To build like Shanghai, start with Dhaka's east
12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
We live it every day, and Dhaka’s unliveability is simply undeniable.
12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Un-erasable: This open-access digital archive is preserving evidence of war from Gaza
10 July 2026, 20:16 PM
ArchiveGenocide brings together tens of thousands of videos and photographs, as researchers race to protect potentially important material from deletion, censorship and digital decay
10 July 2026, 20:16 PM
Palestinians are creating a digital archive to safeguard a history under threat
10 July 2026, 13:59 PM
Hundreds of thousands of photographs, letters and personal records are being preserved across multiple countries as Gaza’s cultural institutions face widespread destruction.
10 July 2026, 13:59 PM
Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, and his empire of ashes
15 June 2026, 17:11 PM
This week, for the first time in recorded history, a single human being's net worth crossed the trillion-dollar threshold. And yet, look past the headline figure, and the empire generating it looks less like a triumphant monument and more like a building site after a fire alarm. Several, actually.
15 June 2026, 17:11 PM
Asus bets on AI PCs as Bangladesh market enters ‘high growth’ phase
5 May 2026, 16:32 PM
Peter Chang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Consumer Business at Asus, speaks to The Daily Star about the company’s latest AI PC lineup, Bangladesh’s growth potential, component price pressures, and why he believes AI PCs are more than a marketing trend.
5 May 2026, 16:32 PM
Make ICT policy a priority, not a side show
25 February 2026, 00:09 AM
In a fast-moving policy landscape, delay is often punished. By the time a state realises a law is unworkable, or that a regulatory approach has fallen behind, the world may have already moved on.
25 February 2026, 00:09 AM
Data frontiers : Where does Bangladesh fit in the global privacy debate?
20 January 2026, 07:48 AM
Data has become the raw material of modern power. It fuels artificial intelligence, guides advertising, shapes credit decisions, and underpins everything from ride hailing to national identity systems.
20 January 2026, 07:48 AM
How the Dutch East India Company invented the MNC
6 January 2026, 08:03 AM
On a March day in 1602, the Dutch Republic tried to solve a problem of commerce with a piece of statecraft. Rival merchant groups were bidding up the cost of spices in Asia, squeezing profits at home, while the war for independence from Spain made overseas trade inseparable from national security.
6 January 2026, 08:03 AM
4 tips for online communication
Our work environments are changing fast. Most of our business communications now take place online and much of these communications are now moving to our inboxes rather than e-mails.
26 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Darjeeling - winter wonderland, close to home
Welcome to Darjeeling - the majestic Kangchenjunga in the backdrop of a bustling small town, the echoing sound of the old steam engine train running through its streets, the captivating smell of momos and warm tea.
19 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Embracing differences through travelling
Some travel to escape the drabness of routine mediocrities. For some, it’s a call that can hardly be ignored. Even before the age of discovery, travelers like Faxian and Ibn Battuta travelled around the world with a single goal - to learn. No matter what category we fall under as a traveller, adventure lover or leisure seeker, we all agree that to travel is to discover.
12 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Traveller’s notebook: in the Land of the Blue Dragon
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is not the first destination that comes to an average Bangladeshi traveller’s mind when thinking of getting out on exploring a new place.
18 June 2018, 07:25 AM
Traveller’s notebook: Kuala Lumpur
We’re a generation of wanderers and we have long been a species of wanderers. What ties us to our 9–5 routine is not natural. We want to explore, even if we don’t realise it, each one of us, to our very core, are explorers.
21 March 2018, 07:20 AM