Police yesterday pressed charges against 17 people in a case for shooting a pregnant woman, wounding her unborn child in the womb, and killing a man in Magura during a Jubo League factional clash in July.

Around 293 dealers in Chittagong yesterday stopped supplying fertiliser to retailers demanding exemption from the

India is expected to begin supplying an additional 100MW of electricity to Bangladesh on December 16, also Victory

Police yesterday arrested a private university student, Jayedur Rahman of Gopalganj, on the Dhaka University campus

Leaders and activists of Electronic Media Marketing Association (EMMA) form a human chain protesting broadcast of local advertisements in foreign television channels.

Western Marine Shipyard initiated a construction of two cargo vessels for Indian conglomerate, Jindal Group, through a keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard in Patiya upazila of Chittagong yesterday.

Legal action would be taken from January 1 next year against persons for dumping rubbish here and there, warned Chittagong city Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday.

Despite much debate and strong protests from different rights and civil society organisations, the ambiguity about the legal minimum marriageable age for females continues to prevail.

Owners of readymade garment factories have not yet fully realised the economic benefits of investing in health needs of their female workers, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.Owners of readymade garment factories have not yet fully realised the economic benefits of investing in health needs of their female workers, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

Several hundred transport workers went berserk and fought pitched battles with police during an eviction drive against illegal structures at the capital's Tejgaon Truck Terminal yesterday. This happened when Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq himself was leading the drive, which began around 1:00pm. In the face of the rowdy protest, the drive had to be abandoned and the mayor had to take shelter at the nearby office of Bangladesh Truck and Covered Van Drivers Union.

Human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed concern over the law ministry's consent to the proposed Child Marriage Restrain Act-2014 by keeping the special provision which conditionally allows marriage of girls below the age of 18 and above 16 years.

Iran has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks, including attacks on religious congregations at Husseini Dalan and on a mosque in Bogra in Bangladesh, and hoped that the government would bring the perpetrators to justice.

The administrative activities at Jahangirnagar University resumed on Saturday as the Officers' Association withdrew their protest following assurance that the university authorities will pursue legal options within its limit to have one of their colleagues released from detention.

Inaccessibility to public spaces is the foremost barrier that frustrates the abilities and development of physically challenged youths, said a high official and persons with such disabilities at a scholarship distribution ceremony in the capital yesterday.

A sub-inspector flees from a Dhaka court dealing a case against him over the death of a man in police custody in 2012.

Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council yesterday formed a human chain in Barisal city protesting the recent attacks on

The management of a readymade garment factory at Zamgora in Ashulia yesterday suspended 60 of its workers and issued a show cause

Implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord of 1997 and demilitarisation of the hills are required to ensure greater

The Comilla regional round of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2016 concluded yesterday with two participants qualifying for the

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