Regulatory Guidelines for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in Bangladesh

We are very concerned with the rise of irregular migration to Malaysia. Previously, migrants used to go to Thailand and from there through forest they trespassed into Malaysia. Since 2012, besides irregular migration to Malaysia, we see a new trend where Bangladeshi fortune seekers have joined the flight of Rohingyas to Malaysia through sea route. At one stage of the risky journey, they fall victim to trafficking.

I am not a doctor, but as a layman I understand fistula is preventable and treatable but many of the women do not know where to go to

Shameem Ahsan, President, BASIS

Recently UNFPA and The Daily Star organised a roundtable on “Midwifery-led Maternal Health”. Here we publish a summary of the discussion

Dove and The Daily Star recently organised a roundtable on “Choose Beautiful”. This is a new campaign from Dove encouraging women to reconsider the choices they make about their beauty. Here we publish a summary of the discussions

Md. Kaikobad Hossain, Executive Director, Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)

PROGGA and The Daily Star recently organised a roundtable on "Tobacco Control Law & Smoke-free Environment". Here we publish a

The City Bank and FinanceAsia in partnership with The Daily Star organised a roundtable on "Bangladesh: Breaking through the frontier"...

UNFPA and The Daily Star organised a Roundtable on "Gender Equality and Women Empowerment" on March 2, 2015. Here we publish a summary of the discussions