Mostofa Shabuj
Why is contraceptive access no longer a national priority?
21 October 2025, 06:00 AM
The government should swiftly restore normal contraceptive supplies and treat this matter as a national priority.
21 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Early Aman Season: High costs, low prices worry northern farmers
24 November 2023, 18:00 PM
As farmers start harvesting and threshing early varieties of Aman paddy in the northern districts, the fear looms that their profit could be negligible due to higher production costs than last year.
24 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi among 5 suspended South Asian University students on hunger strike
7 November 2022, 13:39 PM
Five suspended students of Delhi’s South Asian University (SAU) started an indefinite hunger strike this (November 7, 2022) afternoon after the SAU admin on (November 4, 2022) took action against them including a Bangladeshi PhD candidate over a protest to increase stipend and scholarships.
7 November 2022, 13:39 PM
Heavy rain likely from Sept 10 due to depression in Bay
8 September 2022, 08:39 AM
International weather forecasting models have predicted the possibility of heavy rainfall for four consecutive days from September 10 due to the formation of a depression in the central Bay of Bengal.
8 September 2022, 08:39 AM
Pirganj Hindus: Cowering in fear, still
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Nando Rani, 30, is still reeling from trauma after what she and her family suffered on the night of October 17.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus shutdown: rivers of the north see a drop in pollution levels
5 June 2020, 10:37 AM
Owing to a fall in human activity, the water quality of the rivers of northern districts has seen a significant improvement in the last few months. The usual collection of debris, plastic waste and other rubbish is now gone and in its place is now pristine water.
5 June 2020, 10:37 AM
‘I’m the luckiest among my peers’
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM
The backstory of most athletes usually entails the struggles and hardships they faced before realising their dreams. Even most of the players who made it to the Bangladesh women’s national squads had either to fight against their families’ will or against the taunts from a male-dominated society -- sometimes they both.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Gaibandha’s first two patients’ tale of winning Covid-19 battle
25 April 2020, 15:46 PM
Gaibandha's first two Covid-19 patients, an expatriate in the US and his mother, have recovered from the disease and returned home from the hospital recently. Taking to The Daily Star, the mother and son told their story of winning the coronavirus battle.
25 April 2020, 15:46 PM