Two elephants die at Gazipur Safari Park in two days
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Wild Life
US delegation in Dhaka to explore investment opportunities
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Global Economy
A 45-member business delegation from the United States, representing 25 companies under the US-Bangladesh Business Council (USBBC), arrived in Dhaka on August 11 to explore investment opportunities.
Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to step down
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USA
Cashless push faces infrastructure, trust barriers: BB
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Economy
Bangladesh is seeing rapid growth in card-based transactions, but the transition to a cashless payment system continues to face structural challenges, including inadequate digital infrastructure, low financial literacy, cybersecurity concerns, high transaction costs and a deep-rooted cash-based culture, according to Bangladesh Bank.
Presidential election: Nomination paper submission begins
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Bangladesh
Three nomination papers collected so far, EC says
Lingering LNG crisis may drag power cut woes
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Energy
Aus vs Ban 1st Test, Day 1 / Pacers dominate as Bangladesh expose Australia's tail
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Top News
Ninth pay scale to be implemented over 2yrs
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Bangladesh
Fakhrul BNP’s presidential candidate
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Bangladesh
Woman detained with 24 Bengal monitors in Khagrachhari
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Wildlife
In pictures: Eclipse craze grips Spain, Iceland
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World
A new chance to fix urban primary healthcare in Bangladesh
Views
More than 40 percent Bangladeshis live in urban areas, 35 percent of whom reside in slums, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ 2022 census.
An epidemic that shouldn’t have occurred
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Editorial
Wrong decisions and negligence are to blame for the ongoing crisis.
Bangladesh and the question of indigenous peoples
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Big Picture
True equal citizenship in Bangladesh requires constitutional recognition and distinct institutional arrangements for its diverse indigenous peoples.
Success in school fails to carry girls forward
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Bangladesh
Girls have consistently outperformed boys in school examinations for nearly a decade, but that academic advantage fades as they move into higher education and the workforce.
Why Bangladesh needs a regional strategy beyond SAARC
12 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Boat race returns to old Dhaka's Nawab Bari pond
11 HOUR(s)
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My Dhaka
The invisible crisis: Why Bangladesh must wake up to its data vulnerability
12 August 2026
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Big Picture
Pop Culture / Samurai Jack and the future we became
12 August 2026
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TV & Film
What the UGC research funding debate is missing
12 August 2026
Disclose public procurement contracts
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Govt didn’t distort inflation data: Khosru
11 HOUR(s)
Xavi named new Netherlands head coach
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Law Opinion / Cyber-attacks and a state’s right to self-defence
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Perspective / How the gas crisis is disrupting everyday life
11 August 2026
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Life & Living
Syed Saymun Haque Nayim on reimagining denim fabric
10 August 2026
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Fashion & Beauty
Myspace wants to return as an algorithm-free social media
9 August 2026
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Tech & Startup
Profile / From Dhaka to Paris: Samia Rashid Hai's journey in colours
10 August 2026
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Life & Living
Perspective / Cafés are becoming workspaces and here is why they work
8 August 2026
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Life & Living
The foods that may help your body fight inflammation
8 August 2026
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Health & Fitness
Movies / Spider-Man: Brand New Day: A timeless hero’s confrontation with isolation
1 August 2026
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Pop Culture
Yaba, crystal meth become the new narco currency
2 August 2026
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Bangladesh
The Daily Star explores the trafficking routes, the threats and the impacts of drug abuse. The second instalment looks at how drugs are used as a currency for illicit cross-border trade.
Business Plus / The fall of an industrial city
8 August 2026
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Business
Khulna’s industrial belt now lies largely abandoned, with its people leaving too
The blind spots of Bangladesh studies
3 August 2026
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In Focus
Willem van Schendel challenges traditional nation-state paradigms in Bangladesh studies, urging a broader trans-regional and environmental perspective.
Govt moves to revive Dhaka waterways
3 August 2026
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Bangladesh
After measles, debt crushes the poor
3 August 2026
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Bangladesh
Chinese footprint widens in Bangladesh’s economic landscape
2 August 2026
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Business
Beyond geopolitics: Rethinking regional cooperation in South Asia
2 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Business Plus / Money talks: Now the machines are listening
1 August 2026
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Business
Are we eating microplastics with our fish?
1 August 2026
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Unheard Voices
The plunder that never stopped
1 August 2026
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Weekend Read
Business Plus / Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground
25 July 2026
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Spotlight
A growing herd in a shrinking forest
25 July 2026
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Weekend Read
The future of the Bangladesh-China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
26 July 2026
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Geopolitical Insights