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
Reduce preventable deaths and injuries
22 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Persistent rights concerns demand scrutiny
21 October 2025, 14:00 PM
Legal labour migration for all workers is crucial
21 October 2025, 05:00 AM
After airport fire, the government must rebuild confidence
20 October 2025, 14:00 PM
A tariff schedule that hurts businesses
20 October 2025, 06:58 AM
Sabotage or not, the government must account for the recent fires
19 October 2025, 14:00 PM
Mirpur at risk as illegal chemical businesses mushroom
19 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Tripura mob killing of Bangladeshis exposes the accountability gap
19 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Eliminating child labour
Any social problem has to be addressed by both the government and the society at large, more so when it involves an issue as important as child labour. The redeeming feature is that there has been good progress in ending child labour in Bangladesh. Over the last ten years,
27 September 2019, 18:00 PM
IMF report on loan defaults alarming
The revelations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the state of defaulted loans in our banking sector is disturbing, if not entirely surprising. According to a report published by the international money-lender, the amount of bad loans is actually double
27 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Highest growth in Asia from Bangladesh
The latest forecast by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) titled “Asian Development Outlook 2019 Update” states that Bangladesh’s economy could grow by eight percent.
26 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Why we couldn’t handle the dengue epidemic efficiently
A research study by Transparency International Bangladesh has revealed what we had feared—that Dhaka’s two city corporations did not do their job in taking the necessary steps needed to prevent the dengue epidemic that has taken at least 146 lives.
26 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Freeing up Dhaka’s roads and footpaths
The Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon has announced that the DSCC authorities will soon take necessary steps to remove illegal vehicles and rickshaws from city roads and conduct a drive to free footpaths in Motijheel,
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Untenable costs of hosting the Rohingyas
A roundtable organised jointly by The Daily Star and North South University titled “A roadmap for sustainable solutions to the Rohingya crisis” on September 24, brought together academia, members of civil society and security analysts.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Heed their voices on climate change
An emotional and impassioned speech by teen activist Greta Thunberg in the opening session of the United Nations Climate Action Summit on September 23 drove home the message of the need to take drastic action on climate change or risk hastening the destruction
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Collaborative efforts for universal health coverage
Health is a fundamental right of every human being, yet it is not one enjoyed by everyone. Not just in Bangladesh, poor people everywhere—basically half of the world’s population—lack access to essential health services. Although the world had set itself a target
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Protect our rivers at all costs
While we observed World Rivers Day on September 22 with the high hopes of saving our rivers across the country, the fact remains that those entrusted with the responsibility to save our rivers actually did very little to stop pollution, encroachment and destruction of
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Where is the integrity of our law enforcers?
A report published on September 23, titled “Dead man talking”, has sent shivers down our spine, not because of its title but because it exposes the deep-seated corruption that is crippling our law enforcement institutions and ultimately affecting our justice system. The
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Attacks on BSMRSTU students condemnable
We strongly condemn the attack on students at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj.
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Will the BCL never learn?
The dust has not yet settled after the recent shakeup of the AL’s student wing and the fallout of its youth wing’s involvement in large-scale operation of casinos in the capital, and there the BCL goes again in Thakurgaon.
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM
EU’s call on UN for Myanmar embargo is timely
The European parliament has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose a wide-ranging arms embargo and targeted economic sanctions against the perpetrators of the massive human rights violation against the Rohingya populace. UNSC has also been
21 September 2019, 18:00 PM
A clarion call to climate action
It’s no longer a secret that climate change is taking place at a faster pace than we had predicated, and its effects are already punishing. Among countries that are most vulnerable to climate change is Bangladesh, where, according to the latest assessment by IMF, one-third
21 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Bourse on downward trend
Investors involved in the country’s premier bourse, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have reportedly lost Tk 31,349 crore. DSE index has slumped to a 33-month low since July 2.
20 September 2019, 18:00 PM
CCH’s long slumber
A report in this daily has revealed a startling fact about the Chattogram Customs House (CCH): for years it has been doing nothing about the numerous money laundering incidents taking place right under its nose.
20 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Interpolation in the voter list
While inclusion of names of ineligible persons in the national electoral role may appear innocuous and dismissed as being a result of human error, the systematic and conspiratorial way some staff in the election commission offices in Dhaka, Chattogram and Cox’s
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Crackdown on casinos
We applaud the government for the recent crackdown on casinos illegally operating in the city by some Jubo League leaders. Rab has raided at least five clubs and detained around 183 people and arrested a Jubo League leader for running such an establishment. In fact,
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Toxic MBM still being imported
Last January, we ran an editorial praising the government ban on the import and sale of meat and bone meal (MBM), the sort of feed the fish and poultry industry uses,
18 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Save the fish and aquatic animals
We are worried to learn from a news report published in this daily on September 18 that the Hakaluki haor in Moulvibazar has turned into a contaminated wetland with dead fish floating ashore.
18 September 2019, 18:00 PM