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The growing cancer crisis among Bangladeshi women
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The human cost of wasting Rohingya aid funds
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Bonn dialogue on trade-climate interface: Can trade promote mitigation action?
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Mental health: The health budget's blind spot
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How the FY2026-27 budget repeats the habits of the past
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Budget reform must start with what's feasible
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From ambition to execution: The real test of the FY2026-27 budget
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MACRO MIRROR
Taking care of our elderly must not be an afterthought
There is a saying that a society is measured by how it cares for its elderly population.
6 October 2022, 11:09 AM
Poetry review: Moon’s madness
Protiti’s poems are mostly ‘bare’ conversational musings exploring ‘selfhood, separation, exile, love and longing’.
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A chance encounter, and the rest is history
The memoir provides a good primer to Nusrat's life as a musician and the legacy he left.
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds
One reason behind the lack of progress on L&D is that it has no agreed definition yet.
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh signs Marrakesh Treaty: The end of ‘book famine’?
September 26, 2022 marks a historic day for Bangladesh, especially for the people who have any form of visual or print disability.
5 October 2022, 17:00 PM
Women, Life, Freedom, and the Left
We in the West have no right to treat Iran as a country that is desperately trying to catch up with us.
5 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Can teachers be the pivot of change in education?
To ignore the special role of a teacher in society is to place the future of the nation at peril.
5 October 2022, 14:00 PM
On the chaos of teaching English
I discover that teaching is more about reading people.
5 October 2022, 12:18 PM
How can Bangladesh have sustainable journalism and media self-regulation?
The concept of sustainable journalism is yet to get currency in Bangladesh.
5 October 2022, 12:05 PM
No proper conservation of Old Dhaka heritage sites
Urban Study Group (USG founder, Taimur Islam, speaks to The Daily Star about his organisation's work and experience.
5 October 2022, 09:29 AM
Russia, Iran, and the Perils of Post-Autocracy
While these regimes have no real future, there is no clear and institutionally viable alternative to replace them.
5 October 2022, 06:25 AM
Exploiting Newton’s law of gravity to store green energy
Energy generated from gravity batteries is sustainable.
5 October 2022, 02:00 AM
An open letter to Bangladeshi youth
You hold, in your anger and your compassion, the ability to bend the arc of our future towards justice.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Gagging young voices: The unreasonable nature of our digital laws
As it stands now, any person whom law enforcement authorities deem to have breached the DSA will be arrested without a warrant.
4 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Turning Bangladesh into a knowledge-based economy
Bangladesh must invest wisely in training our young girls and boys to become the knowledge workers of the future.
4 October 2022, 12:00 PM
Fanfiction and the art of retelling stories
Fanfiction is just a devoted fan's mind asking, "What if?"
4 October 2022, 08:30 AM
Three factors holding back economy
The interest rate cap on loans, the frequent changes to the exchange rate regime and a relaxed attitude to enforcing austerity measures are the major challenges facing Bangladesh in restoring stability in the economy.
4 October 2022, 02:20 AM
EVMs and a mind-reading election commissioner
Did you know that mind-reading was an essential trait for the job of an election commissioner? I did not.
3 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Stealing the applause and appreciation
What could be the psyche behind this ugly practice of stealing the limelight despite having no intellectual, technical, moral or effective input in any of the 23 goals that our girls scored in Kathmandu?
3 October 2022, 13:30 PM
How can Bangladesh turn on its ‘brain gain’?
Bangladesh is currently suffering from an acute shortage of skilled workers and managers.
3 October 2022, 13:00 PM