Syed Munir Khasru

Questions have been raised about the current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal and his colleagues.

The future is in your hands, dear students. Shape it with an unwavering commitment to the greater good of our beloved nation.

Asma Abbasi was a personality who epitomised values and a lifestyle that were modern and progressive enough to dwarf many of us from later generations.

The lady I am writing about was a silent social worker and an ardent homemaker.

For quite some time, I haven’t been writing for national media outlets for reasons which I may share someday, if I think that would make any positive difference in the existing ecosystem of freedom of expression and journalistic values and ethics in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, which was once dismissed by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a "basket case" after its birth in 1971, is en route to becoming one of the "Asian Tigers".

Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact on public health and to rattle the global economy with structural shocks.

At the heart of South Asia's poor integration is India-Pakistan rivalry, further complicated by China-Pakistan proximity and India-China hostility.

Every day, an average of some 34,000 people are forced to flee natural or manmade disasters.

Ms Banerjee has sat on the issue and been changing goalposts for six years, with Bangladesh hostage to its neighbour's domestic politics as a State government refuses to play ball with the Centre. It is ordinary Bangladeshis who are bearing the brunt of this impasse.

With Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visiting India from April 7, 17 agreements and bilateral MoUs have been finalised.

During the war of liberation of Bangladesh, a Canadian parliamentary delegation was sent to India to witness the plight of Bangladeshis fleeing the war-torn country in 1971.

Ispahani Colony is one the last remaining places of greenery, serenity, and natural abode in the middle of an increasingly congested, recklessly urbanised, poorly managed, and environmentally hazardous Dhaka city.

The journey of The Daily Star started with two competent and committed men. One was an internationally known and well respected journalist and the other was an entrepreneur cum visionary who not only dared to dream, but rather dreamed too big, going by the standards of print and electronic media prevailing at that time.

More than 1 million refugees have entered Europe by land and sea in 2015. The mass exodus of people from North Africa and Middle East have made the

For Bangladesh, countering radicalisation is a multi-faceted effort that goes beyond the state. It has an active civil society and media which have come together with the government to address issues that are fuelling terrorism via self-radicalisation within the society.

The Asian Century has begun with the conjunction of the two growth poles of Asia – the East and South Asia through the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor Initiative (BCIM-EC).