BSRM is leading sustainability with the lowest utility use and the highest standards
The Daily Star (TDS): What specific green practices or innovations helped your factory secure the Green Factory Award 2025?
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM
“Robust democratic environment remains a fictitious configuration of our noisy imagination”
In conversation with Salimullah Khan, one of Bangladesh’s most prominent public intellectuals and a professor in the Department of History & Philosophy at North South University.
4 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Clean sweep ahead: how washing machines are changing Bangladeshi homes
Once considered a luxury item, the washing machine is steadily becoming a sought-after home appliance in Bangladesh. For a country juggling rapid urbanisation, dual-income households, and shifting gender roles, the promise of convenient laundry care is no longer a distant dream—it is inching closer to daily reality.
30 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Saving for a better tomorrow Bangladesh’s evolving deposit landscape
In a country where economic uncertainties often challenge long-term planning, deposits have quietly become one of the most powerful tools shaping both personal security and national financial stability.
29 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Cold rush Bangladesh’s ice cream boom
The ice cream industry in Bangladesh has been undergoing a transformative boom, fuelled by rising disposable incomes, expanding urbanisation, and a growing middle class with a taste for indulgence. Once a seasonal luxury, ice cream is fast becoming a staple of year-round urban leisure, with brands racing to meet evolving consumer preferences.
27 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Why not a new Bangladesh for labourers?
The Daily Star (TDS): What is the current status of the Labour Reform Commission and its activities?
25 July 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Tajuddin’s place in history should be seen in terms of his wartime leadership’
The Daily Star (TDS): How do you view Tajuddin Ahmad’s early political journey and his emergence as a key national figure?
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Self and Society: Tajuddin’s formative years
No leader emerges in a vacuum. The making of a political figure is deeply influenced by the social structures around them—family, religion, education, and the broader environment all leave lasting imprints.
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
‘The trial of the jail killing case should be reopened’
The Daily Star (TDS): We all know Tajuddin Ahmad as a leader, but how was he as a father?
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Tajuddin Ahmad seems like a Greek tragic hero who had all the great qualities but destiny was against him’
The Daily Star (TDS): What inspired you to make the documentary Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero?
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Tajuddin was objective, fact-based — quite unlike many other Awami League leaders’
The Daily Star (TDS): How and when did you first come into contact with Tajuddin Ahmad?
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
REHAB Fair: Exploring homes, building futures
For many prospective homeowners, finding the right flat or apartment is a complex journey.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM
How you shouldn't study Bangladesh
The education sector needs to stay free of partisan politics as the emotions and violence related to such activity, if taken to an excess, can be detrimental to inquiry and considered thought.
1 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Brushing bold strokes
From high-rise apartments in Dhaka to rural homesteads and factory facades, a quiet revolution is colouring the landscape of Bangladesh—one coat at a time.
29 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Small Enterprises, Big Impact: Why MSMEs matter more than ever
The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) sector is central to Bangladesh’s pursuit of inclusive development and sustainable industrialisation.
26 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Chilling the heat: Inside Bangladesh’s booming ac market
Once seen as a luxury reserved for the elite, air conditioners (ACs) in Bangladesh have become an everyday essential. Today, the AC market is booming, with locally manufactured brands leading the charge and transforming the electronics landscape of the country.
25 June 2025, 18:00 PM
We collect as much plastic as we use in Bangladesh
Shamima Akhter, Director of Corporate Affairs, Partnerships, and Communications at Unilever Bangladesh Ltd.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Plastic isn’t cheap: We’re all paying for it
In the back alleys of Dhaka, plastic bags flutter like defeated flags—caught in drains, wrapped around tree roots, buried in the dust of everyday life.
3 June 2025, 18:00 PM
The bancassurance breakthrough in Bangladesh
For decades, insurance in Bangladesh has been a tough sell—marked by limited access, low public trust, and a penetration rate that barely scratches the surface. But a quiet transformation is gaining momentum, not through traditional agents or state campaigns, but via a trusted institution embedded in everyday financial life: the banks.
28 May 2025, 18:00 PM
The rebel poet who foretold planetary crisis
As a visionary, he foresaw both life’s vitality and the world’s potential destruction.
25 May 2025, 04:00 AM