Today, May 9, we mark Europe Day and commemorate the vision of the then French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, who presented in 1950 a far-sighted blueprint to prevent war from happening again.

The emergence of the Metaverse is perhaps a complete game changer for our world. Metaverse blurs the line between reality and virtual reality.

What does one imagine when thinking of a house? A place that is safe and secure, that can provide privacy and, most importantly, protection from extreme climates.

TTE Shafiqul Islam fined three passengers who were travelling without tickets. This action prompted the Pakshey Division of Bangladesh Railways (BR) to temporarily suspend him. The punishment was delivered swiftly. So swiftly that Shafiqul had to be informed through a telephone call.

Reward, not punish, honest officials for doing their job

We speak to private sector employees about workers' rights in the private sector on the occasion of May Day in this episode of The Daily Star Opinion's 'Public Speaks'.

One recurring discourse in Dhaka, especially before and after Eid holidays, is that of an “empty” city. 

Public demonstrations, political protests calling for the government to resign, and long queues at gas stations and grocery stores have been a regular feature in Sri Lanka for the last few weeks.

It is disappointing that people have had to face huge trouble while buying entry tickets for the national museum and the historic Ahsan Manzil

Bangladesh Railway (BR), perhaps to no one’s surprise, is once again set to miss the completion deadline for 14 of its 20 ongoing projects

In 2009, the government introduced the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE), a mandatory test for grade 5 students to certify completion of the primary cycle.

It’s a distressing reality that the country’s farmers are faced with an ever-spiraling problem of losing their lands and crops to the burgeoning brickfields, such

After the 2008 global financial crisis, the world seemed ready to undertake meaningful reform of the international monetary system. But the promised structural changes never happened.

The war in Ukraine has spawned a mindless Russophobic war hysteria in the West that is appalling. It reminds me of my days in the US during the Iraq war. As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”

There’s a good chance your screen time increased significantly during this weeklong Eid break unless you are one of those reported one million outbound tourists who shored up in various travel destinations or one of those million others who journeyed within the country to visit your near and dear ones.

The national budget for the next fiscal year will be the third since the start of the Covid-19 crisis in March 2020. Can we expect it to address the current realities, contexts and challenges of Bangladesh?

Govt must open eyes to consumers' unending sufferings

We share the disappointment of thousands of shipbreaking workers who were denied their festival bonus before Eid-ul-Fitr this year.

The Ukraine crisis shows that the European Union (EU) has a problem with power.

On February 7 this year, an article by Mostafa Shabuj in The Daily Star Bangla titled “Why can’t the government send timely weather information to farmers?” made me pause.