The new world of geoeconomics: From comparative advantage to coercive advantage
21 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Geopolitical Insights
BIG-B and Bangladesh's road to Southeast Asia
20 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Geopolitical Insights
China–Bangladesh Community: Bandwagoning, soft alignment, or rhetoric?
19 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Geopolitical Insights
The global refugee crisis and Bangladesh's Rohingya challenge
18 July 2026, 13:40 PM
Geopolitical Insights
Rohingya deaths in landslides call for a reckoning with systemic failures
11 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Views
For Rohingya camps, measles control requires tailored interventions
7 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Opinion
How the education vacuum is fuelling crimes in Rohingya camps
10 December 2025, 07:00 AM
Views
When the Rohingya crisis becomes an opportunity for some
11 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Views
Rohingya crisis: Refugees without a country, a world without excuse
25 September 2025, 20:40 PM
Views
Trump’s new Hormuz gamble: Will Iran back down?
15 July 2026, 18:26 PM
Geopolitical Insights
The Bangladesh-India friendship dilemma
India’s current leaders along with big business oligarchy have been pursuing a one-sided foreign policy.
3 July 2024, 02:00 AM
Biden needs to go, but he won’t
There is still time to introduce a new face and a charged voice.
29 June 2024, 15:27 PM
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
26 June 2024, 11:22 AM
Civil war in Myanmar: Bangladesh should revisit its national security strategy
It is high time Bangladesh revised its national security strategy and worked in close collaboration with the other key regional players.
26 June 2024, 04:00 AM
The stakes are too high for the world to fail Palestine
Realising the stakes of the failure to address the current Gaza genocide, millions of people have been coming to the streets to protest.
20 June 2024, 05:00 AM
Death of Bangladeshi youths in the US: When violence hits home
The police killings of Win Rozario and Sayed Faisal, Bangladeshi American youth, have put the role of law enforcers under great scrutiny.
16 June 2024, 14:00 PM
Trump, now a felon, presents huge political challenge
Say what you will about former US President Donald Trump, but give him his due.
6 June 2024, 03:00 AM
India’s election opens the door to the past
India witnessed a tumultuous time between May 1996 and October 1999 when coalition governments came and left in quick succession.
5 June 2024, 08:49 AM
Rafah on fire: Is the cult of the US and Israel above international law?
The world is now slowly opening its eyes to the genocide in Gaza, coming to terms with the need for Israel's accountability.
29 May 2024, 02:00 AM
All eyes on Rafah: Where are the red lines?
The videos emerging from Rafah show how far the world and humanity has rotted in the past eight months.
28 May 2024, 08:30 AM
Biden-Netanyahu standoff complicates the Gaza conflict
The Israeli prime minister believes he can face off with the US president.
22 May 2024, 04:00 AM
We are not just bystanders in the colonial space
The optics of visible solidarity for Palestine is important because it shows that the world is witnessing and recording this blatant act of outright dehumanisation.
21 May 2024, 10:50 AM
Who was Raisi and what does his death mean?
Given the turbulent state of the Middle East at the moment, the repercussions of Raisi’s death could have effects in not only Iran but also the wider region.
21 May 2024, 09:40 AM
'What's happening in Gaza is not a religious crisis'
Rabbi Alissa Wise, founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire, talks about Jewish solidarity with Gaza in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
15 May 2024, 04:00 AM
Fear and loathing surrounding India’s election
After the first phase of voting, Modi seems to have changed his campaign strategy, focusing more on firing up BJP's Hindu base.
15 May 2024, 04:00 AM
Pro-Palestine protests: Student demands for divestment are not new
These demands are built on a decades-long foundation constructed by an international solidarity movement in support of Palestinian liberation.
8 May 2024, 05:00 AM
Israel's Rafah invasion, rejection of the Hamas ceasefire deal, and US role
Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire, while Israel wants a temporary truce.
7 May 2024, 13:00 PM
Horrors of the Gaza genocide: Through a survivor’s eyes
This is an eye-witness account, the story of a Palestinian in Gaza, a human being, a 24-year-old medical student, his real human life of love and loss, and a human testimony of war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government and the military in the deadliest campaign of bombings and mass killings in recent history.
2 May 2024, 15:00 PM
Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia
Netanyahu is unlikely to favour such a ceasefire since his unpopularity would lead to his overthrow, the revival of criminal cases against him, and his possible incarceration.
24 April 2024, 10:00 AM
Decolonising academia beyond the metaphor
Decolonial pedagogy and thinking is a fundamental part of the movement for imagining an alternative future.
24 April 2024, 05:00 AM