‘Violence against women is a violation of human rights’
Our society still considers violence against women to be a women's issue and holds the view that only women should talk about it or protest it.
4m ago
Road crash victims deserve a better compensation scheme
Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.
6m ago
Will I ever be able to breathe fresh air in Dhaka?
As soon as we got onto Mirpur Road, I felt suddenly unable to breathe properly
6m ago
Air pollution is not for only one authority to tackle
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
7m ago
‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
8m ago
‘Health services deeply troubled by corruption, lack of accountability’
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), talks about how corruption and a lack of good governance have crippled the country's healthcare services.
9m ago
Victims of a rotten healthcare system
The time has come now to question these malpractices and demand the much-needed reforms in our healthcare system.
10m ago
Are we aware of aluminium phosphide poisoning?
The fact that two children would have to die in the “safety” of their own home just because a pest control agency did not do its job properly is inconceivable.
10m ago
November 12, 2021
We need stronger commitment to stop using single-use plastic
We are not really aware of how much we use plastic materials in our day-to-day lives.
October 28, 2021
Returnee female migrants need help to bounce back in life
There is hardly any positive news about our female migrant workers employed in the Middle East or those who have returned home from there.
October 14, 2021
The deadly urban heat that can cripple our city
In yet another sign of rapid deterioration in the quality of life in Dhaka, a recent study, published by the US-based scientific journal PNAS, has found the city to be the worst-affected around the world due to extreme urban heat.
October 7, 2021
Buriganga remains a sad tale. Can we turn it around?
The other day, I was listening to this popular song by Kafil Ahmed, one of the few gono sangeet artists of our time.
October 2, 2021
‘Continuous assessment without remedial assistance will be futile’
Prof Siddiqur Rahman, former director of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) at Dhaka University and member of the National Education Policy 2010 formulation committee, talks to The Daily Star’s Naznin Tithi about the challenges we may face in implementing the new school curriculum, the outline of which was recently approved by the prime minister, and how we can solve them
September 26, 2021
‘Blended learning is what we will need in the coming days’
Professor Dr Kazi Shahidullah, chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), former chairman, department of history, Dhaka University, and former vice chancellor, National University, talks to The Daily Star’s Naznin Tithi about how universities can recover from learning loss as they are resuming in-person classes and why our universities should continue with online education alongside classroom education.
August 19, 2021
Zahir Raihan and the making of Jibon Thekey Neya
Being someone who is keen on watching films that were made on our Liberation War in the early seventies—and the films that made an impact on our nation’s movement for freedom—for me, Zahir Raihan is a legend.
January 20, 2021
‘The biggest way to show respect to the martyrs is to know their history well’
January 20 is observed as Shaheed Asad Day. On this day in 1969, Amanullah Mohammad Asaduzzaman, an MA student of Dhaka University and a leader of the East Pakistan Students’ Union, was killed by the Pakistani police forces while students were holding processions against the repressive regime of Ayub Khan, breaking Section 144 of the constitution imposed by the government.
January 7, 2021
Greening up the concrete
As I ordered a Hoya and a Dischidia, two beautiful trailing house plants, from a seller online, I was elated to think how easy it has become nowadays to buy plants from various Facebook groups and online shops.
December 14, 2020
Kobor: A unique artistic representation of an unusual situation
He made it clear at the very beginning that he was passing extremely hectic times and that it would not be possible for him to talk for long.
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