Aid allocation to be trimmed in next budget
The plan comes as $42.85b foreign funds remained unused at start of current FY
28 April 2025, 18:01 PM
Reform proposals: BNP opposes two-term cap on prime minister
The BNP submitted its feedback yesterday. So far, 15 other parties have submitted theirs.
23 March 2025, 20:37 PM
There’s no need for constituent assembly
It has been seven months since the interim government took office. During this time, the caretaker administration has been working to revive the political process and strengthen state institutions. Meanwhile, participants in the July uprising have floated a new political party.
11 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Why wash dirty linen in public?
Culture adviser Farooki and Shilpakala chief Syed Jamil exchange barbs
2 March 2025, 09:48 AM
Election schedule likely by Oct
With the interim government having completed its first six months in office, all eyes are now on the series of dialogues with political parties to reach a consensus on reforms to be carried out.
19 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Transport reforms a pressing need
Four-year-old Ibrahim Islam was walking to his school in Kushtia town with his grandmother around 8:00am on Sunday. Perhaps his mind was buzzing with excitement, thinking about the games he would play with his friends.
17 February 2025, 18:00 PM
‘No room for politics under AL name, ideology’
Nahid Islam, adviser to the interim government, spoke with The Daily Star on the nation's key challenges and the way forward.
1 February 2025, 19:24 PM
Nation sees tectonic shifts in politics
Seismic. That is perhaps the one word close enough to describe Bangladesh’s transformation in 2024.
30 December 2024, 18:28 PM
Cardiovascular diseases: A rising concern for young people
“I never imagined that I would have a heart problem.”
28 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Victimising journalists: A decades-long tradition of denying justice
Twenty-two years have come and gone since her husband was shot to death, but Selina Akhter Lucky has all but given up hope for justice for the brutal murder.
17 August 2022, 12:46 PM
A series of delayed justice
Although attacks on freethinkers and bloggers, and their murders by suspected Islamic militants have decreased significantly due to multiple anti-militant crackdowns, none of the families of those killed has gotten complete justice yet.
28 June 2022, 20:49 PM
‘Home never felt so close’
Six minutes was all it took a BRTC bus to cross the 6.15km bridge over the Padma river yesterday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
The man who steered Padma Bridge project through tough times
One afternoon in October 2011, Md Shafiqul Islam, then an additional chief engineer at the Roads and Highways Department, was tensely pacing the corridors of the erstwhile communications ministry, contemplating joining the Padma bridge project.
25 June 2022, 02:30 AM
A new dawn for Bangladesh
There are some epic moments that make a nation proud.
25 June 2022, 02:00 AM
What does Padma Bridge mean to a southerner?
The need for a bridge over the mighty Padma River may not have been felt so dearly by people other than those who have been born and bred in the southwestern part of Bangladesh.
24 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Cheaper polythene bags spell disaster for the environment
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including oven plastic bags) and wrapping materials made of polyethylene.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Social safety net: Approach not a good fit for multiple crises
The need for expanding the coverage of social protection schemes with new approaches has never been felt so badly than now as people are struggling to keep their heads above water amid one crisis on top of another.
9 June 2022, 18:00 PM
The roads of death
Road crashes have become the norm in Bangladesh, claiming lives on a regular basis
8 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Democracy crushed under BCL’s boots?
What earned the JCD such a thrashing?
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Our health sector needs urgent healing
It seems the country’s health directorate has finally been jolted out of its stupor. At a meeting last Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) came up with the decision of shutting down all unregistered health institutions within 72 hours. The countdown has thus begun.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Trial drags on for 24 years: Man has no strength left for legal battle
As his name was called out, Ahad Ali stepped inside the courtroom and stood in the dock with both hands pressed together in a gesture of mercy, staring at the judge with pleading eyes.
9 May 2022, 18:00 PM
News Analysis: ‘Uncle, please stop the work’ – Children's pleas fall on deaf ears
Inside the concrete jungle that Dhaka city has turned into, with buildings frequently sprouting up next to each other, the Tentultala playground has been a breathing space for residents of Kalabagan for decades.
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
News analysis: Loved ones lost, trust in justice too
They were innocent and young and had nothing to do with the events that ended their lives. The brutality of the murders calls for exemplary punishment, yet their families are not seeking justice.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccination: Bangladesh a role model
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign has so far turned out to be quite a triumph.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Unlivable? Why is Dhaka such a mess?
If you want to lead a quality life in a city, Dhaka is not the place you should be looking for.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Amount hiked for projects this FY could make another Padma bridge
That project revisions have become a government ailment is well established by now.
7 February 2022, 18:00 PM
State of cancer care in Bangladesh
With the number of cancer patients increasing rapidly, the government should take urgent action to integrate early detection and screening into the national health system, developing effective strategies to raise people’s awareness to fight the deadly disease, health experts say.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Managing cancer care during the Covid-19 pandemic
Sirajul Haque Khan, a retired banker, felt a pain in his head after waking up on a cold winter morning in mid-December, 2020. Soon, he threw up twice, compelling his family members to take him to a nearby hospital.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM