Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.
Opinion
Timely election must for economic stability
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Opinion
Zero pass rate a sign of bigger problems
23 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
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?
Geopolitical Insights
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.
Opinion
NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
25 April 2024, 05:00 AM
Opinion
Destruction of Hargazi Canal
24 April 2024, 08:18 AM
Opinion
Explainer / Why are BNP, Jamaat, NCP leaders accompanying Yunus to UNGA?
22 September 2025, 06:57 AM
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Watch / No provision in the constitution should be outside the purview of judiciary: Mahfuz Anam
2 September 2025, 16:15 PM
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How accurate is Trump's claim about $29 million?
25 February 2025, 16:25 PM
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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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Creating an autism-friendly society
“During the lockdown, our teachers offered online classes, but it was extremely challenging for autistic children to understand the instructions through a screen.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Why do we need an artificial lake in Modhupur forest?
A beautiful baid may soon turn into a little artificial lake in Modhupur forest area. Baid is low land to grow rice and other crops in, between chala (high) land with sal stands.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
One year after the Mros’ long march in Bandarban, has anything changed?
In February 2021, hundreds of members of the Mro community marched from Chimbuk Hill to Bandarban town, protesting the construction of a five-star
31 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Can BIMSTEC rise to meet the new challenges?
The 5th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ended on March 30, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A citizen’s solution to Dhaka’s traffic problem
Recently, the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation recommended an odd-even-car-rationing solution to Dhaka’s perennial traffic problem.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Working towards safe, sustainable cities for women
Making cities like Dhaka women-friendly and climate-proof requires a whole-of-society approach.
30 March 2022, 15:20 PM
Is Ukraine collateral damage for the US?
In 1985, at the height of the Cold War, Hollywood produced a movie called “Rocky IV”, a typical good-American-bad-Russian story.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Air pollution is an existential threat for us. We must act.
Every year, the Economist Intelligence Unit publishes a list of liveable cities in the world, where Dhaka is inevitably placed near the bottom.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
The Slap: When toxic masculinity becomes the language of love
Why is a man seen as the default protector to a woman? Why do we believe that a woman cannot protect herself—let alone decide when she does or does not require protection?
29 March 2022, 14:57 PM
Learning to Love Dhaka
The other day, a Dutch friend of mine and I were having lunch when I mentioned how chaotic I’d heard the Dhaka airport was now.
28 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Will Rohingya repatriation ever happen?
This is what a middle-aged Rohingya man, living at a makeshift camp in Cox’s Bazar, who crossed over to Bangladesh during the 2017 exodus of Rohingyas fleeing military persecution in Rakhine, Myanmar, said when I asked him how he was.
28 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh can stay ahead of global inflation, if it acts now
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber, and as deadly as a hitman”—these were the words of Ronald Reagan during his campaign for the US presidency at the beginning of 1980s.
28 March 2022, 18:00 PM
What does the Ukraine conflict mean for West Asia?
Western commentators are struggling to describe the significance of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
27 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A town with no plastic bottles or polythene bags
Recently, while visiting a small town in the south called Raozan, I was impressed to see how there were no empty plastic bottles or used polythene lying around.
26 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Pakistan still owes Bangladesh an apology
At the height of the Cold War, half a century ago, Bangladesh triumphed over Pakistan in a nine-month war for independence in 1971.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
When will UN recognise Bangladesh genocide?
Bangladesh celebrated its golden jubilee of independence in 2021.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
March 25: A glimpse into the darkest of all nights
Dateline: March 25, 1971. 11am. Some of us were having tea at the canteen of Mohsin Hall, Dhaka University when a batchmate of ours came inside and warned us of a possible police/military action later in the evening.
24 March 2022, 18:00 PM
After two years of Covid, what’s next?
For all of us around the world, the last two years have been rough because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
24 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A case for mindful consumption in a mindless era
Traditionally, Bangladeshis have been a sustainability-minded nation, despite the fact that the branding of “sustainability” per se has never really been applied to us.
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM
How the EC can conduct credible elections
The 13th Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, assumed office at a time when election credibility in Bangladesh is under question.
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM