Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
23 October 2025, 18:30 PM
Can Trump’s Gaza ceasefire redefine peace in Middle East?
23 October 2025, 14:00 PM
The dilemma triangle of our tertiary education
23 October 2025, 07:00 AM
MIND THE GAP / A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
23 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Ports for private profit or national progress?
23 October 2025, 03:00 AM
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
22 October 2025, 06:29 AM
Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
22 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion / Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
22 October 2025, 04:00 AM
National Road Safety Day / ‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
23 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Can Trump’s Gaza ceasefire redefine peace in Middle East?
Past efforts suggest that pauses in conflict often reflect tactical recalibration rather than durable resolution.
23 October 2025, 14:00 PM
The dilemma triangle of our tertiary education
Despite being largely regarded as a gateway to prosperity and social mobility, tertiary education is in profound crisis.
23 October 2025, 07:00 AM
A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
Projections by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicate that tea cultivation areas could shrink by 2050.
23 October 2025, 06:00 AM
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
Post-uprising women were expected to play central role in policymaking, which did not happen.
23 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Ports for private profit or national progress?
After allowing private operators in major ports, India enacted a competition law specifically covering port concessions to prevent monopolistic control by a few global terminal operators.
23 October 2025, 03:00 AM
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
Countries that have embraced data localisation have seen digital markets shrink.
22 October 2025, 06:29 AM
'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.
22 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
The claim that soldiers are answerable only to court martial, and that a civilian-style tribunal has no jurisdiction over them, fails both on the text of the constitution and on the relevant statutes.
22 October 2025, 04:00 AM
‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, professor of civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks to Monorom Polok of The Daily Star about the role of systemic failures and corruption behind the alarming rate of traffic fatalities in Bangladesh, and the critical structural reforms required to curb it.
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
We must rebuild an economy that works well for the youth
The uprising is not supposed to be a passing eruption.
21 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Why is contraceptive access no longer a national priority?
The government should swiftly restore normal contraceptive supplies and treat this matter as a national priority.
21 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Bangladesh must shift from investment promotion to facilitation
Despite substantial spending, many digitisation initiatives have turned into opportunities for rent-seeking rather than reform.
21 October 2025, 03:00 AM
The HSC result debacle exposes long-hidden cracks in our education
For two decades, Bangladesh lived under a comforting numerical, statistical, and sweetly deceptive illusion.
20 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Gaza's ‘peace’ and the unanswered questions of justice
Even as world leaders celebrate, the truce on the ground is already stained with blood.
20 October 2025, 12:00 PM
National unity is key to Bangladesh's success
Dr Yunus’s initiative in UNGA achieved much more than diplomatic optics.
20 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Behind our RMG miracle lies exploited labour
At the heart of the problem lies wage disparity. Economists track this through the wage share of value added—the portion of output that accrues to workers as pay after materials and overhead.
20 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Constituent power and a pathway for implementing July Charter
July National Charter marks a key step toward democratic renewal.
20 October 2025, 02:00 AM
An Islamic pension is crucial, but it must be done right
The UPS currently offers four schemes for citizens aged 18 and above: Probash, Progoti, Surakkha, and Samata.
19 October 2025, 06:00 AM
What Bangladesh’s fake news boom says about our information crisis
When mainstream news loses credibility, counterfeits rush in.
19 October 2025, 04:00 AM
New data laws put state power above people’s privacy
A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.
19 October 2025, 03:00 AM