Continued use of post-bail ‘shown arrested’ cases risks repeating past abuses
15 March 2026, 00:37 AM
Opinion
Beyond the panic at the petrol pump
15 March 2026, 03:50 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Why Bangladesh should use FDI as a foreign policy strategy
15 March 2026, 03:42 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Shipping costs spiral as Iran war prompts new surcharges
15 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The challenges before the prime minister
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Iran-US-Israel War / Endgames and lessons for Bangladesh
14 March 2026, 10:26 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Family cards could reduce poverty to 11.3%
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
The unfinished promise to Bangladesh’s women
14 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
International Day of Action for Rivers / Bangladesh's rivers are dying, and so is its future
14 March 2026, 02:31 AM
Views
The family card: Universal promise or targeted programme?
12 March 2026, 16:40 PM
Big Picture
Secret operation of a young surgeon
He always kept his duties well above everything. Even when his mother and newly married wife were undergoing treatment at a hospital the day after the Pakistan army crackdown on March 25, 1971, Dr Azharul Haque did not walk away from his duties towards patients and the nation.
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
It's Drug Admin which is at fault
Two officials of the Drug Administration involved in the case against Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd knowingly violated due procedure of law, and exhibited sheer negligence, inefficiency and incompetence in dealing the case, the Drug Court in Dhaka said.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
The Rocky Road of Democracy
December 6 is observed as Democracy [restoration] Day in the country, marking an end to the autocratic rule of HM Ershad in early December of 1990.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
6 Rivers Around Dhaka: Water turning untreatable?
Water quality of six major rivers flowing around Dhaka gets polluted, particularly in the dry season, to the extent that it cannot be treated for drinking, experts say.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Implement accord fully
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti yesterday demanded full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Children's Death from Toxic Syrup: Case designed to be doomed
Negligence, inefficiency and incompetence of the Drug Administration in dealing with the case led to the acquittal of all the accused whose pharmaceutical company allegedly manufactured the toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Uber Taxi, Smartphone Apps: Govt rules must serve people
Saturday's paper delivered a double whammy to readers, leaving many of them baffled. They were told that Uber taxi service, which
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Girls' Age for Marriage: 18 years, with exceptions
The cabinet yesterday okayed a draft law for preventing child marriage fixing 18 years as the minimum age for girls to get married but kept a provision for special circumstances under which girls below the age could tie the knot.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Befriend birds, save earth
With modest beginnings a year ago as an effort by a number of youths from Khalisha Belpukur village in Nilphamari's Saidpur upazila
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Hasina raps Osmans
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down hard on party lawmaker Shamim Osman for taking position against AL mayoral nominee Selina Hayat Ivy.
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
AL never used armed forces to grab power
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her party never used the armed forces as a tool for capturing power, rather
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Is it at all possible?
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's proposed process for forming a new Election Commission appears almost impossible to complete as it requires 40
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Magistracy for Armed Forces: An outrageous proposal
Khaleda Zia's proposal for deployment of armed forces with magisterial power in parliamentary election duty is outrageous.
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
A Day After Deadly Clash in Narsingdi: Tension still runs high
There was the smell of something burnt even a kilometre from Narsingdi's Amirabad. It became stronger with every step
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Cases criminal, pleas political
Her morning started like many other housemaids on that January day in 2011. But she accidentally broke a water glass. That would prove to be a fatal event. Her employer beat her and denied any treatment to the severely injured girl.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Deadly clash kills 4 in Narsingdi
At least four people were killed and 50 others injured yesterday in a string of fierce clashes between the supporters of current and former union parishad chairmen over establishing supremacy in a remote char of Narsingdi's Raipura upazila.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Stop ads for Rampal plant
The National Committee to Protect the Sundarbans yesterday called upon the government to stop all advertisements in favour of Rampal power plant
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Nasirnagar Hate Attack: Blanket arrests net innocents, not kingpins
Around 7:30pm on Monday, police went to Nasirnagar town's Livestock Hospital intersection and asked 26-year-old Shipon Mia to
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Donald Trump's victory is a dent in democracy
As much as the world has been shocked by the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America, an aftershock of that earthquake is beginning to set in as we ask ourselves what happened to the hordes of pollsters, analysts and pundits who had predicted otherwise.
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Brahmanbaria Burning
The vicious attacks on Hindu homes, establishments and temples since October 30 indicates an increase in the level of bigotry among certain sections of the society. The question is how did these miscreants get the courage to carry out these crimes? The Daily Star talks to some individuals who have been directly affected or are speaking out against these hate crimes.
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM