrested five

At least four people were injured in a clash over naming a mosque in Babur Haat area of Dimla upazila town under the district

The collapse of the Bailey bridge, under the weight of an overloaded truck, over the Kansama Canal in Bandarban speaks volumes about

Blasting The Daily Star for publishing DGFI-supplied corruption reports against her during the last caretaker regime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the newspaper’s editor could not show "courage" in resigning from his post by admitting his faults.

Hundreds of children, men and women from as many as 10 countries join in a solemn pledge at Zuiderpark in The Hague, Netherlands saying they will do what they all can to save their mother tongues, cultures and unity in diversity.

Supreme Court refuses to accept the explanation of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his comment about the judiciary as the affidavit does not have his signature.

The news of 12-year-old Purnima, being set alight by her employer and then left in a warehouse without any medical treatment...

We vehemently condemn the attack on a Hindu temple and the murder of a priest, that too on a day which, for Bangladeshis, symbolises plurality, tolerance and secularism.

Needless to say, we are as dumbfounded as everyone else in the country with the sudden announcement by the Malaysian government