Before Bangladesh adds a third language, it needs the right language policy
25 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Time to build an EV conversion ecosystem at scale
25 July 2026, 13:00 PM
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Why Bangladesh's population planning must factor in climate-driven mobility
25 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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An uncomfortable question facing Bangladesh's universities
25 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
UGC’s centralised research funding must not undermine academic independence
24 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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Padma Barrage: Reviving one region, risking another?
24 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Commonwealth's greatest prize lies beyond the Games
23 July 2026, 16:13 PM
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‘Textbooks should not undermine girls' confidence or reinforce the beauty myth’
23 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Interviews
Plan well before introducing separate question sets for DU admission
23 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the CSA
The timing of the Cyber Security Act, in the run-up to the elections, was hardly surprising
18 September 2023, 14:30 PM
Our cities need animals
When you put “development” against nature, it’s always “development” that wins.
18 September 2023, 04:06 AM
Rich countries can gain a lot by helping Bangladesh
Climate change is worsening the situation and the financial and humanitarian costs brought by this calamity are racking up.
18 September 2023, 03:00 AM
What if an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Dhaka?
Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?
18 September 2023, 02:00 AM
Odhikar duo’s convictions are regrettable
Odhikar has been diligently documenting all kinds of violations of human rights by both state agencies and non-state actors since 1994.
17 September 2023, 13:00 PM
Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?
Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.
17 September 2023, 03:00 AM
Air pollution is not for only one authority to tackle
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
17 September 2023, 02:00 AM
The major economic concerns ahead of the election
Bangladesh’s next national election is only a few months away, and the market is already very hot.
17 September 2023, 00:06 AM
Do we really need digital banks?
The banking sector in Bangladesh is at risk, given its huge amounts of distressed assets.
16 September 2023, 14:00 PM
School choice: Celebrating, not eliminating, variety
We rarely think about the fact that individuals studying under different education streams may have different perceptions of what being educated means and may have different educational goals and aspirations.
16 September 2023, 12:03 PM
One year of Mahsa Amini's death: What has changed?
The movement after Mahsa’s death had forced Iran’s morality police off the streets until recently.
16 September 2023, 12:00 PM
Catch me if you can
A pre-teen has been making news for boarding a Kuwait-bound flight from the Dhaka airport without any documentation.
16 September 2023, 03:00 AM
From lead poisoning to cardiac deaths
If left unaddressed, lead poisoning will substantially strain Bangladesh's already challenged healthcare system.
16 September 2023, 01:00 AM
No country for women and girls
What codes of safety and protection can ensure women’s right to, well, exist?
15 September 2023, 16:00 PM
Independent media's latest stink bomb: Fake writers
Editors are in quite a fix.
15 September 2023, 09:20 AM
How countries prepare for population growth and decline
Around the world, diverse initiatives are being introduced to manage population changes.
15 September 2023, 07:30 AM
Do Bangladeshis want democracy?
Most of Bangladesh's young people did not have a chance to vote in the last two elections.
15 September 2023, 01:00 AM
The information commission is a prime mover of the RTI Act
The experiences of Sri Lanka and Pakistan are lessons for everyone concerned with promoting the right to information.
15 September 2023, 00:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing
We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM
The unending cycle of war and peace
Ukraine is a moral tragedy, whereby no one wants to take tough decisions for peace, preferring to wage war in which hundreds of thousands have died, millions have migrated and the unspoken outcome is nuclear.
14 September 2023, 09:44 AM