Bangladesh has been facing many economic challenges in the recent periods. Remittance and export earnings both fell at a time when the country’s import payments rose. The balance of payments came under immense pressure as the forex reserve continued declining for the last one year. Because of all these, the local currency has experienced a big depreciation. In this situation, Bangladesh sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. Will this IMF loan solve Bangladesh’s economic problems? Why is this loan so important?

Dwayne Johnson of The Rock fame, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Shahi and many others played various roles in the Jaume Koet Sera film Black Adam. The story of this movie is based on the story of a region called Kahandak about 5,000 years ago.

14 unions in Bakerganj upazila of Barisal have been badly affected by Cyclone Sitrang.

Truck driver Samad suddenly meets a man named Jamshed. Jamshed says that he is from the future and knows many secrets of Samad. Does Jamshed really know the future? What is his true identity? Or is there something else behind it?

It is a narrative about a love triangle. Majnu, the local tailor, falls in love with 'Lovely,' the chairman's daughter. Lovely has no idea about this one-sided love.

Zareen Tasneem Sharif is one of 25 global winners of the award.

Joyeeta Trisha shares her journey as a photographer along with her take on life on how to live to the fullest.

Once pirates roamed freely in the Sundarbans and fishermen feared their brutality. Abduction, murder, and violence were the form of life in the deep forest. But Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cleared the mangrove forest from that. Operation Sundarbans is the story of Rab's thrilling operations.

Mice are carefully bred and fed on shelves to become food for 60 venomous snakes. In today's Inside Bangladesh, watch how mice are bred.

Recently, Bangladesh Chhatra League formed committees at 39 private universities. The authorities at these universities, teachers, students and their parents are all concerned about this.

Pigeons have historically been popular as pets. Watch the story of modern-day pigeon lovers of Dhaka in today’s Inside Bangladesh.

Another law is being prepared to throttle press freedom and the freedom of expression. Again, vague terms like “harming public harmony” and “state security” are being inserted into a law to be interpreted subjectively, and used recklessly, only to harass and intimidate journalists and punish dissenting voices.

Has anything changed in these five years since the Rohingya influx in Bangladesh? How is life now for those living in the camps? The Daily Star Deputy Chief Reporter Mohammad Al-Masum Molla is in Kutupalong Refugee Camp.

The Dhaka South City Corporation has decided that general drug stores will close by midnight. Medicine shops attached to hospitals must close by 2am. But what happens if someone needs medicine urgently after 2am?

Mehdi Hasan, a young businessman from Gazipur, transforms trash into a variety of artifacts.

Bhai Girish Chandra Sen was a polymath, and the first person to translate the Holy Quran in Bangla.

Speaking to us about this issue is Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University. 

Ever since the 1980s-90s, our typical perception of a rural village has been changing.

Based heavily on Rakib Hasan’s series of detective novels called Teen Goyenda, Hoichoi’s Kaiser is part tribute to the genre of detective novels and part beckoning call for viewers to return to the excitement of reading books.

Between July 28 and August 4, 2018, school and college students across the country protested to ensure road safety for all.