Lack of awareness and policy initiatives about indoor air pollution is deeply worrying

Moshahida Sultana, associate professor at the Department of Accounting and Information Systems in Dhaka University, has been doing research on the sugar mills in Bangladesh since 2015. In a conversation with Sumon Ali of The Daily Star, she talks about the state of the sugar mills and the country’s sugar production.

On June 3, 1947, Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, announced his plan for the partition of the subcontinent—in particular that of Punjab and Bengal.

The creator of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling, is probably the richest author in the world, with an estimated net worth of USD 1 billion. In one estimate, Rowling made USD 181 per minute or USD 4.37 per word in 2016-17.

It may seem like an odd assortment of items to be afflicted by the inflationary fever currently in circulation, but following the basic rules of economics—when demand goes up, with existing supply, prices will go up in a free market

Others should emulate Lakshmipur district administration’s initiative.

We endorse CAB recommendations not to raise electricity, gas prices.

Technologies are getting more affordable with time, allowing farmers in Bangladesh to adopt Agriculture 4.0, which offers much greater efficiency and production potential.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences.

The current global political, economic and trade situations are not favourable for a developing country like Bangladesh.

There was a time when the US government left no stone unturned to oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

Learning recovery and mental health should be priority

Price hikes despite the high yield of Boro rice totally unacceptable

It is too early to conclude if the IPEF is a prelude to Donald Trump's Trans-Pacific Trade agreement in a different cloak.

Once the shouts of "conspiracy" and the routine blame games have subsided, we will have to come to terms with the rapidly changing geopolitics, of which these sanctions are symptomatic.

Even the children who have never had a shooting at their own school are not free from the damage.

Is a nexus of a few Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and a powerful segment of the human resources ministry in Malaysia trying to impose unfair and unethical conditions on the long-awaited reopening of the Malaysian labour market?

Bangladesh’s abstention from voting on a resolution on March 2, 2022 is not a diplomatic dilemma.

Caste census, once again, is the talk of the town—at least in the Indian state of Bihar.

Authorities must take steps to turn the zila parishads into powerful institutions