Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 70 women, human rights and development organisations, demanded exemplary punishment

Detectives rescued a man early yesterday from Ambagan area of Chittagong city, a day after he was abducted.

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday opposed a proposal to stop extortion by party men in the name of observing the National Mourning Day programmes, sources said.

Charges against Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, are yet to be framed in India although over one

Detectives yesterday pressed murder charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of an Awami League lawmaker, for shooting dead two

The Refinery Gate Road in Chittagong city's Hadipara has become popular as “gateway to hell” among locals as they have to experience

The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rajshahi had the secretary's office locked yesterday following a

A 12-year-old boy was found hanging from the beam of a tin-roofed house by his desperate mother who had run out to seek help from

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that asked law enforcers not to harass or arrest Amanur Rahman Khan Rana,

A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force was forced to make an emergency landing on a paddy field in Mirsarai of Chittagong after its main

Newly elected 186 women members of the reserved seats in 62 Upazila Parishads in Rajshahi division took oath yesterday.

Patients at understaffed government hospitals endured added sufferings during this Eid holidays when most doctors and nurses went on leave. The Daily Star correspondents witnessed a glimpse of their sufferings, visiting three top government hospitals in Dhaka and Chittagong cities during the three-day Eid vacation from Friday to Sunday.

Incessant rain dimmed the Eid festivities across the country. People found it hard to step out of their homes as many roads, especially those in the capital, went under water following three days of rain.

Defying rainfall all throughout the day, over 100 workers of Swan Garments (Pvt) Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the capital's Jatiya Press

Mohammad Sharif was on duty in the capital, while thousands of people left the city to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr at their village homes.

Water levels in 56 river stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rises while 23 stations recorded falls.

It has been raining in Dhaka since Saturday. Sometimes rains came down heavier after slight relapses. But had it come a little earlier today, many of a Merul Badda slum might not lost their belongings in a devastating fire.

Glimpses Of Eid-ul-fitr

Bangladesh and Australia on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help combat money laundering and terror

The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting today to decide the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the