Barbaric treatment of children, the most vulnerable group in society, has become a dangerous trend these days...

People with disabilities, at a recent workshop, have demanded equal access to all tiers of politics and we unequivocally endorse their demand.

We are all for adding to the current level of power generation, but without adversely affecting the ecology.

Twelve more lawsuits are filed in Dhaka and eight other districts against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for publishing reports based on information supplied by the DGFI during caretaker government regime in 2007.

Traffic on Dhaka-Chittagong highway has returned to normal after one-and-half hour following the death of a college student in Comilla yesterday.

A young man named Faridul Islam Farid, who defied all obstacles to get an education, has shown us a sense of commitment to society

It is good to know that work on two major highways, i.e. Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Mymensingh, being converted to dual-

Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry service resumed after nine hours yesterday morning. The service had been halted from 11:30pm on Friday due

Men and women adorning the bright basanti (yellow) colour are swarming Dhaka University campus, Ramna Park and the streets of Dhaka interlaced with the music of Rabindranath’s songs and the sound of drums to receive the arrival of Basanta.

The Saraswati Puja is being celebrated with much festivity and fervor across the country.

Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumes after nine hours' disruption caused by dense fog.

Though the global oil prices have fallen sharply over the past seven months, Bangladesh government continues to charge stubbornly high price for fuels.

We are very happy to learn that the government of Malaysia has decided to legalise some 400,000 Bangladeshi workers working there without proper work permits.

Bangladesh’s largest flower market in Jessore’s Jhikorgacha has already sold off over Tk 8 crore flowers ahead of Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day.

The horrifying news of a rickshaw puller shot by cops during an alleged extortion drive has, once again, brought to the fore the unethical and illegal practices of our law enforcement agencies.

The quarterly economic review unveiled by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on February 10 has called on the government...

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma River resumed after four hours of disruption caused by dense fog yesterday

The Government should focus on legalising the undocumented Bangladeshi workers who are already here instead of bringing in another 1.5 million. Tenaganita director Aegile Fer­nandes says that documenting migrants in Malaysia would be a far easier exercise than bringing in a new batch of workers.

The fact that members of the Dalit community are being deprived of basic services such as education, proper sanitation facilities and

A global study on online behaviour by children aged between 12 - 18 has been made public by the global mobile phone company Telenor