Aasha Mehreen Amin

Aasha Mehreen Amin

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Aasha Mehreen Amin is joint editor at The Daily Star.

The poor’s debt burden gets heavier

The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.

6d ago

A glimpse into the crazy, irrational mind of a woman

Women are crazy because they set the bar ridiculously high for themselves, with no thought of self-preservation.

2w ago

How entitled are you?

Entitlement is a bad habit that few of us can escape.

When the mind gets foggier than the weather

There is an explanation, however infuriating, to each of the delightful conundrums in public work.

Of the AL, for the AL, and by the AL

AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.

Images you cannot unsee

We will remember the faces of the smiling Gazan children and their families in the photos—the faces of people who have been wiped out for no fault of their own.

Where do we go from here?

In Dhaka, the designated streets occupied by BNP looked like a battlefield.

A shiny new surveillance system is the last thing we need

Phone tapping has been a favourite tool for governments around the world to snoop on people. In Bangladesh we have been familiar with this term for decades. Those of us who grew up in the "analogue phone days" can recall getting goosebumps at the sound of a click or inadvertent cough in the middle of a phone conversation that hinted that someone was listening in

January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023

To catch a plagiarist

If the language is too flawless and the writer unknown, if the nit-picking editor cannot put a single mark on the script, chances are that it is too good to be true.

January 13, 2023
January 13, 2023

Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?

Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”

January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023

In the game of big bucks, don’t be small fry

If you are ready to launder ill-gotten wealth, make sure it is in the thousands of crores – a few hundred crores is embarrassingly measly in this game of big bucks.

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

From an incorrigible New Year enthusiast

Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.

December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022

What will it take to be Smart Bangladesh?

What more will we achieve through being 'smart'?

December 10, 2022
December 10, 2022

AL's strategy of intimidation may no longer be working

So far, whatever the ruling party has been doing is going in favour of the BNP. 

November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022

How women's secondary status encourages violence

The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

News Analysis: An exam question to ignite bigotry

The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.

October 27, 2022
October 27, 2022

The unbearable smugness of AI

My phone thinks it knows me better than I know myself – how preposterous! Or is it?

October 20, 2022
October 20, 2022

Why people want to leave Bangladesh

There are a litany of issues that make the lives of ordinary citizens difficult.

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