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
Hospital care during Eid holidays
What a team of our correspondents did was to take time out of Eid holidays and visit three top government hospitals, two in the capital and one in Chittagong.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Beaten and blinded by husband
The horrific report of a young housewife's eye being gouged out by her husband and in-laws as part of their ongoing torture to extract money from her family, is a chilling reminder of the widespread prevalence of dowry related violence.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Landslide death in Chittagong
The death of a woman and five children last Sunday in a landslide in Chittagong has been deeply disturbing.
20 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Why the foot-dragging in recompensing workers?
Every year, there is a brouhaha surrounding wages and Eid bonuses of RMG workers; it is unfortunate that, this year, too, was no exception.
20 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Tigers' performance
First it was Pakistan and then India and on Wednesday, it was South Africa that the Tigers snatched series wins in a very convincing manner.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM
The spirit of Eid
As the most joyful festival for Muslims is about to begin, it is important to engage in some spiritual stocktaking.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Landmark deal with Iran
After the marathon 18-day Vienna talks a historic deal was signed on Tuesday between Iran and six global powers -- the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Extortion with help of DNCC officials
The Daily Star's report on illegal toll collection by a gang of extortionists in collusion with DNCC staff highlights an undeniable fact.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Upturn in garments export to US
There has been a noticeable bounce-back of confidence among the US retailers in Bangladeshi garments.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM
DB Police impersonators on the rise
The number of incidents of abduction carried out by criminals posing as DB Police, have apparently gone up in the capital prompting the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to ask the public to help catch the imposters.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Barbaric torture and murder of a child
Today, as a nation, we are ashamed of what we have become; we are ashamed of the barbarians amongst us, who find perverse pleasure in the torture and death of a child, so much so that they record the act and share it gleefully on Facebook.
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Water management mess
As it is, there has been a deficit of .2 billion litres of potable water in the capital and the only water treatment plant in Saidabad is unable to meet the growing water supply needs of the burgeoning city...
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt. not borrowing from banks!
It is certainly big news that the government did not borrow from the banking system last fiscal year. Not only that, it also repaid a big
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM
City traffic gone haywire
To say that the traffic in the capital is in a total mess would be a gross understatement. Nothing can describe the chaos and the
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM
We condole the tragic deaths in stampede
We are shell-shocked at the death of 23 women and four children in a stampede during zakat distribution at a businessman's house in
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi-Sharif meet
We welcome the move by the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to cooperate on eliminating `all forms' of terrorism in South Asia. It
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Graft undercuts economic growth
The Finance Minister's estimate that widespread graft takes 2 to 3 percent off the economy has serious implications for the country's development.
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt.'s failure to send migrants under G2G
We are at a loss to understand how the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has, for the third year in a row, failed to send the expected number of workers to Malaysia.
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Import of substandard wheat
The issue of import of poor quality wheat will certainly leave a poor taste, literally in some cases, in the mouth of the public.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Over two lakh students waiting in uncertainty
The decision to centrally initiate this year's college admissions through an online system may have been well-intentioned but its poor execution has left two lakh students still without a seat in a college.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM