A female ready-made garment worker was allegedly raped at Rupganj in Narayanganj early Friday.

Outgoing ministers yesterday expressed hopes that the new cabinet members would play a key role in accelerating the pace of development.

The Daily Star's Sohel Parvez and Jahurul Islam Sojol with the help of a few others have made an effort to analyse the affidavits

Sheikh Hasina, who is set to take oath today as the prime minister for the third consecutive term, has dropped most of her colleagues in the outgoing cabinet, aiming to inject fresh blood in her new government.

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon says all the temporary election camps set up during the 11th national polls will be removed within the quickest possible time.

Police yesterday arrested two more people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a woman in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila.

The ruling Awami League will hold a grand rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan on January 19 to celebrate the party's landslide victory in the December 30 polls.

You can call it a typical Jatiya Party flip-flop. Just a day after the JP Parliamentary Party decided to join the Awami League-led grand alliance government, HM Ershad came up with a decision exactly the opposite.

Seven MPs-elect of Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday refrained from taking oath and the alliance claimed that ruling party men had stuffed the boxes with “30 to 60” percent of the ballots the night before the polls.

Voting is meaningless in the 11th national election as it was well orchestrated by Awami League to get the desired outcome, Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) says.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Jatiya Oikyafront MPs-elect should reconsider their decision to refrain

Nearly half of the BNP candidates who took part in Sunday's election lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum votes, according to an analysis of the results of 214 constituencies.

The BNP high command has directed the party candidates of Sunday's polls to collect centre-wise results and information on “election anomalies” by today.

Only nine out of the 39 registered political parties that contested Sunday's national election have secured parliamentary seats.

The Election Commission yesterday said the authorities concerned have taken all necessary measures to ensure the security of voters by appointing a sufficient number of polling officials, judicial and executive magistrates and law enforcers.

With the Election Commission not being able to give the number of press passes it has issued for today's election, there are allegations that many ruling party men managed the cards.

The telecom regulator shut down mobile internet around 10:50pm last night.

BNP candidates for Manikganj-1 Khondaker Akter Hamid Dablu allegedly comes under attack.

BNP alleges that the Election Commission (EC) is not allowing army personnel in discharging their duties to improve the law and order situation.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the nation will witness a “vote revolution” in favour of the party symbol “boat” on the December 30 election day.