‘Air pollution does not discriminate; it impacts everyone’
At the household level, many families still lack access to clean cooking energy.
6 December 2025, 03:00 AM
Labour market in Malaysia: Strict conditions raise fear of syndication
The criteria Malaysia has set for selecting Bangladeshi recruiting agencies for a fresh round of labour intake have stirred concern among experts, industry insiders, and government officials, who fear the conditions could concentrate power in the hands of a few large agencies.
19 November 2025, 18:31 PM
Mediceram in Malaysia / Dream turns into despair for 10 deported migrants
Like many others, Sufian Khan borrowed a large sum of money, hoping to go to Malaysia to change his fortune.
5 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Germany pledges support for Bangladesh’s democratic transition
In an interview with The Daily Star, German vice minister says Rohingya issue demands more global attention
4 November 2025, 08:39 AM
Interview / 'Trump’s Asia tour signals renewed US engagement in the Indo-Pacific'
Parvez Karim Abbasi, assistant professor of Economics at East West University, tells The Daily Star
3 November 2025, 06:55 AM
Rohingya crisis sidelined at ASEAN Summit
The Rohingya crisis was sidelined in the ASEAN Summit in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on October 26-28, despite it being a regional humanitarian challenge affecting Bangladesh the most.
29 October 2025, 19:54 PM
Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict signals a new geopolitical equation in South Asia
Political analyst Altaf Parvez unpacks the roots of conflict, ideological spillovers, and India’s strategic return
19 October 2025, 06:36 AM
‘One repatriation, one recruitment’
Bangladesh and Italy are working on a new mechanism under which the European country will hire one Bangladeshi worker for every irregular migrant repatriated from Italy.
18 October 2025, 21:17 PM
Bangladeshis in Strife-Torn Lebanon: Beirut explosion throws them into a deeper crisis
Mahin Mia was serving guests in a Lebanese restaurant, which is a seven minutes’ walk from the warehouse that exploded on Tuesday evening, rocking entire Beirut.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Trial of Chinese Vaccine: Govt indecision puzzles experts
It remains a mystery why Bangladesh government is still in a fix about allowing a clinical trial of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine here when health experts are saying the trial can help the country access the life-saving vaccine quickly and build national capacity for advanced research.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Defrauded in Vietnam
After arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, they found that the Vietnamese company that sponsored their visas had no jobs for them. After a week, they were asked to work for a furniture factory though they were promised jobs at the seaport.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Improving Bangladesh-Pakistan Ties: Apology is a must to heal wounds
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday. In not so common a conversation, they exchanged greetings and discussed the flood and coronavirus situations in both countries.
24 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Stranded in a strange land
As trafficking of Bangladeshis to Vietnam came to the fore after 27 stranded nationals demonstrated in Hanoi last week, 15 others are crying out to be rescued from the Southeast Asian country.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Envoy defended lawmaker Shahid
Shahid Islam, the Laxmipur lawmaker now detained in Kuwait, was defended by the Bangladesh ambassador to the Gulf country in a February letter to the foreign ministry following media reports on his alleged criminal activities.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Migrant Workers: Malaysia offers them new hope amid pandemic
At a time when Bangladeshi migrant workers all over the world are having tough times amid Covid-19 fallout, Malaysia gives good news.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Rohingya return pushed into further uncertainty
Escalation of conflicts between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, a rebel group seeking greater autonomy for ethnic Rakhine people, is pushing the Rohingya repatriation further into uncertainty, analysts say.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Fallout: Global funding for Rohingyas likely to drop
The global funding for the Rohingyas may fall short as the non-government organisations’ (NGO) activities have drastically decreased amid coronavirus pandemic.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Post Covid-19 labour market: Bangladesh eyes Africa
The authorities have been exploring labour markets in African countries as overseas jobs may decline in the traditional Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian countries due to coronavirus pandemic.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Allocations for Migrants: Returnees in distress
Sabbir Hossain of Munshiganj returned home from Malaysia in mid-March when the Southeast Asian country was planning a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Regretful, shameful: foreign minister on MP Shahid’s detention in Kuwait
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says it is a matter of regret and shame that a Bangladeshi lawmaker has been detained in a foreign country.
7 June 2020, 15:36 PM
Gonoshasthaya Kit: Trial at BSMMU done; report by Wednesday
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has already completed trial of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed antibody test and may submit its report to the drug administration by Wednesday.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Overlooked otherwise
Human trafficking to Libya from Bangladesh and torture of victims for ransom have been quite common for years but such crimes come to light only after a terrible tragedy.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Protect the migrants
Bangladesh has written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urging for measures to protect the rights of migrants being affected by the global coronavirus pandemic.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Keep food supply chain intact
TDS: Do you think that Bangladesh may face a famine?
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Treating Covid-19 Patients: Expand scope for plasma therapy
Medical experts have urged the government to undertake a national programme to expand the scope of convalescent plasma therapy for treating Covid-19 patients as the method has been gaining traction for its effectiveness.
29 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya: Dhaka for quick probe, punishment of killers
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the government demanded the Libyan authorities quickly investigate and punish those who killed 26 Bangladeshis and four Africans in a “revenge attack”.
29 May 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Donate plasma to save lives’
Plasma therapy unit working to apply the life-saving treatment to novel coronavirus is seeking plasma from Covid-19 survivors as it sees high demand for the therapy amid rise in the infection every day.
18 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Lebanon job market nearly wiped out
Bangladesh is likely to lose its labour market almost entirely in Lebanon, which is home to some 1.6 lakh Bangladeshis, as the Middle Eastern country has been fraught with various economic and political adversities coupled by the coronavirus pandemic.
18 May 2020, 18:00 PM