Save Dhaleshwari from pollution

When industrial waste ends up in a river unfiltered, it is safe to say that the river's days are numbered. The government allows factories
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Lucy Helen should be given citizenship

The Daily Star published a feature report titled “A Briton with a Bangladeshi heart” on December 30, 2017.
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Power of ICT

The Star Weekend published an article titled "ICT can drive away graft" on December 28, 2017. First off, I would like to thank The Daily Star for introducing ICT Awards to inspire information technology-based companies.
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Mumbai fire tragedy

It is shocking that at least 14 people were killed in a fire incident at a pub in Mumbai, India.
1 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya repatriation

Rohingya repatriation is proving to be a difficult process as Russia and China are complicating the matter in the UN Security Council by obstructing the way to holding Myanmar responsible.
1 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Ensuring quality education for all

The 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh proclaimed that the state must be “establishing a uniform, mass-oriented and universal system of
31 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Future with robots

On December 29, The Daily Star published a piece titled Living with robots—Dhaka in 2050 in its youth magazine Shout. I do not think
31 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Do we deserve better rulers?

We generally tend to blame politics and the politicians for all our problems, as if the rest of the people and professions in the country are
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Dhaka's water crisis

The Daily Star on December 26 published a report titled “Safe water in jar mostly unsafe” on its front page. This was an astonishing report. We are astounded to learn that what we drink believing "safe water" is not safe at all.
29 December 2017, 18:00 PM

A glorious triumph

Congratulations to the young members of the Bangladesh women's national under-15 football team on clinching the title of the recently concluded SAFF U-15 Women's Championship in Dhaka.
29 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Teachers' hunger strike

In public primary schools, the preliminary teaching position is that of an assistant teacher. Many assistant teachers end up retiring after decades without any promotion. Few of them can become head teachers.
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM

The unending drug problem

The number of drug addicts has increased dramatically in Bangladesh. A survey carried out last year found about seven to eight million drug addicts in the country.
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Making sense of admission exams

An acquaintance of mine who passed all her public exams with a GPA 5 did not succeed when it came to the entrance tests of major
27 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Ensure safety for female expatriate workers

Both male and female populations of the country contribute to our economic growth. In rural areas, however, women lag behind men
27 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Congratulations U-15 Women's Football team

Congratulations to the Bangladesh U-15 Women's Football team on winning the SAFF Under-15 Women's Championship tournament,
26 December 2017, 18:00 PM

The harmful effects of soft drinks

Soft drinks or carbonated beverages consist of a unique chemical blend of sugar or artificial sweetening agents, caffeine, colour, flavour and preservatives in water, injected with carbon-dioxide gas.
25 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Ethical failures in the financial sector

Professor Dr Rehman Sobhan on Thursday in a conference identified ethical failures in a number of areas of financial sectors, including the capital market, banking sector and commodity market.
24 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Discouraging smoking in public

A US court ruling recently forced cigarette companies to concede that their products were harmful and that they had misled the public about the health effects of smoking.
24 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Who is to blame for stampedes?

Deaths from stampedes are not a new phenomenon in our country. The police records these deaths as “unnatural”. No one feels an urge
23 December 2017, 18:00 PM

A serious threat to education

Question paper leaks have become a serious issue in the country. Earlier, the leaks were mainly of SSC, HSC and BCS. Now, even class I
23 December 2017, 18:00 PM