Women at the Forefront: Shaping Climate Action in Bangladesh
5 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Breaking Barriers: Recognize and Empower Women Fisherfolks
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Police reform hinges on independent commission
20 September 2025, 18:14 PM
Star roundtable on LDC graduation / Reform or brace for setbacks
15 September 2025, 18:18 PM
Star roundtable-3 / Simpler rules key to smooth transition from LDC
2 September 2025, 18:11 PM
It's a national crisis
28 August 2025, 21:42 PM
Service barriers, financing gaps stifle young entrepreneurs
28 August 2025, 21:40 PM
Skills, compliance, and coordination vital for agro export readiness
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
No emission goals without sustainable land management
25 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Towards an Agricultural Price Commission: Safeguarding Farmers’ Livelihoods
24 August 2025, 18:00 PM
South Asia in a changing world
South Asia is a critical link to the rise of Asia and its position in the international system. With a population of 1.8 billion people, it houses one fourth of the global humanity.
18 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Alternative Credit Scoring: Collaterising Data for MSE Financing
The Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) is a 25 million-pound programme to increase access to finance for micro and small enterprises. BFP-B has assisted financial sector regulators to develop regulation and common industry infrastructure that make
23 October 2019, 18:00 PM
A roadmap for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis
The Daily Star in association with North South University (NSU) organised a roundtable titled “A roadmap for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis” on September 24, 2019. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
16 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Patterns and effects of climate change in the north-west Bangladesh and its policy implications
Bangladesh is one of the worst sufferers of climate change. The north-west part of Bangladesh has improved a lot in the last few years in terms of both poverty and employment but the adverse impacts of climate change are putting our progress at risk.
14 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Affordable homes for all
A comprehensive policy taking into account the interests of landowners, builders, financiers and prospective homeowners can give a boost to the housing sector and enable more people to own homes, said industry players and financiers yesterday.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh as the next destination: Deepening economic ties with Japan
Japan has been a trustworthy and dependable friend since the birth of Bangladesh. It gives Bangladesh immense pride and confidence
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Creating blended finance architecture for catalysing impact investment in Bangladesh
Over the last four years, BFP-B has made three investments in Alternative Investment Vehicles (AIV). We did this to find an alternative
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Role of family and religious values in preventing violent extremism
It’s been quite some time now since we have noticed the rise of militancy and violent extremism in the country. The Holey Artisan
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Realising the unfinished agenda of ICPD in Bangladesh
The 25th anniversary of the ICPD (International Conference on Population and Development) is a momentous occasion to assess what Bangladesh has done so far and what we need to do for the future regarding population issues. It seems that earlier, we were very intense on population
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Belt and Road Initiative: Perspective from Bangladesh
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major undertaking. In the words of President Xi Jinping “This is the project of the century”. It
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Win back trust to thrive
Bangladesh’s financial sector is suffering from a crisis of trust among savers in the face of continued governance failure, said top
3 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Skills strategies for jobs
A central focus of BYLC’s work over the past decade has been in instilling values of public service in youth and equipping them with leadership skills. After having trained more than 4,000 youth, another major strand of our work now is in ensuring livelihood for them.
26 July 2019, 18:00 PM
People’s participation, democracy and local governance: Features of democracy in Switzerland and Bangladesh
Democracy is under a lot of pressure globally.
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Way to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Sector Wide Approach (SWAp): Opportunities and Challenges
The topic of discussion today is technical and vocational education. We would like to talk about how development partners, private
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Promoting eco-friendly production process in the RMG sector
The key question of today’s discussion is how we can sustain the growth of the RMG sector and yet protect our natural resources. We are most concerned about water. The Daily Star has written umpteen times about pollution of water sources due to inefficient management of industrial wastes.
1 June 2019, 18:00 PM
The Security Implications of Climate Change
Bangladesh is identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change. Every aspect of our life will be
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Weather index-based insurance for mitigating agricultural risks in Bangladesh
Weather index-based insurance is one of BFP-B’s 30 live innovation-investments in Bangladesh. We do rigorous impact assessments
18 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Women's Football : Success, challenges and impact beyond the pitch
[Hasanuzzaman Khan] Bablu bhai asked me in 2001 to form a team from BJMC to play an exhibition match -- the first ever by a Bangladesh women’s team -- against a West Bengal side. We lost and it hurt when we conceded goals, but I knew that I was a part of Bangladesh football history.
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation
My diverse job experiences have helped me to work towards entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. Bangladesh is on the way
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for the Region
The Daily Star and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) jointly organised a roundtable titled “Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for the Region” on March 04, 2019. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM