If you look globally, you'll find that there are only 8 million farmers who have over 100 hectares of land. But a large

On the 19th of December, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a roundtable at the Zila

ON the 5th of December, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund

On the 28th of November, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a policy-level dialogue at

Dr. Ahmed Al Kabir, President, RTM International

On the 17th of October, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a

Debashis Roy, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Grameenphone

National level health programmes for prevention of premature birth along with proper care of pregnant mothers and premature babies should be taken up simultaneously to reduce neonatal mortality, said speakers at a roundtable discussion.

Many thanks for your presence. A more appropriate heading for today's roundtable would have been “How to make our roads safe”

On the 20th of September, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a roundtable at the Silver

The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled "Extremism and Challenges for Bangladesh”

On the 22nd of August, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a roundtable at the Warison

The Daily Star and WaterAid have been working together to generate policy discussions and raise awareness about the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene in ensuring health and education rights of the poor and marginalized. We believe without reaching universal WASH accessibility, Bangladesh cannot be a middle income country with a healthy generation. I welcome all to this roundtable and have constructive discussion and request Mr. Shamim Ahmed to moderate the roundtable.

Challenges for Bangladesh

Regulatory Guidelines for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in Bangladesh

We are very concerned with the rise of irregular migration to Malaysia. Previously, migrants used to go to Thailand and from there through forest they trespassed into Malaysia. Since 2012, besides irregular migration to Malaysia, we see a new trend where Bangladeshi fortune seekers have joined the flight of Rohingyas to Malaysia through sea route. At one stage of the risky journey, they fall victim to trafficking.

I am not a doctor, but as a layman I understand fistula is preventable and treatable but many of the women do not know where to go to

Shameem Ahsan, President, BASIS

Recently UNFPA and The Daily Star organised a roundtable on “Midwifery-led Maternal Health”. Here we publish a summary of the discussion

Dove and The Daily Star recently organised a roundtable on “Choose Beautiful”. This is a new campaign from Dove encouraging women to reconsider the choices they make about their beauty. Here we publish a summary of the discussions