Syed Ashfaqul Haque

Good news finally followed a couple of days' mayhem by transport workers. The strike was called off Wednesday, only when Shipping

A start-up company is ready to take off, eyeing to rake in business well over $300 million for Bangladeshi manufacturers within a year.

So near, yet so far. An old story got replayed in the Copa America Centenario final.

Should we take what police say at face value? The answer would hardly be in the affirmative anymore, especially after what has unfolded since Sunday's police briefing on a “shootout” victim they introduced as Sharif.

Oh, no! This was how most of us must have reacted when Golam Faizullah Fahim, the machete attacker of Madaripur college teacher, was killed in "crossfire" with police in the district Saturday.

Writers around the world fiddled with many words over half a century to define the aura that Muhammad Ali exuded. But eventually they all had to settle for The Greatest, the title with which Ali famously introduced himself after knocking out a fearsome Sonny Liston to become the world heavyweight champion some 52 years ago.

With a flower crown on his head, Mustafizur Rahman was flashing his trademark boyish smile to every flash of camera from a

Seven lawmakers have demanded in the parliament The Daily Star be closed and its editor, Mahfuz Anam, be tried for treason. With banners showing

As we say goodbye to 2015 and ring in 2016, the last thing we want to see this year is poisonous politics taking lives and wrecking welfare of people.

It just cannot be the country the world knows of.

Too many TV channels can become too much of a trouble for a viewer.

The last Monday and Tuesday are going to stand apart from all other days in recent memories. And Bangladeshis should remember long

You're getting ready for the office, not knowing how you look. A woman dresses herself up for a party, blindly. A girl is having her hairdo or makeup done before going out to meet friends, with no clue about her looks. A dentist tries to do a root canal job on a tooth deep inside a patient's mouth, basing on what he can see and what he can't. The outcome is obvious -- a laughter or disaster.

A bus full of sleeping people was petrol-bombed in the wee hours yesterday on the highway in Comilla, about 100km from Dhaka. Seven, including children and woman, were burned alive. The attackers vanished swiftly, punishing ordinary folks for defying the ongoing hartal. 

This is how the protagonist in Louis Armstrong’s iconic song sees the world around. With references to green trees, red roses, blue skies, white clouds, friends shaking hands and babies growing up, the lyrics inspire us to notice the colours of life despite all the pains and sufferings. 

Of late, the all-powerful government of Sheikh Hasina appears most vulnerable to lies and instigations. It develops a quick seizure syndrome at any hint of criticism or dissenting voice. And any Tom, Dick and Harry can now exploit the state machinery to get any individual or institution in trouble.

Too near, yet too far. Lionel Messi came so close to what was required to surpass Diego Maradona, the football god of his country. But the World Cup, tragically for the Albiceleste, remains elusive for a player considered one of the greatest of all time.

The moment has come.  The moment is to decide who will take the World Cup home—Argentina or Germany? Who will have the final smile— team with a superstar or an all star team?

The Orange humiliation could have been harsher even. Thanks to the pulled-hamstring of Sneijder, Brazilians could get some sort of respite. The margin of defeat could have been more humiliating if not the No. 10 Dutch had to sit out the match.

Here comes a game that no one wants to be involved in. What glory two losers can achieve from a third-place deciding game? For teams, nothing but the Cup matters. It's just cruel to ask one of the losing semifinalists to lose again.