The lessons that come with this holy month are many: we are supposed to learn some of the basic human values such as self-restraint, compassion, honesty, peace and tolerance and respect for one another. The month also teaches us to be empathetic to the less fortunate through the practice of Zakat and Fitra.

With the ongoing US-China trade war and because the Chinese economy is also currently undergoing some structural changes, a number of Chinese garment makers are looking to set up factories in Bangladesh under joint ventures.

The prime minister’s powerful call at the 14th OIC Summit is very appropriate—both in terms of the timing as well as the forum. And we strongly reiterate her views.

It is disappointing to learn that stone extraction in Bandarban continues unabated despite a High Court directive and calls from the indigenous communities and environmentalists to stop such activities that are destroying the environment and natural resources of the area.

Bangladesh’s uneven economic growth is a puzzle that continues to mystify the economists. A new study aimed at charting the

According to the Amnesty International, Myanmar’s “unrepentant, unreformed and unaccountable” military has been committing new war crimes since it launched a campaign in recent months against ethnic rebels in northern Rakhine state—the scene of the military’s bloody crackdown against the Rohingya Muslims in 2017.

The decision of the government to subsidise agriculture inputs by Tk 3,000 crores, mostly for agriculture machinery, has not come a day too soon.

The moment we have all been waiting for is here. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 officially kicked off yesterday with England taking on South Africa at The Oval in London. The month-and-a-half-long cricket bonanza is surely going to be an exciting time for millions of lovers of the sport who wait for the tournament with bated breath for four long years.

We believe that the three-day visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan will further deepen the deep mutual bonds of friendship between the two countries. Having been one of the first countries to recognise the newly independent nation, Japan has been a trusted and all-weather friend of Bangladesh.

During every Eid, holidaymakers have to go through intolerable sufferings. And as it seems, there will hardly be any exceptions this time, despite the fact that several steps have been taken by the government to ensure smooth Eid journeys for home-goers.

A rather distorted version of the old adage “Great things are done when men and mountains meet” has come to become the norm in our society.

We should be concerned at the recent revelation made by Save the Children regarding C-sections: 77 percent of C-Sections carried out across the country last year were medically unnecessary. The rate of C-section is more than 31 percent in the country which is way above the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended range of 10-15 percent.

The government’s ongoing food grain procurement policy to help farmers has had the opposite results. Under the programme, the

The attack on Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur, along with several other quota reformists and at least one journalist, allegedly by a group of Chhatra League activists in Bogura on May 26, is condemnable.

A report in this daily yesterday shed light on the fact that only five percent of cases relating to road accidents result in conviction. The report also makes a mindboggling revelation: often times, the reason behind the accused getting away scot-free is law enforcers themselves.

Despite massive infrastructure development, development projects will not make Dhaka a better place to live because the city is massively overpopulated.

Between 2009 and 2018, since the Awami League government came to office, 507 people have become victims of enforced disappearances, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

​That ails our secondary education system? A familiar litany of problems can be cited but a new report by The Daily Star has brought into focus a relatively underacknowledged factor:

We congratulate Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for winning a landslide victory in the Indian elections.

Once touted as a role model for other countries to follow, the country’s family planning services it seems have not been up to the mark