Future Ready Bangladesh: AI Skills and Youth Employability in the Digital Economy
23 August 2026
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Roundtables
Strengthening Cyber Resilience for MSMEs: Tackling Financial Fraud and Improving Grievance Mechanisms
17 August 2026
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Roundtables
Public-Private Partnership for Hepatitis Elimination in Bangladesh
16 August 2026
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Roundtables
Role of Nutrition Entrepreneurs in Accelerating Nutrition-Sensitive Integration in Bangladesh
9 July 2026
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Roundtables
From challenge to choice: Strengthening Bangladesh’s Family Planning Program
29 June 2026
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Roundtables
Closing the Gap: Strengthening Women’s Voice In National and Local Elections
23 June 2026
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Roundtables
Ethical use of artificial intelligence in Bangladeshi news media
22 June 2026
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Roundtables
Budget 2026–27: Strengthening Investment in Social Sectors
1 June 2026
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Roundtables
Experts' Comments on World Prematurity Day
A roundtable on World Prematurity Day was held recently at The Daily Star with the support of Save the Children. Distinguished
7 December 2016
Access to Justice and the Sustainability of Legal Aid
It is primarily the state's responsibility to make laws to enhance accessibility to justice and legal aid. Our constitution prepares us for
6 December 2016
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for future Energy Security
Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Power and Energy: Globally, renewable energy and energy efficiency promotion activities is in
23 November 2016
Green Banking for Sustainable Energy
Recently, The Daily Star organised an opinion sharing session on 'Green Banking for sustainable energy'. Here we published a summary of the discussions.
20 November 2016
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Our roundtable hopes to address the global phenomenon of beauty anxiety. Research shows that only 10 percent of women are comfortable revealing their real age whereas the rest conceal it.
27 October 2016
Transforming frontiers of extreme poverty: Beyond livelihoods
Anowarul Haq, Director, Extreme Rural Poverty Program, CARE Bangladesh
16 October 2016
Connecting two economies
On October 10, 2016, The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled “Bangladesh-China Relations: Connecting Two Economies” in the run-up to the Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit. Diplomats, researchers and business leaders attended the roundtable. Here we publish a summary of the discussions.
13 October 2016
Zero Tolerance to Child Pregnancy
According to BDHS 2014 findings on maternal health, 31 percent of adolescents in the country between the ages of
10 October 2016
Balanced fertilization: Food for thought
And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a
24 September 2016
Balanced Fertiliser Usage
Recently The Daily Star organized a roundtable on "Balanced Fertilizer Usage” in cooperation with NAAFCO Pvt. Ltd.
24 September 2016
Private Universities: Successes and Challenges
After the recent terrorist attacks, private universities have come into focus in a negative way, which is unfortunate. The
2 September 2016
Investing In Teenage Girls
An interactive and lively discussion looked into the issue of improving the lives of millions of teenage girls in
24 August 2016
“International Women's Day 2016, Planet 50:50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality and against Gender Based Violence”
On the 24th of March, The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly organized a roundtable
15 June 2016
VOICE OF THE YOUTHS FROM COX'S BAZAAR
* We see a lot of activities regarding gender equality, but is there proper follow-up on these activities? Only 2.4% of
15 June 2016
Towards a Midwifery Profession in Bangladesh - a Systems Approach for a Complex World
Safe motherhood is about a woman's right to choose as well as her right to survive. Registered midwives are required to ensure these two rights. Our honorable PM gave a commitment at UN in 2010 that 3000 midwives will be developed by the end of MDG.
13 June 2016
Faecal Sludge Management: Second Generation Sanitation Challenge
Faecal Sludge Management: Second Generation Sanitation Challenge
8 June 2016
Problems and prospects of quality vegetable seeds
In the context of massive loses in traditional paddy cultivation in consecutive years, farmers in northern districts adopting with new crops pattern as inclining more and more to vegetable farming which is proved to be profitable.
11 May 2016
Role of Quality Seed in Agriculture
Agriculture plays an important role in the overall economic development of Bangladesh where the vegetable sector alone contributes a good percentage of the country's GDP.
11 May 2016
Deliberation on Ensuring Seed Quality
Md. Abu Sayem, Regional Farm Broadcasting Officer, Agriculture Information Service presented the keynote paper in which he mentioned that according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Bangladesh is the third largest vegetable producer in the world. In
11 May 2016
Social Protection Strategy and Budget 2016
Abdul Quayum, Associate Editor, Prothom Alo & Moderator of the Session
26 April 2016