Campus safe, no question about it
The High Court yesterday stayed the ban on student politics at Buet when the students were demanding that the campus be free from politics.
3w ago
Ten years delay in oil-gas exploration a testament to short-sightedness and ineptitude
Bangladesh’s gas cannot be exported—this must be a properly documented red-line condition.
1m ago
Could BNP have avoided violence on Oct 28?
Had the BNP leadership stayed more alert, maybe the violence could have been averted to some extent, if not entirely.
5m ago
4 crore have European purchasing power, but what of the rest?
There was a time when meat from two cows used to be sold every day at a certain market in Gazipur. Over the last year, the sales have reduced by half. Sellers say there are now very few buyers
6m ago
Don’t Palestinians deserve a life worth living?
The world is going through some cruel times. Not that such inhumanity had not occurred before -- the first and second world wars, and Hitler's holocaust of the Jewish people are among mankind's darkest chapters
6m ago
Will shutting everything down solve the problems?
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has completed 15 years in her current role – an unprecedented feat by a head of government or state in our country
6m ago
The passing of the ‘mystery man’ in politics
He was more of a fictional character than a real person. Most of our countrymen never saw him; they only heard stories about him.
10m ago
A fighter till the end
Despite his failing health, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was more active and hard-working than many healthy persons. Death had knocked on his door several times before. But he kept death away and survived miraculously.
1y ago
January 18, 2023
Money or no money, crisis persists
We are told that taka is available, and then it’s not there anymore.
December 6, 2022
Islami Bank’s loan scams were not unknown to policymakers
Information about S Alam Group has bought a bank with money from another lender and taken controlling stakes in other banks is surfacing now, but people in the banking sector and involved in economic policy-making knew about the developments, said Ahsan H Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh.
December 1, 2022
Narrow USD rate gap between formal and informal channels
The government should narrow the gap between informal and formal rates of the US dollar against the taka with a view to attracting remittances through official channels and augmenting foreign currency reserves, a noted economist said recently.
September 27, 2022
Eden College principal believes solutions to students’ 'mistakes' is in 'counselling'
Tamanna Jasmine Riva and Razia Sultana, president and general secretary of the BCL's Eden Mohila College unit, were accused of hall seat trading, extortion, "blackmailing students into carrying out unethical activities," and torture. There were also issues regarding the other faction of BCL.
September 20, 2022
If opinions can be changed, who says the poll results won’t be?
ECs in Bangladesh have historically faced controversies
September 17, 2022
‘Expatriate Diplomacy’ and ‘Mercenary Columnists’
Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.
August 30, 2022
Mahbub Talukdar: A Lonely Sherpa
When Mahbub joined the Election Commission, he knew his days were numbered.
August 23, 2022
Who is responsible for Abdul Momen?
The government does not want to take responsibility for his public statements. Nor does the ruling party.
August 7, 2022
"Should’ve been done in phases", say experts on fuel price hike
The record fuel price hike yesterday would put Bangladesh in a favourable position as the country enters into negotiations next month with the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance to ease the pressure on the precarious balance of payment and foreign currency reserves.
August 6, 2022
“Went for fuel price hike as I don’t want to exhaust funds”
In the wake of fuel price hike in the country, The Daily Star spoke to Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, to discuss the situation.
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