The S Alam Group owner, Mohammad Saiful Alam, has recently taken Bangladesh to the arbitration arm of the World Bank.

A referendum on 48 key proposals is not just impractical but also undemocratic.

Zohran Mamdani's historic 2025 mayoral victory reshapes New York’s political landscape.

Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric political rise in the New York mayoral race caught the imagination of the entire world.

The introduction of new taxation provisions by the BTRC to different licensing layers could increase costs for broadband service providers

Bangladesh is Malaysia’s second-largest trading partner in South Asia.

No historian should be able to answer the question on good history without a degree of trepidation, ambivalence, and uncertainty.

In Bangladesh, successive governments have undermined the autonomy of the Bangladesh Bank.

The amount of compensation offered by the government is inadequate.

Our schools and universities should move away from rote learning.

To uncover the truth, we need to start with self-criticism.

Dhaka was, and for much of its population remains, a city of non-motorised transport. Rickshaws once made up as much as 85 percent of vehicular traffic.

Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.

Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.

Several journalists have been killed in the last two years alone.

For too long, Bangladesh has relied on growth momentum driven by remittances and ready-made garments.

Legal autonomy still remains a goal rather than a guarantee.

Whoever controls them gains not only industrial advantage but diplomatic and economic influence.

The key foundation for any transmitting legal system is to recognise the Indigenous customary law.

Our campuses are becoming increasingly unrestful, with a decline in civic patience and a growing culture of direct action.