Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
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
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?
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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.
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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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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How the arts can help make AI better
We need to seriously think about the effective integration of “arts” into our education system.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Is democracy worth fighting for?
The eyes of the world are on Ukraine as its citizens fight to uphold their democracy in the face of Russian aggression. But how many people are aware that American democracy is similarly under grave threat?
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
In EC formation, was AL’s political tactic at play?
The new Election Commission, led by Kazi Habibul Awal, is the first in the country’s history to have been formed through the enactment of a specific law, as prescribed in the constitution 50 years ago.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Is 2022 precursor to 2024 polls in India?
Holi, the festival of colour, has come a week early for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Even before the full results of the assembly elections in Uttar
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Why wait for a deadly war to act against kleptocrats?
Two weeks after the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, how it may eventually evolve remains uncertain, given Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s apparent mission of neutralising the neighbour—which could imply virtual annexation.
10 March 2022, 18:00 PM
The flip side of economic growth
With the rising prices of essentials in Bangladesh, people with fixed income are struggling to make ends meet.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Time to change the story of coastal women’s struggles
Maksura lived in Shyamnagar, in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. She graduated against all odds and dreamed of a future where she could work and apply her knowledge in real life.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian societal tensions are mirrored in Putin’s Orthodox church
The Russian Orthodox Church blesses rather than fire weapons. In doing so, it has emerged as a powerful weapon in its own right in President Vladimir Putin’s civilisationalist arsenal.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Developing countries are leading climate actions
The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) was launched over 10 years ago, by then President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, and has been operating since then with a different head of government in charge of it for a two-year tenure.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Only reduced costs can end migrants’ exploitation
Rezaul Mia from Tangail spent about Tk 4.5 lakh, which he acquired through a loan, to get a labourer’s job in Saudi Arabia last year.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Where can domestic violence survivors actually go?
On this year’s International Women’s Day, which is being celebrated across Bangladesh and with much grandiosity in Dhaka, I want us all to think of Yasmin Ara, a young woman from Satkhira, who has been thrown out of her home by her mother-in-law a few months after losing her husband.
7 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Stuck between two worldviews and two futures
The Earth is living. She is Gaia, Pachamama, Vasundhara, Terra Madre. For indigenous cultures, she is Mother Earth. Even scientists like James Lovelock call her Gaia, because they have understood that she is living.
7 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Due diligence laws must be a shared burden
We recently saw the announcement of new supply chain “due diligence” laws by the European Union (EU), which are aimed at making multinational businesses accountable for social and environmental transgressions in supply chains.
6 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Watch out for trouble in southeast Bangladesh
The southeast part of Bangladesh shares border with the Mizoram state of India and the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Boi Mela is bringing kids to books. We can take this further.
“During school holidays, my coaching centre is closed. I encourage students to read books, play or do things they really enjoy.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
What Ukraine needs
Although Ukraine’s armed forces are outnumbered by those of Russian President Vladimir Putin invading our country, we take heart from the growing support we are receiving from friends abroad.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Can we beat dysfunctional capitalism?
Whom should I blame when I see the rich and influential speed their expensive cars down the street, as if everything’s perfectly fine, while my father, who has been working as an unpaid journalist for the past several months, struggles every day?
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM
The colonial, capitalist curation of ‘Bangla’ culture
The collective and national memories of the struggle for Bangla is dense in the air, given that February just went by, inviting people to recognise the need to
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Can Ukraine war spell a nuclear disaster?
In a callback to its trigger-happy Soviet days, Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, blocking all avenues of dialogue and
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Time to pull the plug on power, energy subsidies
On February 22, 2022, during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Council (Ecnec), the prime minister instructed the relevant government agencies to gradually cut down on subsidies supporting economic activities of the country.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM