War criminals can be tried under the existing International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973, journalist and writer Shahriar Kabir said at a discussion yesterday.

"The process of the trial should begin immediately. Seeking help from the United Nations in this regard may delay the trial process," he added.

The new government led by the Awami League (AL) begins a tightrope walking this evening amid high expectations of people, ending around two-year long eventful rule of the caretaker government.

A forum named "South Asian Women's Media Forum" was formed yesterday at the National Press Club in the city.

Get ready for an onslaught of the cheap. With the economy more unstable than Plaxico Burress' mental state, electronics manufacturers are putting the e-brakes on their budgets, flattening their costs, and rolling out their cheapest, most practical gadgets. You know, the ones that people like you and me can afford.

The Election Commission (EC) is planning to hold the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) election in March this year after completing the upazila polls scheduled to be held on January 22.

Tension runs high on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists chased away Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists from Shaheed Ziaur Rahman and Shah Mukdum halls.

Renowned poet-playwright-novelist Syed Shamsul Haq has become an actor. In an upcoming digital film directed by Shahnewaz Kakoli, the ambidextrous writer will be seen as himself. The Daily Star caught up with the litterateur recently.

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A group drawing exhibition titled “Rhythmic Lines” is now on at Asiatic Art Gallery, Nimtoli. The exhibition is an output of a workshop, which was recently held at Asiatic Art Gallery. Five painters from Nepal and 23 painters from Bangladesh have participated at the exhibition.

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, under threat of death from Islamist extremists who accuse her of blasphemy in her writings, is to take up residence in Paris, the city hall said Saturday.