Taxing microsavings risks undermining financial inclusion for the poor
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How much longer must we wait for press freedom?
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Modernise flood damage assessments to protect haor farmers
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Strengthening consumer protection must go beyond mobile court raids
11 October 2026
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New NCT deal must deliver measurable gains for Bangladesh
11 October 2026
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Tea workers deserve a say in reforms to their industry
11 October 2026
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International Day of the Girl Child / Valuing daughters means sharing the responsibility of care
11 October 2026
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Beware machines that always take our side
11 October 2026
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World Mental Health Day / We must prevent overreliance on AI chatbots for emotional support
10 October 2026
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World Mental Health Day / Who listens when mental health struggles disrupt daily life?
10 October 2026
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What’s even the point of having a cricket team?
Fans have limited patience, and cricket fans are being pushed dangerously close to the limit.
30 October 2023
You couldn’t have ‘Friends’ without Chandler Bing
Could we be more… mortal?
29 October 2023
Violence prevails yet again
The ruling party should stop organising parallel programmes and fuelling confrontation.
29 October 2023
The death of a climate justice pioneer
The editorial team at The Daily Star is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of eminent climate expert and scientist Dr Saleemul Huq OBE
29 October 2023
Breaking the chains of obligation at 50-something
I don’t want to be accountable for the bad fish curry, the pending electric bill, or the understocked pantry anymore.
29 October 2023
Food insecurity is haunting our poor
The soaring food prices, coupled with falling real income, pose a serious challenge for the poor in terms of accessing adequate and nutritious food.
29 October 2023
Claudia Goldin’s economics Nobel and the lessons for developing countries
A fundamental takeaway of Goldin’s work is that the source of the gender gap is not constant as a society transitions from one period of development to another.
29 October 2023
‘No innocents in Gaza’
Wars force us to recognise that all mortal conflicts come from tribalism.
28 October 2023
Is education only about earning money?
We need a peak in social consciousness, and not just in our GDP.
28 October 2023
Mind the gap in centralised university admissions
The practical implementation of this method has revealed significant shortcomings.
28 October 2023
What should and shouldn’t happen in Oct 28 rallies
It cannot be ignored that the nation came to this day because a path to hold a fair election is absent, and that the current system of governance has undermined the citizens’ right to exercise their inalienable right to vote.
27 October 2023
Erik ten Hag vs Players
As Ten Hag continues his journey with Manchester United, the spotlight is firmly on him, both on and off the pitch.
27 October 2023
What will happen on October 28?
It seems all the opposition forces are becoming active ahead of the national election.
27 October 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: West’s moral standing and the slaughter of Palestinians
Hasn't the world already been a witness to the massacre that has been taking place in Gaza over the past several weeks?
26 October 2023
'China never exerts pressure on any other country, but believes in diplomacy and dialogue'
China is committed to opening up and translating its immense market into profitable opportunities for the world, including for Bangladesh.
26 October 2023
Israel-Palestine conflict: Joe Biden's moral hypocrisy
Without proper investigations, President Biden announced he favours the Israeli version of the stories.
26 October 2023
Fixing global economic governance
Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.
26 October 2023
Why the hasty delivery of 'justice' for opposition members?
The Daily Star spoke to four experts to gauge the real intention behind this sudden speedy operation of the judiciary.
26 October 2023
The sudden move to empower Ansar is concerning
Are the Ansar, who are not trained or structured for law enforcement, being primed to be used unfairly against the opposition during the election season?
25 October 2023
Our gender pay gap is fixable
Generally, occupations that are typically “feminine” are also considered less prestigious and pay less.
25 October 2023