Is Bangladesh's Hilsa really disappearing?
8 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Holding a long march now is not a sign of mature politics: Mahfuz Anam
Star Online Report
8 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Can glacier collapses be predicted in advance? Why couldn’t Nepal?
Star Online Report
7 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Salman Shah’s final hours: What happened at the Eskaton flat on Sept 6?
Star Online Report
7 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Six months into the Iran war: 3 ways it could end
Star Online Report
7 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Why can’t BNP resolve its organisational crisis? Is party discipline at risk?
Star Online Report
6 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Night-time restrictions at DU: What are female students saying?
Star Online Report
6 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Private-sector employees: Will inequality widen further?
Star Online Report
6 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Floods, earthquakes, heatwaves: 4 devastating natural disasters of 2026
Star Online Report
3 September 2026 Star Multimedia

Behind the scenes of a Mosharraf Karim Eid drama

Mosharraf Karim is back with another Eid season full of various characters in different genres
15 June 2023

200-year-old wholesale jackfruit market in Moulvibazar

Jackfruits were brought from the surrounding hills and villages in the morning and collected in Brahman Bazar of Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar. Locals said that the market is about 200 years old
14 June 2023

Ghaashphoring Choir: Those bound by melody

You might know them for their marvellous takes on "Chaina Bhabish" or "Aha Ki Anondo", a soothing mishmash of trained-untrained voices in perfect harmony.
13 June 2023

How was Barishal City Corporation election?

How did the events unfold in the Barishal City Corporation election?
12 June 2023

After 61 years, Sohrab Ali pays due school fees

When Sohrab Ali Biswas of Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah was young, he could not pay school fees for four months due to money crisis. After 61 years, the 80-year-old has paid off the due monthly tuition fees of his school.
11 June 2023

From abandonment to empowerment

Her story is nothing short of a fairy tale.
9 June 2023

EC simplifies NID correction process

The Election Commission has finalised the draft of a new Standard Operating Procedure for the national identity (NID) card correction process.
8 June 2023

Severe heat wave on one hand, record-breaking loadshedding on the other

People are struggling all day long due to the heat. There’s no respite even at night as loadshedding is taking sleep away..Production in factories is being disrupted. There seems to be no solution in sight..In today's Star Explains, let’s dig deep into the reasons behind this situati
8 June 2023

Frequent power cuts: What's on people's mind?

As fuel shortage intensifies, load shedding has surged throughout the country. Dhaka, home to around 20 million people, grapples with load shedding and an unexpected heatwave.
7 June 2023

Blender’s Choice- The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2022 announced

To celebrate and honor the innovators of 2022 in the OTT industry and the digital space, "Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT and Digital Content Awards” was unveiled today at The Daily Star Centre, through a press conference. The awards, presented by Ispahani and The Daily Star, are being organised for the second time to honour the groundbreaking work done by the artistes in the OTT space, alongside content creators.
7 June 2023

Will income inequality rise with the proposed budget?

Watch Star Explains to know more about their trepidation
6 June 2023

Abul Bashar: Narrating stories of the marginalised

Abul Bashar Rahman has been eager to learn about the environment since his school days. As he started studying economics at the British Columbia University of Canada three years ago, he went in-depth into the matter. He found out how massive industrialisation in the global North was mostly respo
5 June 2023

Thousands of trees being felled on Tangail-Aricha highway

As many as 2,379 trees are being cut down along the Tangail-Aricha highway for the sake of development work. Among them, many are centuries old.
5 June 2023

The story of Upendra, the last generation of roving barbers

Even two decades ago, roving barbers could be seen in remote villages of the country. These nomadic barbars used to move around different markets or villages to provide grooming services to their customers. Coming to the twenties of this 21st century, their numbers are now negligible. They are found in a handful of villages. One of them is Upendra Nath Sheel. He belongs to one of the last generations of roving barbers.
4 June 2023

Deadliest train accidents in India

The Balasore train accident in the Indian state of Odisha is considered to be one of the worst since India's independence, according to Indian media
3 June 2023

38 govt services that would require min tax

According to the proposed budget for the next fiscal year 2023-24, if one wants to avail one of 38 types of government services, they will have to submit proof of filing income tax return along with a tax identification number (TIN)
3 June 2023

Why the cuts in edu, health budget?

Will cuts in allocations to education and health sectors create an obstacle to becoming a developed country?
2 June 2023

Can government implement this budget?

No budget in the last 14 years has been implemented fully
2 June 2023

Will this budget help foreign trade amid dollar crisis?

Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, professor and chairman of the development studies department of Dhaka University, talks to The Daily Star about whether the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year may help the foreign trade of the country amid the persistent dollar crisis
2 June 2023

People's thoughts on budget for FY 2023-24

The budget for the financial year 2023-2024 has been presented in the Parliament. What do people think of this budget? What do they expect from it?
1 June 2023