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Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.
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Timely election must for economic stability
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Zero pass rate a sign of bigger problems
23 October 2025, 05:00 AM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
Can the vision for 'New Bangladesh' ignore the poor, farmers, workers, youth, women, or employment and climate crises?
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Why global crises are pushing the world towards renewables
The urgency to move away from fossil fuels and into renewables isn’t just about climate change anymore.
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NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
25 April 2024, 05:00 AM
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Destruction of Hargazi Canal
24 April 2024, 08:18 AM
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‘King's Party’ tag still sticks on BNP: Samantha Sharmin
30 December 2024, 13:29 PM
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How could 30,000 foreigners stay here without valid papers?
23 December 2024, 19:27 PM
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The new pay scale: Is a price hike inevitable?
Finally, the government has conveyed a 'financial greeting' to its employees on the eve of Victory Day through the gazette notification
18 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Biman is also an airlines
Things appeared relatively calm one Wednesday morning. Officials were screening passengers and baggage. Children were running
18 December 2015, 18:00 PM
A renaissance man with a beautiful mind
Leopold Sulerzhitsky, one of Leo Tolstoy's friends and followers, claimed in a letter that there were two Tolstoys. He mentioned that
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Help is around the corner, court it and benefit
There's a sigh of relief breezing through the country's 18 million internet users over the unblocking of the social media sites the
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Migrants shape a better Asia and the Pacific – if we let them
Over land, by air and by sea, the people of Asia and the Pacific are on the move – this is the finding of the forthcoming Asia-Pacific
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
The Pledge of December 18, 2015
In December 2000, the UN General Assembly declared December 18 as the International Migrant Workers' Day. The civil society in
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Ensure Better Governance for Safe Migration
Bangladesh is one of the key labour-sending countries of the world. Each year a large number of people migrate overseas for both long
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
No freedom to poke fun?
On December 10, the government opened Facebook again possibly in view of proxy servers circumventing the ban and widespread
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Why Economists Put Health First
In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford.
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
A new beginning
The Commonwealth is unique with 53 member states linked by common goals. All members are equal and none have veto powers. It
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Out of Bangladesh
According to a research report titled “Illegal Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013”, recently published by the
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
It is important to remember 1971
I appreciated Sushmita Preetha's article, Do You Really Remember? (TDS, November 26, 2015). It is encouraging to read the writing of a
15 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Between Liberation and Freedom: Reflections on the Constituent Assembly Debate
Liberation and freedom are not quite the same thing. The former primarily registers a sense of negation; the state of being emancipated
15 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistani war criminals of 1971 still free
On December 16, 2012, a brave heart 'Nirbhaya' was raped and mutilated by four men in a moving bus in Delhi. This incident shook the
15 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Demanding apology from a myopic establishment
The government and the people of Bangladesh have quite justifiably expressed their shock and indignation at the reaction of Pakistani
15 December 2015, 18:00 PM
The inside story of the Paris Agreement
On the night of December 12, in the French city of Paris, almost exactly a month after the horrific terrorist attacks there, the leaders of
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Trump's fascist response to home terror
Before the grieving relatives could bury the 14 innocent civilians mowed down by two Muslim terrorists in San Bernardino, California, on
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Right To Information: Using RTI to get justice
Since our last column, we were privileged to attend three meetings organised by the government as part of its efforts to promote open
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Opinion: BNP-Jamaat must explain what is Hanadar Bahini
BNP, Jatiya Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh in their official statements marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day did not mention Pakistan army and their local collaborators who spearheaded the killing of the intellectuals.
14 December 2015, 08:55 AM
Trade policy: World racing ahead, Bangladesh standing still
BANGLADESH'S remarkable success in exports needs no new recognition. Sustained comparative advantage in low-skilled labour
13 December 2015, 18:00 PM