It is good to see the government establishing a dedicated centre for migrant workers to reduce the hassles they face while going abroad or

Street vendors in Dhaka are popular for selling a wide range of goods at a lower price to customers, mostly from middle and low-income communities.

Clearly, there is a big syndicate—including the exporters and the customs and NBR officials—involved in the scam.

It is worrisome that about one-third of secondary students and one-fifth of primary students are staying away from in-person attendance in classes since

Some time ago, I took to Facebook and wrote about an encounter with a member of the Hijra community, and how, because I didn’t have any change to offer, she (Ms Roy) told me she’d be happy if I could give her one of my makeup products.

Today, we present tales that have been gathered from ordinary Bangladeshis.

Is a call for justice a glorified cry for revenge? Is justice noble, while revenge unworthy?

The Bibiyana gas field in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district is the highest quantity gas producer in Bangladesh.

Since the beginning of 2022, 36 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, as revealed by the Palestinian health ministry. 

Humayun Azad verdict to serve long-denied justice

It is most unfortunate that two years into the pandemic, the government has still not been able to ensure proper treatment at affordable costs for Covid-19

It’s not uncommon to see almost every school proudly boasting about having the best facilities for their students. However, those facilities don’t seem to cover

For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare—a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.

Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq, the Ahmad Sharif professor at the Department of Bangla in the University of Dhaka, speaks about the verdict on Prof Humayun Azad murder case, which came out yesterday, and the overall situation in Bangladesh in a conversation with Shamsuddoza Sajen and Priyam Paul of The Daily Star.

It’s been quite some time since we’ve had a Pahela Baishakh in the middle of Ramadan. The convergence of the two occasions, not necessarily a clash of ideologies, begs appreciation of life in its many nuances and complexities.

Let us shed the darkness of the past to welcome the new year

It is disappointing to learn how the government’s 40-day job scheme project fails to be efficient in serving the farmers in the northern districts of Bangladesh, seemingly every year.

A fortuitous combination of several factors in the past few months have brought down the Imran Khan government in Pakistan.

Bangla is a much tougher language to learn compared to English.

The second song of Coke Studio Bangla, titled “Prarthona” (Prayer), was released on the eve of Ramadan this year. It was the same time when both the mainstream and social media flooded with updates, news, and views on the harassment of a Hindu female college teacher by a Muslim male police constable for wearing a teep on her forehead.