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The third-place decider is often described as the World Cup's most unwanted fixture. No player begins a tournament dreaming of featuring in it, yet one of the semifinal losers has to walk away with bronze while the other leaves empty-handed.
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July Smriti Foundation: Victims’ families left waiting as funds dry up
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The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation is grappling with a severe fund crisis, hampering its efforts to provide financial assistance to the families of 34 July martyrs and 9,776 people injured during the July uprising.
Business Plus / Pharma industry’s next big leap
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Bangladesh’s drugmakers are pursuing complex medicines to expand exports and improve patient access
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We cannot afford to fall behind in building AI capability
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Big Picture
Bangladesh's AI policy must factor in the environmental costs
Views
While the world rushes to learn how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in every sphere of life—from classrooms and hospitals to offices and newsrooms—remarkably little attention is paid to an uncomfortable question: what is the environmental cost of this technological revolution?
The price of convenience
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Weekend Read
Every day, Safia Khan, a 30-year-old corporate professional in Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur neighbourhood, moves through a world saturated with plastic.
Can Bangladesh bring back the Chakaria Sundarbans?
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
A vast, barren landscape stretches to the horizon—devoid of trees and even sufficient grass.
The fault in our buildings
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh
Big firms look overseas as local credit costs too much
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Why governments fail to communicate with Gen Z
16 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Big Picture
The forgotten South Asian soldiers of the First World War
17 July 2026, 00:02 AM
In Focus
What the protest by HSC candidates tells us
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The new budget's test for disability inclusion
4 hour(s) ago
The quiet healing and enduring agency of women
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Protect small traders from extortion
17 July 2026, 19:12 PM
Institutions should not be so dependent on the PM for routine governance
17 July 2026, 08:00 AM
EU and G77 express support for Bangladesh's smooth and sustainable LDC graduation
17 July 2026, 12:56 PM
Apparel exports to EU, US tumble in Jan-May
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Yamal is the best player right now: Hamza
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16 July 2026, 19:02 PM
Life & Living
Speed friending gave me hope in a lonely Dhaka
16 July 2026, 19:09 PM
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#World Cup / 5 leadership lessons you can learn from Lionel Messi
16 July 2026, 19:14 PM
Life & Living
ESSAY / Let there be monsters: On AI mythology
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Who wrote the life you’re living?
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
#Perspective / Exams in a flood: Who are we really testing?
15 July 2026, 18:22 PM
Life & Living
#World Cup / To Argentina haters: Calling it "scripted" won’t change reality!
15 July 2026, 18:09 PM
Life & Living
#World Cup / Argentina to wear navy blue: Tribute or superstition?
15 July 2026, 18:13 PM
Life & Living
#World Cup / Why is everyone talking about the French football team’s bags?
14 July 2026, 18:06 PM
Life & Living
#World Cup / Lamine Yamal’s emotional family moments are melting football fans
14 July 2026, 18:21 PM
Life & Living
#World Cup / How Bangladeshi fans remember the night Maradona's hand changed everything
15 July 2026, 18:18 PM
Life & Living
Why modern dating sounds like a completely different language
13 July 2026, 20:41 PM
Relationships & Family
Watch / What awaits Sheikh Hasina when she returns to the country?
12 July 2026, 20:58 PM
Recently, Reuters claimed that she wants to return to the country in December. But the question is, what will happen if Sheikh Hasina returns? Will she face trial? Will she be able to appeal?
Politics and religion has now gotten mixed with support for WC team: Kazi Sabir
12 July 2026, 21:15 PM
Watch today's episode of Star Discourse to find out more.
Business Plus / FIFANOMICS: How Bangladesh cashes in on the World Cup
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Each tournament boosts businesses ranging from apparel to food delivery services.
What the World Cup means for women in Bangladesh
23 June 2026, 08:30 AM
Wisdom
The way women experience the World Cup is often shaped by their responsibilities inside the home.
Star analysis / Where rape happens: Inside homes, among familiar faces
8 June 2026, 09:29 AM
Crime & Justice
Most rape incidents in Bangladesh do not happen in dark alleys or isolated streets. They occur in places people trust the most -- inside homes.
Rakhal Das Banerji: The Bengali explorer who changed history
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Panam city where history still whispers
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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The slow disappearance of Kuakata’s Rakhines
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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A city standing on fragile ground
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When extreme heat becomes a death trap for Bangladesh’s workers
6 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Unheard Voices
Interactive / A Bank Held Hostage
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Business Plus / Boro is conquering the saline south-west
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Higher studies abroad: 24 teachers owe over Tk 3cr to JU
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh
500 years after Babur's victory / How the Mughal legacy continues to shape South Asia
16 June 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
The lost world of Dhaka's courtesans and baijis
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