President Donald Trump's first week in office has set the tone for his presidency, analysts say - and it points to a rocky road.

In May 2016, eight-year-old Molly (not her real name) was brutally raped by an 18-year-old. She was taken to hospital in a critical

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Professor Shafiqul Islam, Director, Water Diplomacy Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, talks to Nahela Nowshin about the challenges of water governance.

Barack Obama has been a very interesting international figure in the last decade or so. His administration has been dubbed by the

The 17 January verdict of the trial court on the Narayanganj seven murder case has been applauded by all quarters. Included among

Police’s brutal assault on the activists and journalists begs the question, what called for this extreme use of force? From when does it take a group of fully armoured policemen to restrain one unarmed civilian?

After her employers in Lebanon cancelled her contract, Bangladeshi worker Maksuda Begum was left in a dire state. She had worked for a Lebanese family as a domestic worker for two years, but after they cancelled her contract for no apparent reason, she was forced to remain there as an undocumented worker.

New United States President Donald Trump must be “fantastically” happy with a “wonderful” Asean because it is the only “great” regional organisation that has no military might and has not been at war. The problem is, he might not know about the grouping at all.

What are the implications of the recent textbook fiasco? Will the changes in the textbooks foster an educational environment that promotes the analytical faculty of the mind, i.e. do we want youngsters to be able to think critically?

Does a teenager become a violent member of a gang just by following 'western' culture and using the internet? Do teenagers form

With the announcement of the 2017 edition of the Top 500 NGOs, NGO Advisor decided to launch a series of interviews with

The final doomsday countdown has begun for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

This week marks the sixth anniversary of the killing of Felani by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India. Felani, a 15-year-old girl, was

Thousands waited to catch a glimpse of the man who had single-handedly captivated the minds of the Bengali people.

Child marriage law in Bangladesh has recently come under wide scrutiny from national and international human rights activists and organisations.

Bangladesh should be wary of sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia. This is a concern brewing in the wake of the Kingdom's recently announced “Saudi Vision 2030” in which Saudisation of jobs was earmarked as one of the top priorities with the aim of weaning the private sector companies off expatriates.

Bangladesh is on its way to becoming a middle income country by 2021. To achieve this status, rebuilding a knowledge-based economy is essential.

DOCTORS learn a lot of things in medical school, but death is not one of them. Dissection of dead bodies teaches us human anatomy.

Friday's Prothom Alo ran an article based on the research findings of a Bangladeshi PhD student at a Canadian University. The report,

2016 – MMXVI. A year like no other before. And we've had an extra 24 hours to digest it, thanks to the leap year.