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Promises and pitfalls of the new education budget

Manzoor Ahmed

17 MIN(s) ago Views

How toxic digital spaces are grooming angry young men

Md Shihab Hossain

15 June 2026, 13:25 PM Views

How the proposed budget reinforces an unequal tax structure

Kallol Mustafa

15 June 2026, 08:00 AM Opinion

Before adding a third language, fix students' foundational learning crisis

Ananta Neelim

15 June 2026, 12:00 PM Views

What the 57th border talks refused to say about BSF killings and push-ins

Jannatul Naym Pieal

14 June 2026, 10:00 AM Views

Who pays for a fossil-free future? Bonn talks must answer the question

Farah Kabir

14 June 2026, 09:00 AM Views

A record health budget, but the challenge, as always, is execution

Syed Abdul Hamid

15 June 2026, 09:00 AM Views

Persistent delay in restoring the Information Commission is unacceptable

Shamsul Bari Ruhi Naz

15 June 2026, 11:00 AM Views

With opposition inputs, the budget debate finally matures, but constraints persist

M Kabir Hassan

14 June 2026, 11:00 AM Views

How falling real prices threaten Bangladesh’s apparel sector

Mostafiz Uddin

14 June 2026, 08:00 AM RMG NOTES

A life dedicated in pursuit of social justice

His post-independence contributions reflect his lifelong devotion to nation-building.

12 March 2025, 02:00 AM

Parental neglect may create uncaring children

"Villains are not born; they are created"—this saying contains a profound reality that defies the conventional tales we frequently accept without inquiry.

11 March 2025, 11:15 AM

State must ensure women’s safety

Umama Fatema, a student of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall, Dhaka University, and spokesperson for the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star.

11 March 2025, 09:44 AM

Beijing’s tactical silence over Trump’s global gambits

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a seasoned diplomat, opted for parables to characterise Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

11 March 2025, 07:00 AM

Echoes of Tulip Mania in our economy

Bangladesh's stock market volatility, real estate boom, and rising foreign debt is reminiscent of Tulip Mania.

11 March 2025, 06:00 AM

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Why the DU student harasser got bail

Bangladesh law penalises harassment, with jail and fines under key provisions.

11 March 2025, 02:00 AM

protests for women's safety in Bangladesh

The ongoing struggle for women’s safety

The root cause of gender-based violence lies in deeply entrenched power imbalances between men and women.

11 March 2025, 02:00 AM

Stephen D Biggs’s pioneering work in helping small farmers

Stephen was more than a university teacher and researcher.

10 March 2025, 11:11 AM

Women are more than just numbers

Women are one of the main architects of Bangladesh's economy.

10 March 2025, 07:25 AM

Fusion energy: The holy grail of clean power

The Earth possesses virtually inexhaustible reserves of the raw materials—deuterium and tritium—essential for a fusion reactor.

10 March 2025, 07:00 AM

Let’s aim for a future built on equality, inclusion

For centuries, half of humanity—women—have been systematically denied their rightful place at decision-making tables.

10 March 2025, 06:00 AM

Hasina’s regime and the systematic use of enforced disappearance

It is now irrefutably evident that Sheikh Hasina’s despotic regime systematically weaponised enforced disappearance as a ruthless tool of political repression.

10 March 2025, 02:10 AM

What the Democracy Index tells us about Bangladesh

Assessing the overall results of the index, it seems that the world’s democracies are struggling.

10 March 2025, 02:00 AM

Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan

Transforming Ramadan from a month of fasting into one of feasting and then forcing women to cook extravagant meals ruins the purpose of the holy month.

9 March 2025, 10:00 AM