<p>Today (March 26) is Bangladesh’s Independence Day. </p><p>People paid tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, Dhaka marking the 53rd Independence Day.</p>

Vespanda Ilario Lavarra is an Italian citizen who travels the world on his 50-year-old Vespa.

The deputy commissioner of Rangpur has misbehaved with a teacher. His fault? He didn’t address the DC as “Sir”. Meanwhile, in another incident, a judge in Bogura forced the mother of a school student to beg an apology for allegedly insulting her on social media.

Overtrump is the first series directed by Bashar Georges, starring Chanchal Chowdhury, Mustafa Manowar, FS Naim, Samira Khan Mahi, Sharif Siraj, Ashna Habib Bhavna, Zeesan, amongst others.

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it

US Ambassador Peter Haas shares his views during his visit to The Daily Star on March 19

Our rivers are being attacked one after another. India's dams, river connectivity plans, and various projects undertaken within the country, encroachment and pollution are all taking our rivers closer to extinction.

How did Arav Khan acquire so much fortune in the time span of just four to five years

During the 1971 Liberation War, the largest and most infamous killing field was located in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur in Barisal division, where most of the mass executions took place.

On the occasion of Ganga Puja, a border-bond fair is held every year in the no man’s land on the Bangladesh-India border in Lalmonirhat

The horrific accident that happened on the Dhaka-Bhanga expressway on Sunday once again brought to fore the issues in our transport sector. Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, talks to The Daily Star Opinion about the reasons behind such tragedies on our highways and how to prevent them.

Today she shared some of her showbiz experience with The Daily Star

Abu Yusuf went to jail instead of Arav Khan, a fugitive of murder case and owner of a jewellery shop in Dubai. In an interview with The Daily Star, Yusuf's family speaks about the incident

A policeman was shot dead while on duty inside a police station.

Speakers today discussed the issues related to child marriage prevention at a roundtable organised by Friendship and The Daily Star

Siam Ahmed won the National Film Award twice in a row. The actor is going to make his Tollywood debut soon, sharing the screen with noted Indian actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. He will also be seen in a Hollywood film soon

Swaths of flowers of vivid colours surround rows of mango trees. Flower tubs also hang from the large mango trees

Recently, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that there is hardly any undiscovered gas in the country. But is this the reality?

In February last year, Biman recruited a batch of contractual pilots to fly its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, claiming that it needed pilots immediately due to a shortage. A year later, only five of the batch of 14 pilots, have taken to the air.

On March 7, an explosion occurred in a Siddikbazar building in the capital's Gulistan. Twenty-three people were killed in this incident. Just two days before the Gulistan blast, a similar explosion took place in a building in the Science Lab area of the city. Three people were killed in that explosion