Mohammadpur and the reality of urban crimes in Dhaka
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Blowin’ in the Wind
Why is the judiciary failing to check arbitrary detention?
8 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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International Thalassaemia Day / We must make thalassaemia treatment widely accessible
8 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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Why our education reform keeps missing the mark
8 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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How did the BJP gain a stronghold in West Bengal?
8 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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The auto-rickshaw dilemma: Last-mile lifeline or grid-draining liability?
7 May 2026, 17:01 PM
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Rethinking healthcare for children in the CHT
7 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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Rethinking Rooppur in the age of solar energy
7 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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Political shift in West Bengal and its regional ripples
7 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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What the Bangladesh-Japan trade agreement means for our bio-cultural resources
7 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?
We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight
18 January 2023, 17:36 PM
Money or no money, crisis persists
We are told that taka is available, and then it’s not there anymore.
18 January 2023, 17:00 PM
Quality training crucial for primary school teachers
Teachers teach students from pre-primary to primary levels without having much pedagogical training. But this period is the most important of one’s entire education life
18 January 2023, 15:00 PM
Walk to be free
What is it about our own thoughts that are so awful that we cannot spend a minute alone with them? There is only one way to find out. Unplug, go outside, and walk.
18 January 2023, 14:00 PM
OTT regulations would badly restrict creative filmmaking
Filmmaker Ashfaque Nipun talks to The Daily Star Opinion about how the BTRC's OTT draft regulations, if implemented, could hinder the creatives of Bangladesh.
18 January 2023, 12:30 PM
The whos and hows of allocating loss and damage funds
The estimates of the total losses and damages run into many trillions of US dollars.
17 January 2023, 18:08 PM
Bangladesh’s Monetary Policies: A poor dose of the right medicine
Bangladesh Bank has missed the train by caving in to the pressure of the finance ministry, which dictates policymaking at the central bank being driven by short-term political interests.
17 January 2023, 16:00 PM
What will Bangladesh get out of Donald Lu's visit?
Lu’s trip looked at how the two nations interact generally. If we focus on the visit's particulars, there were discussions that took place on governance, economic governance, strategy, and other economic concerns.
17 January 2023, 13:00 PM
No Impunity for Insurrectionists
The uncanny similarity between Brazil’s failed insurrection and the attack on the US Capitol highlights the many parallels between Bolsonaro and Trump.
17 January 2023, 02:00 AM
More power, but at what cost?
The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets
16 January 2023, 20:00 PM
Can parametric insurance be a tool for climate resilience?
There has been a wave of climate change policies in recent years, but unfortunately, implementation efforts have remained fragmented.
16 January 2023, 15:00 PM
Cold War redux in Dhaka
Getting entangled in the Russia-US rivalry is contrary to Bangladesh’s national interests.
16 January 2023, 11:17 AM
Digital Bangladesh: A story of transformation, resilience, and sustainability
One of the major success stories of Digital Bangladesh, that has helped put the country on the map of research circles, is its resilience in the face of the Covid pandemic.
16 January 2023, 11:00 AM
Refreshing inclusion of gender diversity and sensitivity in trial textbook
Learning about gender rights, intersectionality and equality is an important part of education
15 January 2023, 19:48 PM
New Malaysian PM could mean good news for Bangladeshi workers
With Anwar’s announced stand on inhumane treatment and abuse of foreign workers, change may be in the offing.
15 January 2023, 16:00 PM
Tackle the plastic tide with proper waste management
Responsible plastic use involves using it for a long time before it is recycled or discarded.
15 January 2023, 15:10 PM
Goodbye, Indigo Lady
She was a central leader of Bangladesh's craft industry – of its Jamdani revival, and for the small but strong niche that it had begun to carve out for itself within the subcontinent's field of crafts.
15 January 2023, 12:30 PM
Will our universities survive in 25 years?
Finding the “quality” in quality education continues to be elusive in Bangladesh
14 January 2023, 17:00 PM
DAP density control plans will make housing even less affordable for the poor
The ill-conceived plan for limiting Dhaka’s population will ultimately be devastating for the urban scenario of Bangladesh.
14 January 2023, 13:10 PM
RTI is more than a right, it is a civic duty
Seeking information is not only a right of citizens, but also a civic duty.
14 January 2023, 12:00 PM