Badiuzzaman Bay

It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups

This is apparently the longest holiday that journalists have ever gotten in the history of Bangladesh’s newspaper industry.

If the government really wants to control or bring down prices during Ramadan and afterwards, it must be willing to go after its 'own people.'

A government’s job is not to preach about people’s food choices, but to keep food prices stable and reasonably down. When it starts to preach, more often than not it is trying to deflect scrutiny of what it cannot achieve through actions.

In the end, love is a personal matter and it should remain so, regardless of how it comes out on February 14 and in the days that follow.

Mohammad Ali Arafat, the newly appointed state minister for information and broadcasting, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples

BNP's retreat to the back foot amid mass arrests and convictions was as remarkable as it was rapid.

You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.

Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies

Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election

These attacks are at once a political issue, a law enforcement issue, and a human rights issue.

Let me put it another way: is a fair election possible even if Awami League “allows” it?

As the political landscape heats up in anticipation of the general election, the ruling Awami League seems to be pulling out all the stops

The latest policy rollover on unfit vehicles seems to be the result of our policymakers remembering that they have interests to protect.

The apparent hospitality offered to BNP leaders Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Amanullah Aman has caused reactions both funny and speculative.

Can we respond to a public health crisis with the same urgency as the crisis over our electoral future?

Few people are perhaps aware that there is a specific government institution responsible for overseeing non-government libraries.

Corruption in hajj management has come to the limelight after the publication of two reports

What's happening to our rivers is not driven just by necessity, but also greed, a general disregard for the sanctity of life, and a reckless can-do-ism.