Syed Ashfaqul Haque

Indications are strong for major earthquakes to strike South Asia, geological experts observed yesterday, a day after a 6.9 magnitude quake in Sikkim rattled the region, killing 71 people in India and Nepal.

Exactly one year back, he conquered the Mount Everest to become the toast of Bangladesh.

The trial of war crimes must be held to ensure justice, but politics should be kept at bay, observed Ian Martin, a former secretary general of Amnesty International and a witness to the beginning of Bangladesh's War of Independence on March 26, 1971.

The trial of war crimes must be held to ensure justice, but politics should be kept at bay, observed Ian Martin, a former secretary general of Amnesty International and a witness to the beginning of Bangladesh's War of Independence on March 26, 1971.

As we ring in 2011 and say goodbye to 2010, the last thing we want to do is bid a tearful farewell to a friend or a loved one killed in an accident caused by a reckless driver. The year 2010 passed with all its happenings--good and bad.

The much-publicised row between a ruling party lawmaker and local administration for the last one week over recruitment of only 12 low-ranked staff in the Pabna district has put the issue of good governance and credibility of the government on the line.

The much-publicised row between a ruling party lawmaker and local administration for the last one week over recruitment of only 12 low-ranked staff in the Pabna district has put the issue of good governance and credibility of the government on the line.

A shot of the popular Monika's Kitchen in Bangkok. Inset, Shefali sits near the picture on the wall in which Monika is seen receiving an MBA certificate from Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at a convocation on January 5, 2007.

About 6,000 Bangladeshi students brace for bad times as recession strikes Australia and starts to bite deeper into a once solid economy of a paltry 21.7 million population.

The mandatory system for pre-shipment inspection of imports is to stay till 2009-end as the present contract with three companies expires in August amid uproar over irregularities in imports.

Rampant corruption in the control of imports became institutionalised as the bodies charged with monitoring trade, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and customs, became partners in the crime, an investigation by The Daily Star can reveal.

WAITING TO BE AUCTIONED… Like this awe-striking abandoned Hummer SUV, at least 60 other seized luxury vehicles are gathering dust at different police stations in the capital since early last year, belying army chief General Moeen U Ahmed's pledge to raise funds for hospitals for the poor through auction.

The system for pre-shipment inspection (PSI) of imports has become riddled with corruption, and plagued by tax dodging and money laundering, depriving the country of huge amounts of revenue, reveals an investigation by The Daily Star.

A mother with tearful eyes stares at the Bay of Bengal at Roshangiri in Banshkhali, Chittagong, yesterday hoping her missing son will return. Her son went fishing near Dublarchar in Bagherhat before the storm.Photo: Focus Bangla

A man collects cow carcasses floating in a canal at Taful in Bagherhat yesterday. The animals perished when Sidr lashed the region Thursday.

Residents of a house mangled in storm at Kandipara of Maoa in Munshiganj removing debris yesterday.

Growth in the readymade garment industry, the powerhouse of the country's export economy, has slowed with the sector for the first time failing to reach export targets and facing a sharp decline in new orders.

With two days of unprecedented rioting at garment industries in and around Dhaka, a number of complex issues leaped to the fore that, experts fear, may cripple the most export-revenue generating sector well beyond repair if we let our hair down.

It is not just the US that has changed irrevocably after the most horrendous attack on America on September 11, 2001. The whole world has changed since then, and yet many in the West have little idea about how much the change has been.

The multi-million-dollar Chhatak gas field is all set to turn into a vast wasteland as experts fear all four layers of the upturned natural gas structure at Tengratila might have crumbled following the blowout, second in six months.