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
Dhaka deluged
No wonder Dhaka is one of the most unlivable cities in the world. Many would like to think that except the change in spelling of the name of the Capital, very little change has come about by way of adding to the comfort of the people living in the city.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Lakhs of college admission seekers get edgy
It is a shame that new academic sessions of colleges seem destined to be delayed, if not thrown off-gear altogether.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Riding on the wrong way
A front page photo in this newspaper published yesterday spotlights how recklessly VIPs are breaking traffic rules. A minister's SUV
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Overuse of pesticides lethal
Eleven children have died in less than a month in Dinajpur having consumed litchis over-treated by pesticides. Investigative journalism by
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM
End of Razzak saga
We are glad that Nayek Razzak of the BGB has been returned to us by the Myanmar authorities, though it has taken longer than it should have.
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Police in plainclothes defy directives
We are concerned that law enforcers are continuing their drives in plainclothes, despite a written directive on June 17 from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner that operations of 'civil teams' should be halted immediately.
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM
First fall in FDI in four years
The government disputed a report brought out by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which stated that foreign direct investment (FDI) had slipped by 4.5 percent in 2014.
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
An audacious carjacking
A daring carjacking on the Tejgaon-Bijoy Sarani Flyover, during which one of the victims was shot in the abdomen, indicates that carjacking gangs may be resurfacing in the city.
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Good news for recruitment agencies!
After a lull of nearly six years, there is talk about resumption of private recruiting agencies supplying expatriate labourers to the Malaysian market.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A neglected community
It is disquieting to note that members of the 'Rishi' community living in Shalikha upazila of Magura have been facing social discrimination due to their so called 'low caste' identity.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Freeing up roads and pavements
Speakers at a recently organised seminar were informed by minister for roads and communications Obaidul Qader that the principal hindrance to freeing up roads and pavements from illegal squatters is political pressure.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Mobile Courts may get extra powers
Three new clauses have been proposed to be added to the Mobile Court Act 2009 in a bid to empower executive magistrates.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
You have done us proud
Bangladesh cricket team has made history trouncing India by six wickets in the second ODI and sealing the historic series with a match in hand.
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Law enforcers in Yaba trade
We are shocked that a syndicate of members of the police force were reportedly involved in smuggling Yaba on Cox's Bazar-Dhaka route.
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Oil slick into Karnaphuli
We are into the fourth day since three wagons of a train, each carrying 25,000 litres of furnace oil, plunged into a canal in Boakhali upazila of Chittagong, dangerously close to the Karnaphuli River.
21 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Abduction of BGB soldier
It has been five days since a BGB Nayek was abducted by the Myanmar border forces -- the BGP. He has not been returned till going to press.
21 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Ramadan price hike
Prices of essential food items that make up the traditional fare for breaking fast shot up anywhere between 50 and 100 percent in the
20 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Underage workers in precarious jobs
A photo-story of The Daily Star published yesterday depicts the hazardous condition in which children are working in the city, at a time of
20 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A convincing win for the Tigers
At the end of a consistent series of wins the Tigers have emerged victorious defeating such a high-ranking ODI side as India.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Three million cases pending
A colossal backlog of around 3 million cases is pending with the courts across the country, including the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court (SC), causing immeasurable suffering to the litigants.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM