How to grow more rice without draining the land
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Rethinking canal dredging to improve flood management
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Ecocide is hard to litigate, but we must still demand accountability
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When a cartoon becomes a crime, again
22 April 2026, 08:00 AM
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Nutritional literacy can reduce healthcare costs in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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How poor governance broke Bangladesh's immunisation model
22 April 2026, 10:00 AM
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Fifty seats for women, but who will they really represent?
21 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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World Creativity and Innovation Day / Why Bangladesh is losing the innovation race
21 April 2026, 23:00 PM
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West Bengal poll politics tests the limits of Dhaka-Delhi reset process
21 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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While the world marches for Gaza, the West remains silent
This silence is not accidental. It is carefully engineered
12 June 2025, 08:57 AM
Sustaining the oceans as they sustain us
The importance of oceans in human lives can hardly be overemphasised.
12 June 2025, 07:00 AM
The power of goodness
People seem to love making negative remarks about societal breakdown and people’s lack of concern for others.
12 June 2025, 05:00 AM
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the politics of starvation
What we are witnessing in Gaza is the collapse of humanitarianism’s ethical core.
12 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Beyond muscle and money: The leadership Bangladesh now deserves
For decades, Bangladesh’s political arena has been dominated by leaders who thrive not through vision or service, but through intimidation, wealth, family, and connections.
12 June 2025, 02:00 AM
The silent plastic crisis in rural Bangladesh
Plastic pollution is not solely an urban issue.
11 June 2025, 07:40 AM
Action fails to match rhetoric again
A clear sense of direction and strategy for the education system is lacking, as it has been under past political governments.
11 June 2025, 04:00 AM
We need both new wine and a new bottle
People don’t want to see politics being hogged by time-tested politicians who have failed people’s expectations time and again.
11 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh’s civic and digital arenas are becoming fear zones
What we are witnessing is not a series of disconnected incidents but a systemic erosion of democratic norms.
10 June 2025, 05:00 AM
For how long must women endure cyberattacks?
Despite the legal provisions in place to punish such actions, many victims find themselves powerless to pursue justice.
9 June 2025, 09:00 AM
Unlock Bangladesh's potential for sustainable employment
There is a huge scope for green employment opportunities in Bangladesh.
9 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Looking back on the investment summit: Big promises, fragile realities
It remains unclear if the summit’s promises will bring real change, and consequently greater investments, or simply fade away like many before them
8 June 2025, 05:00 AM
A recurring script is enough to prove the pattern
In Bangladesh, one does not need to teach a generation, invent a cure for a disease, feed the hungry, or fight for justice to be honoured. In this country, respect comes cheaper
7 June 2025, 13:59 PM
Living on the bridge: My life between East and West
I was born in Bangladesh, a place defined not just by geography but by rhythm.
7 June 2025, 04:00 AM
Beat a woman, become a hero
Garlands around their necks, broad smiles on their faces, motorbikes revving behind them, and a crowd of cheerleaders to welcome them—as if justice has finally prevailed with their innocence established. Only, it hasn't
6 June 2025, 06:49 AM
When mercy is missing from sacrifice
Are we so far gone that even a creature's panic, its last attempt at life, is turned into viral entertainment?
6 June 2025, 06:02 AM
Why change must start with people
On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage.
5 June 2025, 13:00 PM
Whose feminism is it anyway? : Lessons from the gender reform uproar
In Bangladesh, liberal feminism has long been perceived as centring on the secular, urban woman as its ideal.
5 June 2025, 10:00 AM
World Environment Day: A story of memory and nature
There are people who protect our little spaces so that they can be green again.
5 June 2025, 06:00 AM
‘Recovery of NPLs overseas will strengthen Bangladesh’s banking sector’
Wieger Wielinga, managing director of Omni Bridgeway, speaks with The Daily Star breaking down the concept of litigation funding.
5 June 2025, 04:00 AM