While the manner in which the DSA is being defended is nothing new, the timing bears significance

The NCTB should have taken lessons from past failures with radical changes in textbooks.

The gravity of writing has always come from the writer. A piece of literature cannot be judged without the whys and hows, and these questions are impossible to answer without sentience.

Recent data reveals terrifying conditions of freshwater bodies in the country.

Consumers in Bangladesh are at the mercy of policymakers

Both the government and private sector should come forward and encourage climate-smart agriculture as well as the production of non-local crops, which have immense possibilities. It would not only increase the productivity of our agriculture sector, but also maintain self-sufficiency and ensure food security in Bangladesh. 

Iran's response to Israel's provocations should be non-violent and measured.

The asset loss due to dowry pushes poor families further into financial insecurity.

Adarsha owner Mahabub Rahman, activist Baki Billah, journalist Bithy Shoptorshi and artist Arup Rahee have spoken to The Daily Star Opinion.

The owners’ fickleness about signing of the agreement has come as a big shock to tea garden workers.

If the gas crisis could be solved by merely increasing gas prices, why has no impact been visible after previous gas price hikes?

To achieve and reach the expected goals of Smart Bangladesh, the AL government should emphasise on attracting more creative, visionary, and young leaders in the party who are aware of the latest developments in the field and able to leverage the benefits of this rapidly changing world.

Anyone with any faith in the market economy knew that the supply issues would be resolved eventually; but no one could possibly know when.

Dhaka greeted the new year with the country’s first metro.

Mothers can now be students' sole legal guardians, but this is only the first step forward

A specific strategy would project Bangladesh as an active and responsible stakeholder in the region

The newly introduced textbooks for Grades 1, 6 and 7, prepared by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), have created quite a stir.

Where Faham Abdus Salam calls Bengalis mediocre, in my soon-to-be-published book, Before You Shame My People, I see Bangladeshis as a highly promising nation of tortured people who, at the same time, have dissented against and been crushed by the powers of colonialism, imperialism, and an ancestral and oligarchical political system.

Developments in three areas – telework, renewables, and AI – will bind countries together in new networks of interdependence.

The worst part in the academy's attempt to clear the air is the admission in its statement that it had not read the alleged offending book before deciding to exclude its publisher from the exhibition.