Egyptian security forces are using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

We stand proud of our media and the hard work, courage and doggedness newsmen have shown in covering two important events the results of which were splashed in yesterday's newspapers.

Seven Bangladeshi nationals were rescued yesterday off the Myanmar coast after they were thrown from a fishing trawler packed with migrants heading to Malaysia, a coast guard officer said.

The appalling traffic congestion that Dhaka dwellers suffered on Saturday and Sunday was the result of a trial of new electronic traffic signal system installed for the second time, wasting crores in taxpayers' money. In the last 11 years, the government spent Tk 37 crore on the traffic signal system in the capital.

Video of an Awami League activist protesting against Dr Zafar Iqbal goes viral as he admits before camera that he doesn’t know what he is complaining about.

Naznin Akhtar Happy files naraji petition against probe report submitted by police in a case filed by her bringing sexual abuse allegations against national team cricketer Rubel Hossain.

Eight people are identified from the close circuit camera footage of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University, and Tk 1 lakh has been announced as reward for capture of each assaulter.

Terming Sunny Leone's website as one inducing lust in young minds, the complainant Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) demands her deportation.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with her daughter Aaradhya are spotted at Mumbai International Airport.

The 2400-megawatt Rooppur nuclear power project is likely to cost around $10 billion, more than three times the initial estimate of the government.

In a one-to-one conversation with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Chhatra Union activist Ismat Jahan Joe tells of her account of the day when students were thrashed away by cops while trying to lay a siege to Dhaka police headquarters protesting the April 14 sexual assault on women.

The economy was not as badly hurt as everyone expected by the three-month political turmoil inflicted by the BNP-led opposition alliance

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who had remained missing for about two months, was blindfolded when he was dropped off by a car in Golf Link area of Shillong on Monday, according to two of his relatives. He was taken to Shillong, the capital of Indian state of Meghalaya, by an SUV after nearly an overnight's drive. But he could not say from where the car started and who were with him.

Popular Indian playback singer Shreya Ghosal will perform in Bangladesh after five years on June 5.

Bangladesh Bank has introduced a large loan restructuring policy to stand by all businesses in trouble, Governor Atiur Rahman said.

Indian police would send arrested BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed back to Bangladesh if court orders, a top police official in Meghalaya told The Daily Star yesterday.

The review committee on the National Pay Commission has recommended fixing the highest basic salary at Tk 75,000 and the lowest at Tk 8,250 for the public servants.

Over the ages, most of us have grown to love Central Perk, the amazing “Friends” cast and the gags that run through the entire sitcom. But how would it have turned out if it were made here?

The question arises, is there any scope for self-actualisation in such an environment? Do they really learn to cope with the real world from within their carefully-controlled domain?

A group of three students from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School recently traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA to participate in the Conrad Innovation Summit 2015.