FOR the last few days, a series of news on modern-day slave trade and human trafficking in the 'Dark Triangle' of Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia have been making headlines in national and international media with the discovery of mass graves in the forests of Shangkhla, Satung and Sadao districts of Thailand.

Actor Rumana Rashid Ishita is all geared to open her restaurant 'Why Not?' at Kamal Ataturk Avenue in Dhaka. It has taken her a hectic two months to get her ambitious project off the ground.

Terror was written all over her face. She looked like a doe trying to run away from the tiger's paws. And then the brutes came thundering down, kicking and beating her, knocking her down on the pavement. That is what our police force did to this girl who was there to protest the sexual assault near TSC on Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year.

On a recent evening in a Midwestern US city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children coloured with

A policeman in the Indian capital, Delhi, has been arrested after television channels broadcast images of him attacking a woman with a

If this isn't the best boss in the world, we'd like to know who is. A generous Chinese boss has treated 6,400 of his employees to a

After telling the media that he wants to have three kids, actor Ranbir Kapoor has reportedly confirmed that he and girlfriend Katrina Kaif are planning to tie the knot by the end of 2016.

Political literacy can be determined by a simple measure; whether your mind is open or closed.

Bangladesh yesterday became the 10th country in the world to offer free internet access to some local and international websites

The government is going to impose 10 percent duty on rice import from Sunday to curb import of the staple food.

The High Court directs government to stop uploading and sending pornography by service providers through mobile phones and social media in seven days.

Over three thousand people tried but now only 16 remains. Of these 16, only three will fight till the end and only one will emerge on

Novo Nordisk, the world's largest insulin manufacturer, will continue to support the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB) in

Rebecca had lost her father while an infant and witnessed how her mother had struggled to give her a beautiful childhood despite her step-father's misgivings about bringing her up.

How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54,

The video a loved one sent me to cheer me up certainly did the trick. It was a very well edited documentary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs about a unique move to solve the problem of men using the walls of the city as public toilets.

She holds us in her womb for nine months, spends sleepless nights catering to our needs, the superwoman in our lives-mother. The Daily Star has put together a list of 8 things to do this Mother's Day.

Three British-Bangladeshis -- including Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- have made it to the House of Commons in the UK general election with Labour Party tickets.

Tagore first crossed the 'kalapani' (the ocean, crossing which was considered inauspicious by Hindus) in 1878 for higher studies to London via Paris, and stayed there for a year and a half (September 1878-February 1880).

It's not that Powerpoint presentations are all bad, just that they have been used and abused so often, the sheer sight of another slide invokes a Pavlovian reflex of dread. Just as with Hondas, there are alternatives.