Access to Internet can help lift up more than 10 million people in Bangladesh from poverty, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg writes on the occasion of launching Internet.org in Bangladesh.

We deplore in the strongest possible terms the police brutality on the activists, some of them women, who were demanding the arrest and trial of criminals who, as an orgainsed gang, sexually harassed a number of women during the Bengali New Year.

THE government has finally decided to impose a 10 percent duty on foreign rice to curb import of the grain. Needless to say this measure comes too late for the farmers and millers of the country.

There could be 10,000 boat people detained near the Thai-Malaysian border in more than 100 detention camps, held in custody by guards who are both locals and Rohingya,

Morning shows the day. But yesterday was an exception in the capital. It was a normal sunny morning; children were rushing to school and the office-goers to workplaces.

IT is a story of aggrieved garment workers – with a difference! The ring of familiarity ends with their demand for payment of arrear salaries when this is drowned in the more strident chorus of serious grievances.

WE wonder when, if ever, the police would learn to treat a citizen with due respect and civility.

Alpana Barua; mother of Rupam Bidrohi Barua, business development executive of The Daily Star Chittagong bureau; died due to old-age

Alpana Barua; mother of Rupam Bidrohi Barua, business development executive of The Daily Star Chittagong bureau; died due to old-age

We congratulate the Conservative party on a hard-fought campaign climaxing in a convincing victory.

We are concerned that the government is yet to reject a condition in the new draft of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2014 which recommends that, even though the minimum age for marriage would remain 18, parents can marry off their 16-year-old girls as long as they have justifiable reasons behind this decision.

Ample opportunity for jobs abroad, development of skilled manpower, appropriate wage hike at home, and implementation of the

A joint team of police and DGFI (Directorate General of Forces Intelligence) yesterday arrested an activist of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut

THE unanimous passage of the Land Boundary Agreement Bill in both the Houses of the Indian Parliament is a historic development.

WE are deeply concerned by a recent report of this newspaper revealing that about 50 lakh Yaba pills are trafficked into the country and consumed every day, most of which come from Myanmar.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday inaugurated Maya Bridge, the largest bridge in Bhola district till now.

Rehena Begum, mother of Khulna Bureau Chief of Channel 24 and the daily Samakal Mamun Reza, died at Gazi Medical College Hospital

“We will not be stateless any more... We will have our own identities."

International Turkish Hope School of Bangladesh received the International Arch of Europe Award in the Gold category for strong commitment to quality and excellence, said a press release.

A doa mahfil for Maj Gen Syed Badruzzaman will be held at his residence (house-146, road-4, new DOHS Mohakhali) after Asr prayers today.