While rape is a commonly reported form of violence against women in Bangladesh, only over one half of women who experience rape actually seek any kind of remedy from the police.

We've read or watched shocking stories and video clips of people being killed and buried in mass graves in remote jungles of Malaysia-

The agony and ecstasy over Prime Minister Modi's visit to Bangladesh is now gone. Dust is settling over the commotion and hype

Marriage, noted George Bernard Shaw, the finest playwright in English since Shakespeare, is an institution that thrives because there are

The devastating earthquake in Nepal on April 25 jolted Bangladesh. The earthquake was of a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale and IV to V on the Dhakain Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale.

Donna Lisenby, Clean Safe Energy Campaign Manager, talks to Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star on the likely impacts of the Rampal coal-fired power plant on nearby water bodies.

After a hot day in May 2014, it was well past midnight when Aleya Begum brought her two-day-old baby boy to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

This writer does not know how University of Dhaka, once fondly described as Oxford of the East, ranks in terms of academic excellence on a global basis.

After passing the Land Boundary Agreement in the Indian parliament, many had seen hope for the most awaited Teesta water sharing

Of late, the Finance Minister formally admitted that the growth targets over the past years were unattainable. In fact, by this year the

After its failed violent movement to unseat the government in its demand for a fresh general election under a caretaker government,

Curtains rolled down to end the 41-year old stalemate as the Indian Parliament unanimously passed the 100th Constitutional

Switzerland is a country known for its tranquility, and its citizens as one of the most law-abiding in the world. How a person from such

I see that a number of things, in favour of which I had argued earlier, have been included in this year's budget. Some examples would

The finance minister has placed the budget of 2015-16 in the parliament that has been prepared under many favourable factors - lower petroleum price in the global market, huge foreign exchange reserve, stable export market, low inflation, and the lowest level of political opposition.

Are we conscious about the trend of natural resource consumption to meet the needs of our current generation? Are we leaving

The Daily Star: What is the significance of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Bangladesh, now that the Teesta water sharing agreement will not be on the agenda?

While he was talking to an Indian daily last Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi compared the Land Boundary Agreement

In the later years of his life he would slowly walk with the aid of his walking stick from one table to another in his restaurant every evening and personally enquire of his clientele about the quality of food and service.

It is conventional to speak negatively about the state of the environment – what we have lost, the degradation of natural resources, the contamination and the pollution.