We should prepare ourselves for future heatwaves and help the most vulnerable people enduring the ongoing blistering heat.
IP rights protection can encourage innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm on a large scale
Why must our rural population always shoulder the majority of the burden?
EU’s new law on corporate responsibility a step in the right direction
Ensuring the rights and protection of Bangladeshi workers must be front and centre of any bilateral discussions between Bangladesh and Qatar.
Destruction of nature is only worsening the situation
Why did the EVM experiment fall on its face?
Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities.
The US approach to China is based on a mix of arrogance, nastiness, and naiveté.
The Blue or Indigo Mutiny of 1861, was an outpouring of anger by Indian peasants coerced into cultivating the unprofitable indigo crop by British planters.
The necessity that was felt a few days after the Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh was that of a Government which could take upon itself the burden of directing the liberation struggle.
In 1976, a mass procession led by a nearly 80-year-old peasant leader, Maulana Bhasani, from Dhaka to the Indo-Bangladesh Border drew huge attention from national and international media.
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
There are no visible changes yet.
The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.
Dr Syeda Sultana Razia speaks to The Daily Star Opinion regarding the causes behind frequent fires and some possible solutions.
Why is there so much difference between the reality of common people and that which the government wants to see or project?
Why is the government failing to manage the market as they should?
According to family members, Rab said the 38-year-old Sultana Jasmine suffered a stroke in their custody, but her relatives insisted that she had no medical issues
Through the Liberation War of 1971, the people of this region wanted to establish a state that would not be built in the model of Pakistan. Fifty-two years later, can we say we have achieved that goal?
The impact of a widening of the Gaza war would be especially severe for South Asian nations
Bangladeshi migrants face unmet promises and exploitative employers in Malaysia.
The thoughtful and philosophical themes of these writings surely make us ponder the ubiquity of human intellect.
The US’ need for a highly measured, or even lack of response from Israel cannot be overstated.
After three decades since the primary education pledge was made, the cost of a child’s education remains a heavy burden for some 80 lakh households.
Cultivating a security mindset is not optional, but essential when one is sharing sensitive information on social media.
The eruption of hostility surrounding the submission of a simple RTI request to a public official was uncalled for
Israel, Iran must be pressured to take a step back
Gang culture, partisan politics, and hapless youth cannot be part of the algorithm needed for a Smart Bangladesh.