At first glance, it looks like any other school with classrooms, teachers and a playground.

The authorities yesterday withdrew seven cops in connection with the deaths of three people in Friday's police firing during a protest against the torture of a mother and her son. Although police on Friday dismissed that the three died in their shooting, autopsy reports yesterday confirmed that all the three succumbed to bullet injuries.

Hungary and Croatia traded threats yesterday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity.

Different cattle markets in the capital are teeming with sacrificial animals as traders wait for the sale to begin in a day or two.

Bangladesh's performance is poor in reducing the risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like stroke, diabetes, cancer, and

Ever since he left a computer design job for that of a taxi driver at Dubai Taxi, Ariful Karim has been driving people around the UAE. It is a job he thoroughly enjoys, even though it means staying away from his family in Bangladesh.

Three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles are still plying the national highways across the country, defying a government ban.

At least three people were shot to death in Kalihati upazila of Tangail yesterday afternoon as police opened fire during a clash with locals protesting the brutal assault of a woman and her son. The incident left at least 32 others injured and they include three cops and three bullet-hit locals.

Half way through Bangladesh A's innings, with the visitors struggling at 82 for 5, one would have presumed that Mominul Haque and

Bangladesh’s highest wicket-taker against Australia in Tests only played two of the four matches, but Mohammad Rafique made the most of the opportunities he got.

Cattle have started arriving in the country from neighbouring Myanmar ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Local cattle traders say they have set a target for importing around 25,000 cattle from Myanmar.

In an emotional reunion, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday met all of her family members together after seven years. It happened in London after she arrived at Heathrow Airport at 12:50pm Bangladesh time by an Emirates flight. Her elder son Tarique Rahman received the former premier with a garland, a UK-based Bangladeshi journalist told The Daily Star.

With the Eid-ul-Azha only a week away, traders are hopeful of making a good profit from sales of sacrificial animals this year. Prices of cattle have gone up in recent months after the BJP government in India choked the illegal supply channels to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh faces major challenges of creating jobs, preserving ecology and ensuring nutrition in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations 15 years ago for its 193 member states. The country, however, has made impressive progress in poverty reduction, health, education and gender equity.

Over 90 people died and nearly 100 were injured as a powerful gas cylinder explosion ripped through a restaurant near Madhya

Saudi authorities said yesterday the annual hajj pilgrimage would go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Makkah Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the disaster.

Successes are many. But Bangladesh still struggles in its fight against tobacco with at least 156 people dying and another 1,095 becoming disabled due to smoking in the country every day. Tax increase and other government interventions to cut tobacco consumption seem fruitless, as production, export, import and consumption of cigarette and smokeless tobacco are on the rise.

20 years ago when the 51-year-old teacher, with a degree in fine arts, launched her art school for slum children in Nangloi in the western part of the city.

Pradip is struggling to earn bread for his family with the one of the oldest and fascinating knowledge passed on to him by his ancestors – blacksmithing.

In Moazzempur village of Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila life runs in comfortably predictable details. Crops are sown and duly harvested, and years pass with little to disrupt the endearing natural cycles. For Moazzempur to play host to any grand spectacle is a circumstance that's virtually unheard of.