‘We are open to opposition input on fuel situation’ - PM tells JS
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday told parliament that the government will consider the opposition’s proposal regarding the fuel situation and, if it contains realistic measures, will certainly act on them.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
20 ordinances lose validity
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Twenty of the 133 ordinances issued by the interim government -- including major reforms on judicial independence, human rights, and anti-corruption -- are set to lose validity from today.
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Dropped ordinances: Hard-earned reforms at risk
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
Eminent rights activists have criticised the parliamentary special committee’s recommendation to drop key ordinances issued by the interim government, noting that most of them are tied to crucial reforms.
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
News analysis / Opportunity for reforms slipping away once more
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Bangladesh’s political journey has repeatedly swung between hope and disappointment. The question now is whether the country is about to witness yet another repeat of that cycle.
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Key reform ordinances left to expire
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
A special parliamentary committee, reviewing ordinances issued by the interim government, yesterday recommended that 20 of them lapse or expire, including those aimed at ensuring judicial independence, curbing enforced disappearances, and strengthening the anti-corruption and human rights commissions.
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
Witnesses to genocide
26 March 2026, 03:04 AM
What American diplomats and doctors saw in Dhaka after Operation Searchlight
26 March 2026, 03:04 AM
News analysis / Scrapping of lottery system: A return to the old admission rat race?
18 March 2026, 02:24 AM
It is rare for a government decision in Bangladesh to move at lightning speed -- raised in parliament one day and implemented the very next.
18 March 2026, 02:24 AM
A fresh start for parliamentary democracy
13 March 2026, 03:42 AM
The 13th parliament yesterday held its inaugural sitting amid a heated atmosphere, as opposition MPs staged a walkout in protest against President Mohammed Shahabuddin speaking in the House.
13 March 2026, 03:42 AM
DU-Affiliated Colleges: Session jam leaves goal of better education unfulfilled
Seven and a half years into the affiliation of seven colleges with Dhaka University, students feel they are faced with new problems, most notably session jam and delayed publication of results, in addition to existing ones relating to poor infrastructure.
22 September 2023, 18:00 PM
On-campus courses: National University, UGC at loggerheads
The University Grants Commission and the National University authorities are at loggerheads over the latter’s decision to introduce undergraduate (honours) programmes at its main campus in Gazipur.
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM
EC, AL already in election mode
The Election Commission and Awami League seem to have started taking preparations for the coming national election.
17 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Most students didn’t get help to cope
Almost three quarters of all primary and secondary school students did not receive any special assistance for their studies when schools reopened after the Covid-19 pandemic.
9 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Ending Illiteracy in Bangladesh: 9 projects done in 30yrs, still one in four illiterate
One in four Bangladeshis is illiterate despite the fact that at least Tk 4,232 crore have been spent by successive governments since 1991 to wipe out illiteracy.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Private Universities: Changes in law to streamline trustee boards
At least a third of the trustee board members of a private university will have to be academics, according to a draft amendment to the Private University Act-2010.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Quality of Primary Education: Survey reveals grim picture
Over 60 percent of the third graders and 70 percent of the fifth graders don’t have the proficiency in maths, appropriate for their grades, finds a government assessment depicting a grim picture of the quality of the country’s primary education.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Number of students going abroad triples in 15 years despite university boom
The number of students going abroad for higher studies has tripled in 15 years even though opportunities for higher education within the country increased significantly.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Polls Guideline: EC to review it for foreign observers, journalists
The Election Commission will soon review the 2018 guidelines on foreign election observers and journalists.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Nat’l Polls: 42,350 centres to be set up
The Election Commission will have to set up a record 42,350 polling centres for the next national election, according to a draft list of polling centres.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM
It could’ve been his grand return to DU
A citation of historical importance faded into oblivion. Or so we believed.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Little known’ BNM, BSP now registered parties
The Election Commission yesterday officially declared two “little-known” and “suddenly established” parties -- Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) -- as registered political parties with the commission.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Polls Monitoring: Number of local organisations to be cut by half
The number of local organisations that will monitor the next general polls is likely to be reduced by nearly half compared to previous elections.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Sit together to end crisis
The current political crises cannot be resolved on the streets and it has to be done through dialogues between the parties, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said yesterday.
1 August 2023, 18:00 PM
SSC & Equivalent Exams: Pass rate hits 13-year low
The success rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent exams has hit a 13-year low mainly due to poor performances in mathematics and bad results in Sylhet board due to floods in that region, officials said.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Math, English drag results down
The pass rate for students under Dhaka board in this year’s SSC examinations was 77.55 percent, lowest in the last 13 years.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
EU Mission Visit: AL, BNP look to different outcome
The European Union should send a fully-fledged election observation mission ahead of the next general election, the Awami League thinks.
24 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Lowest turnout in four years
The turnout of 11.50 percent voters on Monday’s by-polls to Dhaka-17 was the lowest in any by-election held in the last four years, excluding the ones held amid coronavirus restrictions.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
‘If an election is not participatory, it is neither free nor fair’
Former Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain in an interview with The Daily Star.
17 July 2023, 14:00 PM
Univ teachers reject uniform financial policy
The University Grants Commission has finalised a uniform financial policy and accounts manual for the public universities, significantly decreasing remuneration for teachers for setting question papers, invigilation and script evaluation.
21 June 2023, 18:00 PM