Taxing microsavings risks undermining financial inclusion of the poor
12 October 2026
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Can sand-filling help coastal households adapt to salinity?
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How much longer must we wait for press freedom?
12 October 2026
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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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Catch me if you can
A pre-teen has been making news for boarding a Kuwait-bound flight from the Dhaka airport without any documentation.
16 September 2023
From lead poisoning to cardiac deaths
If left unaddressed, lead poisoning will substantially strain Bangladesh's already challenged healthcare system.
16 September 2023
No country for women and girls
What codes of safety and protection can ensure women’s right to, well, exist?
15 September 2023
Independent media's latest stink bomb: Fake writers
Editors are in quite a fix.
15 September 2023
How countries prepare for population growth and decline
Around the world, diverse initiatives are being introduced to manage population changes.
15 September 2023
Do Bangladeshis want democracy?
Most of Bangladesh's young people did not have a chance to vote in the last two elections.
15 September 2023
The information commission is a prime mover of the RTI Act
The experiences of Sri Lanka and Pakistan are lessons for everyone concerned with promoting the right to information.
15 September 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing
We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.
14 September 2023
The unending cycle of war and peace
Ukraine is a moral tragedy, whereby no one wants to take tough decisions for peace, preferring to wage war in which hundreds of thousands have died, millions have migrated and the unspoken outcome is nuclear.
14 September 2023
The modern dilemma of marital surnames
The practice of adopting the husband’s surname upon marriage reflects societal and cultural beliefs about women's lives, seen as dependent and interconnected.
14 September 2023
‘Bangladesh should prioritise its national interests above all’
BIPSS President Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
14 September 2023
The true purpose of literacy
The credibility and significance of literacy rates become questionable when seen in the light of primary education outcomes and the character of the literacy projects undertaken so far.
14 September 2023
Dealing with a consistently inconsistent Bangladesh
The most optimistic among us rely on the consistent inconsistency of Bangladesh when they play international cricket.
13 September 2023
Road safety barely an afterthought
The transport sector in Bangladesh is plagued by irregularities, lawlessness, unreasonable fares, and passenger distress
13 September 2023
With digital banks, we must proceed with caution
Launching digital banks could be a major positive milestone for the nation, but it could also turn into a digital nightmare.
13 September 2023
How the prices of essentials are manipulated
This mechanism of hiking prices is not new.
13 September 2023
Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh
Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.
13 September 2023
A selfie, some visits, and a show of diplomacy
Diplomatically, this year has possibly been the most eventful in the history of Bangladesh.
12 September 2023
Lifespan of the Leviathan
Who would want to move for democracy and risk losing it all?
12 September 2023
What can we do to reclaim 6.8 years of our lives?
A robust system for monitoring air quality needs to be established nationwide.
12 September 2023