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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

A tiny insect with a lifespan of hardly 10 days has been threatening billions of lives all over the world. In a densely populated city like

Customs intelligence officials on Thursday seized nine containers of import goods at Chittagong port on charge of

Thailand is keen on introducing a coastal shipping trading route between its Ranong Port and the Chittagong Port to enhance bilateral

Chittagong unit of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association will keep all the pharmacies in the district closed for around eight

The government yesterday dismissed the United Nations' claim of the war crimes trial in Bangladesh being unfair, saying its recent statement was highly disturbing.

In a second attack on Shia Muslims in just over a month, armed assailants yesterday stormed a Shia mosque in Shibganj upazila and opened fire on praying people, killing one and injuring three others. The dead is Moazzem Hossain, 70, of Haripur. He was a farmer and also muezzin of the mosque. It was not clear who carried out the attack or why. Police said they were looking into the incident.

It will not be good for the country if everyone starts saying that there is IS in Bangladesh, said Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq yesterday.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday evening said he had not talked to Indian English daily The Hindu, let alone tell it that “two IS assassins sought by Bangladesh for the October 3 murder of Japanese agro-researcher Kunio Hoshi, have crossed over to India”.