Many of us who visited Bangkok may have enjoyed a river cruise and noticed the number of Bridges. I counted 16 or 17 on my visit, a

We are also taking into account the impact of the Bridge on bio-diversity of the river. That's why we will restrict piling work during the hilsha season.

We are very glad to see the recent progress of the Padma Bridge project. I want to give my sincere thanks to the PM for her relentless effort to make it happen. Now we expect timely completion of the project so that the country can reap the best out of it.

Bangladesh has achieved tremendous success in primary school enrollment. But still majority of the children with disability remains

If you look globally, you'll find that there are only 8 million farmers who have over 100 hectares of land. But a large

ON the 5th of December, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund

Dr. Ahmed Al Kabir, President, RTM International

On the 17th of October, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a

Debashis Roy, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Grameenphone

The Daily Star and WaterAid have been working together to generate policy discussions and raise awareness about the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene in ensuring health and education rights of the poor and marginalized. We believe without reaching universal WASH accessibility, Bangladesh cannot be a middle income country with a healthy generation. I welcome all to this roundtable and have constructive discussion and request Mr. Shamim Ahmed to moderate the roundtable.

Challenges for Bangladesh

Regulatory Guidelines for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in Bangladesh

We are very concerned with the rise of irregular migration to Malaysia. Previously, migrants used to go to Thailand and from there through forest they trespassed into Malaysia. Since 2012, besides irregular migration to Malaysia, we see a new trend where Bangladeshi fortune seekers have joined the flight of Rohingyas to Malaysia through sea route. At one stage of the risky journey, they fall victim to trafficking.

I am not a doctor, but as a layman I understand fistula is preventable and treatable but many of the women do not know where to go to

Shameem Ahsan, President, BASIS

Recently UNFPA and The Daily Star organised a roundtable on “Midwifery-led Maternal Health”. Here we publish a summary of the discussion

Dove and The Daily Star recently organised a roundtable on “Choose Beautiful”. This is a new campaign from Dove encouraging women to reconsider the choices they make about their beauty. Here we publish a summary of the discussions

Md. Kaikobad Hossain, Executive Director, Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)

PROGGA and The Daily Star recently organised a roundtable on "Tobacco Control Law & Smoke-free Environment". Here we publish a

UNFPA and The Daily Star organised a Roundtable on "Gender Equality and Women Empowerment" on March 2, 2015. Here we publish a summary of the discussions