We have overpaid the cost of our independence, but perhaps no cost can be very high for the most precious thing in a person’s, nay, a nation’s life—freedom.

At the height of the Cold War, half a century ago, Bangladesh triumphed over Pakistan in a nine-month war for independence in 1971.

Bangladesh celebrated its golden jubilee of independence in 2021.

When was the last time you looked at the face of the rickshaw-puller who gave you a ride? Or the guard who opened the door for you at a mall?

It is quite worrying that Bangladesh faces the risk of losing its European market for vegetables because the Explosive Detective System (EDS) machine—

Amend the unconstitutional provisions in data protection bill right away

The world is on tenterhooks since Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would use nuclear weapons if its very existence came

Dateline: March 25, 1971. 11am. Some of us were having tea at the canteen of Mohsin Hall, Dhaka University when a batchmate of ours came inside and warned us of a possible police/military action later in the evening.

For all of us around the world, the last two years have been rough because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It’s like a scene from a Stephen King movie: a small passenger vessel being “devoured” by a cargo ship about 20 times its size.

Titas proposal to raise gas prices unacceptable, illogical

What does the public think of Women's Day and feminism?

We welcome the prime minister’s announcement to build homes for all homeless people in Bangladesh soon. It is, no doubt, the right step in

Traditionally, Bangladeshis have been a sustainability-minded nation, despite the fact that the branding of “sustainability” per se has never really been applied to us.

Of late, media reports that indicate that the infamous phenomenon of extrajudicial killings has been resorted to more by the mainstream police outfit than the elite unit of the law-enforcing apparatus should bring no comfort, and indeed should be viewed with concern.

The 13th Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, assumed office at a time when election credibility in Bangladesh is under question.

Oftentimes, the storytelling in local TVCs focuses more on the sentiments of the protagonist rather than the attributes of what the ad is trying to sell. 

Govt must match displays of action with actual preventive actions

Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), talks about inflation and the discrepancy between official and real data in a conversation with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.

Recently, Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam made some comments with regard to traffic management in the city, some of which are not without inherent logic.