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BNP’s adversarial politics hurts more because it was expected to lead a new culture of politics.

Should we continue to condone unregulated public outbursts?

Protecting our citizens and our border integrity is non-negotiable

For all its pro-reform posturing, BNP has yet to signal a real willingness to lead political reforms, including within itself.

Bangabandhu as a subject of study should be approached with an openness to embrace truths, however unflattering.

Let's delve into the hypothetical lifelines in a public servant’s career that help them indulge in corruption.

Animals in Bangladesh are losing their homes because people are taking over their spaces.

Budget day is turning into our very own Groundhog Day.

It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups

This is apparently the longest holiday that journalists have ever gotten in the history of Bangladesh’s newspaper industry.

If the government really wants to control or bring down prices during Ramadan and afterwards, it must be willing to go after its 'own people.'

A government’s job is not to preach about people’s food choices, but to keep food prices stable and reasonably down. When it starts to preach, more often than not it is trying to deflect scrutiny of what it cannot achieve through actions.

In the end, love is a personal matter and it should remain so, regardless of how it comes out on February 14 and in the days that follow.

Mohammad Ali Arafat, the newly appointed state minister for information and broadcasting, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples

BNP's retreat to the back foot amid mass arrests and convictions was as remarkable as it was rapid.

You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.

Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies

Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election

These attacks are at once a political issue, a law enforcement issue, and a human rights issue.