It is a matter of great regret that for all our development, we haven't been able to change the plight of our farmers. They do not get fair

Mahathir Mohammad's electoral triumph in the recently held Malaysian election was extraordinary. He had ruled the country for over two

The government is all set to bail out the scam-hit Farmers Bank. In my opinion, such a move will set a dangerous precedence and will have negative consequences in the future. Despite doubling the interest rates on deposits, the bank has failed to attract new customers. Also, it could not regain its clients' confidence after restructuring the board twice. Under these circumstances, if the government injects fresh capital into the bank, it will drain out too.

We are dismayed at the cabinet secretary's recent remark that there was no progress in issuing the gazette notification scrapping the present quota system in public service jobs. This is a violation of the prime minister's directive.

The Rohingya crisis is one of the gravest humanitarian crises of our time. In the face of unspeakable horror unleashed by Myanmar's military force, nearly a million Rohingyas fled their country to Bangladesh. They have been living in the refugee camps ever since.

For a democracy to survive, elections should be conducted in a free and fair manner. But in Bangladesh we have experienced that if an

People have grown tired of repeating the fact that Dhaka needs a more comfortable and usable public transport system. Mayor Annisul Huq, before his untimely death, took an initiative to organise and bring together all bus owners under one single banner to form a company in which each owner would hold a proportionate share.

Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first geostationary communications satellite of Bangladesh, will be launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. Thales Alenia Space, a French company, designed and built the satellite, which already underwent several test runs.

From May 5, 1818 to May 5, 2018 - yes, Karl Marx, had he been alive, would have been 200 years old! He is still relevant, because Marxism is very much alive and kicking in welfare states in the Scandinavian region. Even the United States, the bastion of free market capitalism, cannot deny the influence of Marxism in some of its most celebrated programmes such as subsidised or free health care, education and allowance for the unemployed.

Around 24 people across the country died in a single day recently after being struck by lightning. This shows that many people still do not know what precautions to take during severe thunderstorms.

Recently, a photo went viral on social media showing an on-duty female police officer providing first-aid treatment to someone who was

On April 28, The Daily Star published an editorial titled “Libraries crucial for knowledge-based society”. Libraries are where sources knowledge are stored. A library has the potential to open a world of wisdom for young people, many of whom are vulnerable to becoming addicted to drugs.

In the wake of the killings of several people belonging to regional political organisations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, citizens are concerned.

Reportedly, there are 190 factories built within 10km of the Sundarbans. Of them, 24 are considered highly dangerous for the environment.

I do not know exactly how many countries in the world allow doctors who work for public hospitals to have their private practices. In Bangladesh, there are currently no laws that prohibit this. As private practice is more lucrative, many doctors ignore their responsibilities at public hospitals.

Session jam is a very common problem of our public universities. Being a student of Comilla University, I am also a victim of this. The

Recently, I came across a very impressive piece of news in this newspaper titled “For the love of books.” The report was done by Andrew

Finally, this year's HSC examinations have concluded without any known incident of question paper leak. This almost seemed impossible at one stage.

Many victims of sexual harassment have recently spoken up on social media, describing the kind of harassments they have faced in public transports. According to a Brac study, about 94 percent of women using public transports have been subjected to such disgraceful harassment at least once.

Recently, I had paid a visit to Benapole with a few friends along the fabulous Jashore road, the same road described in Allen Ginsberg's poem “September on Jessore Road.” I knew about the hundreds of gigantic, centuries-old trees that were on both sides of the road, but it was an amazing experience to see them first hand.