Myanmar's navy briefly detained and turned back journalists on Sunday near a migrant boat being held off the country's southern

Scuffles broke out in the capital's Shahbagh yesterday noon after police stopped a procession aiming to reach the prime minister's office

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the senate meeting of Chittagong University to form a panel to elect its vice-chancellor.

Traffic on Panthapath’s southern lane resumes cleared off for danger four days after it was sealed following the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site.

Union parishads are not holding meetings with participation of women and underprivileged people for ensuring accountability, although

After a six-year uptrend, the SSC results this year show a significant drop in pass rates and the number of GPA-5 achievers, which is largely blamed on political unrest and students' not performing as expected in mathematics.

Unlike the other boards, the success rate of madrasa and technical education boards in this year's SSC and its equivalent examinations is higher than that of the previous year.

Several rights and socio-political organisations at a rally yesterday protested repeated incidents of sexual assault on females,

South Asian countries should undertake comprehensive initiatives to combat militancy and terrorism in the region, said Sammilita

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The qulkhwani of Mirza Abdus Samad will be held at his Gulshan residence in the capital after Maghrib prayers tomorrow.

South Asian leftist leaders at an international seminar yesterday stressed launching a collective struggle to combat communalism in

The Jatiya Press Club is no longer quiet following an impromptu "election" of the managing committee Thursday.

During the three month long political violence, at least 95 people around the country were killed and several hundreds were maimed. The Daily Star spoke to some of the victims of arson attacks who continue to suffer and are yet to be compensated.

Eighteen-year-old Sharmin Sultana was on her way to the Govt Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam College at Laxmibazar on February 22, 2015. The

In an exclusive interview with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star, Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Coordinator of DMCH's Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, talks about

Myanmar's navy found 727 people crammed on a fishing boat in its waters, the Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post Friday, adding the would-be "Bengali" migrants had been towed to an island.

After crippling traffic jams on workdays, the weekend was supposed to bring Dhaka city commuters some respite. But yesterday did not, especially for those travelling to Shahbagh's Shishu Park, Ramna Park, and adjacent areas through Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.

At least 130 Indian pond turtles were seized by Dhaka Customs House at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.

A prominent Buddhist in Madura, East Java, Kosala Mahinda has condemned violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, emphasising that such treatment was against the true teachings of Buddhism.