Why does a six-day holiday feel too good to be true?
This is apparently the longest holiday that journalists have ever gotten in the history of Bangladesh’s newspaper industry.
2w ago
Who will restrain prices in the month of restraint?
If the government really wants to control or bring down prices during Ramadan and afterwards, it must be willing to go after its 'own people.'
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Who will restrain prices in the month of restraint?
A government’s job is not to preach about people’s food choices, but to keep food prices stable and reasonably down. When it starts to preach, more often than not it is trying to deflect scrutiny of what it cannot achieve through actions.
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‘Will you be my Valentine?’ and other expensive offers
In the end, love is a personal matter and it should remain so, regardless of how it comes out on February 14 and in the days that follow.
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‘There’s a huge difference between DSA and CSA’
Mohammad Ali Arafat, the newly appointed state minister for information and broadcasting, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
2m ago
Word of the Election Year: Dummy
Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples
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Can BNP survive the pre-election meltdown?
BNP's retreat to the back foot amid mass arrests and convictions was as remarkable as it was rapid.
3m ago
Voters without choice are just glorified dummies
You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.
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April 11, 2023
In times of crisis, journalists must double down on facts
Facts, once the prerogative of the media, used to be sacred. Now, they are just fodder in an increasingly hostile war of narratives.
April 2, 2023
The UN got it wrong. We’re not just sad, we’re happily so
We toy with the idea of change, but seek accommodation with the status quo.
March 18, 2023
Living like the poor, paying like the rich
Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?
January 31, 2023
Awami League wants us to love DSA. It’s too late now
While the manner in which the DSA is being defended is nothing new, the timing bears significance
January 7, 2023
Survival of the Noisiest
Living with Dhaka’s noise pollution is a gruelling endurance test.
December 19, 2022
Messi, Messier, Messiest
Drink it all in.
December 10, 2022
Why politicians should study human rights
For human rights advocates, 2022 has been a catastrophic year.
November 14, 2022
In the silos of bureaucrats, public interests are a trifle
To the uninitiated, the public interaction between our prime minister and state officials may seem curious at times.
October 15, 2022
Is the EC fighting an unwinnable war?
There are a few possible explanations behind why the EC chose to suspend the Gaibandha-5 by-poll
October 2, 2022
Who wants a piece of forest?
Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall
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