Seeking information is not only a right of citizens, but also a civic duty.

Daily Star Books’ panel on January 8, Day 4 of the Dhaka Lit Fest sought to take the audience to a more existential aspect of what the festival attempts to do. Who chooses which stories deserve to become books? Who chooses whether news of those books will even reach readers? Does book criticism truly help the flow and business of literature within and across national borders?

Recent media reports suggest that the authorities are forming an inter-ministerial committee to fight disinformation at home and abroad.

In December 2022, my wife and I stepped back in time and walked the footsteps of those who lived in the Mayan era at Chichén Itzá and Chacchobén in Mexico, and Nim Li Punit in Belize.

With 2023 underway, Democrats in office are still dodging the key fact that most of their party’s voters don’t want President Biden to run for re-election.

Is it possible for art to be an ally in promoting the climate conversation?

Those who love dogs are ostracised. Many who otherwise felt neutral about dogs are now against them. And why wouldn’t they be?

The ACC has delegated the power to its secretaries to decide on the transfer and promotion of its deputy directors and assistant directors.

Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”

The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.

Given India’s strategic importance, why has the White House left the ambassador position vacant for two years?

With a Books page you're creating a running history of the ideas and the parallel history or the imagination of a country.

His philosophy focused on the greatness that man can discover within himself

It is imperative to bring voters to conversations pertaining to the 2023 general elections.

Over-expenditure in English education has led to under-expenditure for other subjects, particularly Bangla and STEM subjects.

Where academics and strategists have failed, perhaps the denizens of Sesame Street might succeed

An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.

Justice Murshed shook the bar out of its lethargy and modernised it as far as possible.

As we approach another general election, the utmost thing of worry is that such appeasement will only intensify.

Why should we pay for the government’s questionable policies?