PM stresses navy’s role in security, trade and blue economy
30 MIN(s) ago News
Directs navy to strengthen three‑dimensional force
Misinformation now overshadows press freedom: Information minister
3 hour(s) ago Bangladesh
Journalists from home and abroad urge society to protect press
The strange grief of seeing our parents age
Adrita Islam
Wisdom
There is no single moment when someone announces that your parents have become old.
The moral architecture of Bangladesh’s parliament
Big Picture
In the heart of Dhaka stands one of the most extraordinary civic buildings of the twentieth century: the National Parliament Building of Bangladesh.

Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome

24 July 2026, 00:00 AM THE THIRD VIEW
After our Liberation War, we started off with the parliamentary system of government. Then Bangabandhu himself betrayed that vision and that of multiparty democracy by instituting BAKSAL, a one-party system, and introducing the presidential model of government.

Republic of the footpath

25 July 2026, 00:00 AM Unheard Voices
A few weeks ago, I was walking home from the office in Gulshan—I still prefer to walk whenever I can—when I noticed a young boy riding a bicycle, with an older man a few steps behind him, keeping a careful eye on the child.
A growing herd in a shrinking forest
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM Weekend Read
Nine hurdles keeping FDI away
Star Business Report
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM Economy

Tajuddin Ahmad: A life for Bangladesh

23 July 2026, 13:40 PM Slow Reads Special
On Tajuddin Ahmad's 101st birth anniversary, revisiting his life, leadership, and enduring legacy.
Flightpaths strewn with tall buildings
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM Bangladesh
Year after year the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has been battling to keep the airspace surrounding Dhaka’s airports clean of buildings that exceed the height limit.
Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
18 July 2026, 08:00 AM Investigative Stories
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work