Is there no end to electoral violence?

The recent gas crisis and fuel price hike posed many questions about Bangladesh’s energy policy. Golam Mortoza, editor, The Daily Star Bangla, discussed these issues in Star Viewsroom

Why, after ensuring 100 percent electricity coverage, is there still a shortage of power generation in the country?

News of teachers being humiliated, abused and even killed by their students and other locals have been resurfacing time and time again.

There are already laws in place for newspapers and journalists. Why did the Press Council, then, take the initiative to amend the Press Council Act 1974, keeping provision to impose a fine of up to Tk 10 lakh? Is it not their obligation to protect the interests of journalists?

An analysis of the national budget 2022-23 for Bangladesh, amidst Covid recovery and the Ukraine-Russia war.

"Awami League should ensure BNP’s participation in polls" -- why is KM Nurul Huda saying this now after stepping down from the position of Chief Election Commissioner?

News of huge sums of money being siphoned out of Bangladesh comes out in national and international media often. Washington-based organisation Global Financial Integrity reported that Bangladesh is losing Tk 70,000 crores every year due to money laundering. According to various media outlets, the sum is even greater.

Bangladesh has been feeling this inflationary pressure since June 2020.

The Election Commission is meeting with various political and non-political parties and individuals to hold a fair and acceptable national election -- and within the discussion, the use of electronic voting machines or EVMs is getting the attention in the political arena. But why is the EVM debate so crucial especially when the national election is closing in?

On 18 April, a trifle turned into a violent clash between students and traders around the New Market area in Dhaka -- with 2 persons getting killed, more than 60 being injured, and loss of property in millions of takas.

Vice Chancellor - a guardian, a lighthouse for the most talented minds studying in the highest institutes of education. They are among the most respected people in our country. Or are they, nowadays?

Humayun Azad, a writer, poet, linguist, and a professor of University of Dhaka was brutally attacked by extremist militants on February 27, 2004. The verdict of his murder case is going to be delivered today at last after 18 long years.

What does the public think of Women's Day and feminism?

According to the government, Bangladesh is now self-sufficient in food production, especially in rice production. But we still have to rely on imports in order to meet the nutritional demands of our population. What does self-sufficiency mean then?

The Rohingya camps, with growing cases of drug and arms smuggling, violence, homicides and other illegal activities, is increasingly becoming a security threat for this country.

When the Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine State were facing a brutal military crackdown in late August, 2017 and found the doors of neighbouring countries closed -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had taken the bold decision to give them safe refuge in Bangladesh. And now, after four years, more than a million Rohingyas are still waiting for a solution to their exiled lives.

For the last 41 years the Soviet Union and USA used Afghanistan as a playground for geopolitics.

Within just a few hours, more than 50 people became homeless, as their houses were engulfed in the riverbank erosion caused by the untamed Jamuna.