Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.
Timely election must for economic stability
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Zero pass rate a sign of bigger problems
23 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
Can the vision for 'New Bangladesh' ignore the poor, farmers, workers, youth, women, or employment and climate crises?
Geopolitical Insights
Why global crises are pushing the world towards renewables
The urgency to move away from fossil fuels and into renewables isn’t just about climate change anymore.
NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
25 April 2024, 05:00 AM
Destruction of Hargazi Canal
24 April 2024, 08:18 AM
Explainer / Why are BNP, Jamaat, NCP leaders accompanying Yunus to UNGA?
22 September 2025, 06:57 AM
Watch / No provision in the constitution should be outside the purview of judiciary: Mahfuz Anam
2 September 2025, 16:15 PM
How accurate is Trump's claim about $29 million?
25 February 2025, 16:25 PM
‘King's Party’ tag still sticks on BNP: Samantha Sharmin
30 December 2024, 13:29 PM
How could 30,000 foreigners stay here without valid papers?
23 December 2024, 19:27 PM
The clock is ticking for the July Charter
July Charter will outline reform proposals agreed upon by the parties
30 June 2025, 08:46 AM
July Warriors: Patients who refuse to be just patients
Our hospitals exist to heal bodies, not feed egos
13 June 2025, 11:07 AM
Who in the world holds the strings in this republic
This is not a mere collapse of law and order. It is a slow but certain decay of democracy
4 June 2025, 13:20 PM
The silent struggles of adolescence
Jamie believed his actions were justified because social media had distorted his sense of right and wrong, making him think harming a woman who mistreated him was acceptable
30 March 2025, 05:09 AM
How violent slogans shape our political culture
Some slogans transcend party rivalries and explicitly call for brutal violence
12 March 2025, 09:02 AM
Expedite local government services
Local government services are being hampered in the absence of elected local representatives.
24 February 2025, 04:00 AM
Can Trump actually 'take over' Gaza?
International laws can't and won't stop him. So then, what can?
6 February 2025, 15:54 PM
A chilling echo: parallels between Gaza and Holocaust
Understanding the psychological toll of war on children
2 January 2025, 12:09 PM
From Paris to Washington: The struggle to keep global climate goals alive amid uncertain US policy
The world now awaits Trump's climate stance to determine how it will shape the future international climate cooperation, both economically and environmentally.
15 November 2024, 11:09 AM
We are not doing enough for the injured
The sheer number of people injured during the July-August uprising is stupefying
18 September 2024, 04:00 AM
A new era of youth-driven democratic uprisings
Bangladesh is the latest in a series of youth-driven uprisings that have shaken countries in Asia and Africa this year.
4 September 2024, 12:00 PM
What purpose does the Indian media propaganda about Bangladesh serve?
BJP's media allies demonstrated the lengths to which they would go to mask India's domestic challengers under Modi's leadership.
4 September 2024, 05:00 AM
Lessons and advice for post-Hasina Bangladesh from Sri Lanka
Bangladesh should be watchful of a possible counter-revolution, which might not be very soft.
4 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Security in custody still non-existent
Repeated instances of mob beatings of political detainees expose govt's failure to provide their safety
25 August 2024, 11:49 AM
How the youth's perception of Bangabandhu soured under Awami League
Even if history is not consistent with what the youth have been taught, it doesn't explain the disdain with which many have treated his memory
23 August 2024, 08:36 AM
How to not fall for another dictator
After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, the return of BNP or other existing parties will only perpetuate the cycle of corruption and mass sufferings.
8 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Why George Clooney’s rejection of Biden is significant
On Wednesday, The New York Times published a scathing essay written by Hollywood star George Clooney titled "I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee".
12 July 2024, 07:44 AM
French elections: Leftist surge leaves media 'shocked'
The normalisation of the far-right happened across the mainstream media, not just by outlets owned by conservative Bolloré
9 July 2024, 10:07 AM
'That Coca-Cola ad' only proves the power of boycott
A global brand trying to tell us that we are immature or ignorant for feeling this way is not acceptable.
12 June 2024, 07:20 AM
Littering needs a fix at the Ratargul swamp forest
Immediately after I crossed over into Bangladesh at Tamabil, I wanted to visit the Ratargul swamp forest, 24 kilometres across the border as the crow flies, a freshwater swamp forest located on the Gowain river, 26 km by road from Sylhet
28 May 2024, 03:32 AM