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Timely election must for economic stability
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Zero pass rate a sign of bigger problems
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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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NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
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Destruction of Hargazi Canal
24 April 2024, 08:18 AM
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How could 30,000 foreigners stay here without valid papers?
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Obesity on the rise
It is parents and guardians who need to be brought into any national campaign that targets better eating habits for children from a younger age.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Hear Them
There is a curfew in Baltimore, Maryland, USA which is in a state of emergency. So everyone was out in the streets at 6:33 pm GMT,
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Preparedness is the best defence in an earthquake disaster
The Nepal earthquake and aftershocks are definitely a wakeup call for Bangladesh, as the epicentre is gradually moving towards the Northeast of India, within 350 km from Dhaka.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
No winners, only losers
Election Day invariably creates a festive mood mingled with a sense of anticipation. The recent mayoral contest in Dhaka on April 28 was no different.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Obama's Drone War: Indiscriminate Killing and Selective Apology
On April 23 President Obama publicly apologised for the deaths of two Western hostages – one American and one Italian – killed accidentally by a U.S. drone attack on an al Qaeda camp in mid-January, somewhere in Pakistan.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Journalism can thrive in a digital world!
THE theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day, Journalism thrives! Towards better reporting, gender equality and media safety in the digital age outlines a few of the issues related to the role of contemporary journalists and media in our societies.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Fear is not the key
THE Nepal earthquake of April 25, its worst in four decades, has again given free fodder to even freer speculations from the layman to the experts...
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Most Needed and Most Neglected
ONE of the most cherished privileges many expat Bangladeshis miss about their motherland is the comfort of having others do all their household chores –
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
KHALIDA FAHMI
KHALIDA Fahmi, the former Deputy Director General of Bangladesh Television passed away on April 30, 2014 at 83 years of age.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world'
Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor and Chairman of Department of Geology at Dhaka University, speaks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about earthquake risk assessment and management in Bangladesh.
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Making the workplace safer -It's everybody's responsibility
Dostoevsky in his novel The House of the Dead wrote:“The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” In
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Unabated border killings
Eighteen unarmed Bangladeshis were reportedly killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Indo-Bangladesh border in the
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Why mayors are crucial for the future
The mayoral elections in Dhaka and Chittagong have generated two types of interest.
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Cities of Hope, Cities of Despair
The pace of urbanisation has gained a new momentum in the past few decades with many developing countries, led by their cities, growing rapidly. The existing pace of urban growth is likely to persist in the next few decades.
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
An acid test for the EC
Former Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Shakhawat Hossain talks to The Daily Star's Naznin Tithi about the challenges of ensuring fair and inclusive city corporation elections.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The right to be disillusioned
We the city people need to be a little more realistic about this election as a panacea to all the city's problems. The election should not be the goal but a beginning of a movement for a democratic and participatory future of city governance.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Lest we not remember to forget!
IN the months that followed the collapse of Rana Plaza, workers and labour organisations had vehemently fought the silent,
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
WALKING the talk
Sometimes I wish I was a gifted fiction writer and not a mediocre columnist.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
WALKING the talk
Sometimes I wish I was a gifted fiction writer and not a mediocre columnist.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
No ahsan at the manzil
JUST as we do not like to have shik kabab with Chinese noodles (hopefully I am right), or expect someone to wear a red tie over his ...
24 April 2015, 18:00 PM