Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
Law Vision / The danger of using AI in legal submissions
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In Bangladesh as well as in other common law jurisdictions, court decisions are heavily dependent on the pleadings, briefs, arguments, etc.
Law Views / Constitutional environmental rights in South Asia
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
The concept of constitutionalising environmental rights refers to the embedding of the protection of environment into the country’s constitution.
Law Opinion / Cyber-attacks and a state’s right to self-defence
12 August 2026
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Imagine a hostile cyber operation that disables Bangladesh’s cyber infrastructure, kills the electricity grids, takes digital payment gateways offline, paralyses critical healthcare facilities and shuts down communications across the country.
How negligence and lack of law enforcement led to Sitakunda tragedy
18 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / The sleeping giant
8 July 2026
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Law views / Refusal of entry visa in a global sporting event and international law
2 July 2026
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Law Vision / The need to protect our data
2 July 2026
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Gender and Law / Recognising women’s right to a safe workplace
2 July 2026
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Law Letter / Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
10 June 2026
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Law Opinion / The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
10 June 2026
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Law Reform / Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
10 June 2026
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A roadmap to amending the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009
16 May 2026
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How haor women found self-reliance through duck farming
In the midst of the haor region in Netrokona’s Madan upazila, Kuturikona -- a small village -- is gradually transforming into a hub of duck farming, bringing self-reliance to its residents, especially the women.
Ethical use of artificial intelligence in Bangladeshi news media
Media Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) and The Daily Star, with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held a roundtable on April 06, 2026.
22 June 2026
Old clothes, new stories
Currently in Dhaka’s shopping scene, the trending word is pre‑loved -- a positive, stylish term for second‑hand, used, or vintage clothing. You could call it the polished cousin of the hand‑me‑downs we grew up with.
21 June 2026
Boro is conquering the saline south-west
Rice cultivation is expanding across many coastal districts as farmers adapt to rising soil salinity
20 June 2026
The untold lives of Sadarghat’s boatmen
The Buriganga holds unimaginable history, many stories, and so much more. It was never calm from the very beginning.
19 June 2026
Centre For Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) publishes research report on ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh’
The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS), Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, in association with the Death Penalty Project (DPP), launched a research report titled ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh: An Empirical and Conceptual Analysis’ on 10 June 2026 at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka.
18 June 2026
Mediation in criminal cases
Five years ago, the backlog of mediation in Bangladesh covering civil, commercial, banking, family and labour matters stood at about three million cases.
17 June 2026
Living Vicariously through Equality Law
There lies a charm in equality. As an idea, it gives a sense of fulfilment, at least when it is articulated: we are all equal.
17 June 2026
Celebrating art, artists and cultural exchange
For 22 years, Galleri Kaya has remained a familiar and influential presence in Bangladesh’s art community. What began as a gallery has gradually evolved into something larger:
15 June 2026
From ‘basket case’ to billion-dollar borrower
Bangladesh once relied heavily on foreign aid but gradually reduced its dependence on donor support
13 June 2026
Living between Google maps and gut feeling in Dhaka
If you try to make sense of Dhaka traffic using only logic and Google Maps, you will very quickly realise that the city has no particular interest in cooperating with either of them.
13 June 2026
Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
Under Bangladesh’s taxation law, payment of zakat only operates as a deduction to taxable income instead of reducing the tax liability.
10 June 2026
Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
Resolving a case in our country often takes years due to excessive case backlogs, shortage of judges and procedural delays.
10 June 2026
The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has long sought to attract higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) to support industrialisation, export diversification, and economic transformation.
10 June 2026
Old Dhaka’s Narinda wasn't always called Narinda!
Our city dates back to pre-Mughal times; and Narinda, with this mosque, is a testament to that.
8 June 2026
Where rape happens: Inside homes, among familiar faces
Most rape incidents in Bangladesh do not happen in dark alleys or isolated streets. They occur in places people trust the most -- inside homes.
8 June 2026
From mangoes to lotkon: The generosity of Jyaishtha in Dhaka
My story today is of Jyaishtha, the second month of the Bangla calendar, sweetly tucked between May and June, and lovingly nicknamed mishti mash -- the sweet month. It is a season not just of fruit, but of affection, abundance, and the kind of cordiality that defines Bengali summer.
8 June 2026
Solar power lit up the chars, but not for long
Tiny home systems brought electricity to off-grid chars
6 June 2026
The romance of cash in a QR economy
I know it is the era of a cashless economy, and in Dhaka, like elsewhere, plastic money and electronic transfers underpin and replace physical cash.
4 June 2026
Brutal cases of sexual violence and a justice system in collapse
The mutilated body of Ramisa Akter, an 8-year-old child raped, murdered and beheaded, was recently found in the capital of Bangladesh whose Constitution promises right to life, equality, and protection to every citizen.
3 June 2026
Reviewing the separate judicial secretariat judgment
After the final hearing of the writ petition of Mohammad Saddam Hossen v Bangladesh (2025) case, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) directed the establishment of a separate secretariat for the Supreme Court within three months.
3 June 2026