Jamaat to join presidential race
9 August 2026
Jamaat‑e‑Islami has decided to contest the upcoming presidential election, with the 11‑party alliance to finalise the candidate through discussions.
9 August 2026
Jamaat to join presidential race, eyes ‘befitting, acceptable’ candidate
9 August 2026
NCP yet to decide
9 August 2026
Jamaat, NCP, Khelafat Majlis yet to decide stance on presidential election
7 August 2026
Key 11-Party Alliance partners to hold internal talks before deciding whether to field or support a candidate for the August 20 vote
7 August 2026
July pledges still unrealised
5 August 2026
Two years after the July uprising, its core aspirations remain unfulfilled as the government has ignored the reform agenda endorsed by the people through the referendum and the July charter, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar said yesterday.
5 August 2026
‘Those in power benefitted most from July’: Porwar on BNP rule and unmet expectations
4 August 2026
Speaking to The Daily Star, Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general alleges partisan appointments and broken promises while discussing reforms, campus politics and the future of the Awami League
4 August 2026
Local govt polls: Jamaat, NCP solo bids question alliance’s future
4 August 2026
The central and grassroots leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) have questioned the alliance’s future after Jamaat decided to contest the local government elections on its own.
4 August 2026
11-party alliance falling apart
27 July 2026
The decision was made at the third general session of Khelafat Majlis’s central Majlis-e-Shura, held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, in Dhaka’s Kakrail on Saturday.
27 July 2026
MPs’ missteps erode Jamaat’s crafted image
24 July 2026
Five months into its role as the main opposition party, Jamaat-e-Islami is facing mounting scrutiny over a series of controversies involving some of its MPs, prompting the party leadership to stress discipline and warn lawmakers against conduct that could damage its image.
24 July 2026
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury: His journey towards ‘immortality’ began at 17
On February 21, 1952, police opened fire upon the Bangali population that sought their birthright—a right to use their own mother language. A boy of 17, and a Dhaka College HSC student at the time, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury had rushed to the hospital to visit the injured.
21 May 2022
They brave queues, chaos
The queues and chaos in front of TCB trucks have only been growing recently due to reduced earnings of low- and middle-income groups and price hikes.
17 February 2022
‘Architects no longer at mercy of the rich’
“I want to tell the politicians -- bring in the architects to transform cities and communities. Create opportunities for them to study more, so they can get better and more competent. It is a tragedy that city planners never get to implement their plans.”
3 December 2021
Red Gold sparks hope
It has a history stretching back millenniums. Emperors have patronised it, poets have romanticised it, monks have used its colour in their robes and worshippers have adored it. Popularly known as “Red Gold”, the crimson hued saffron has been used for culinary, medicinal and aesthetic purposes.
7 August 2021