Why does Tagore still trouble Bangladesh’s idea of ‘us’?
5 October 2026
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In Focus
Is Bangladesh prepared for the next food shock?
4 October 2026
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Big Picture
Can Bangladesh capitalise on the Bay of Bengal’s strategic rise?
4 October 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
World Investor Week / Why fewer than 1% people in Bangladesh invest in stocks
5 October 2026
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Economy
Non-banks losing out to unfair rules
5 October 2026
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Business
How long can farmers keep producing as costs keep rising?
4 October 2026
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Views
Can incentives help Bangladesh attract more FDI?
4 October 2026
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Business
From more power to better power: Rethinking Bangladesh’s energy future
3 October 2026
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Big Picture
Star Interactive / The slum surcharge
4 October 2026
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Utilities
Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.
15 April 2016
The sunset rule mars the fun
The caveat imposed by the DMP on the Pahela Baishakh celebrations in and around Suhrawardy Udyan and Ramna Park, reminds me of a
11 April 2016
Enabling minority voices
Mahatma Gandhi had once said, to judge how civilised a nation is, just look at how it treats its own minorities. Going by this yardstick, Bangladesh does not make a passing grade.
10 April 2016
Is economic uncertainty the latest norm?
What is happening in the world today? An apt manner to describe the current economic situation and future prospects is to paraphrase
9 April 2016
Tigers Need To Pick Up on their fielding
The recently concluded World T20 Championship in India started with a bang – with Martin Guptill of New Zealand hitting the first ball
8 April 2016
The referee has left his whistle at home
The Election Commission has become a metaphor for ineptitude. The gradual downslide in the performance of the main democratic institution of the country is disconcertingly palpable.
6 April 2016
The Case of the Common Nouns
We really don't pay attention to the common nouns, do we? Can we really remember the name of the four Bangladeshis who died in Libya in March? Or the ones who were murdered in Maijdee in 2007? What really happens is that these temporary protagonists remain relevant in our selective memories as long as we benefit from it every time we write a report, take to streets to protest, or use statistics in our speeches.
5 April 2016
F R Khan - A Bangalee legend from the golden chapter of our history
In the limited scope of this piece, I intend to remember the role of a great Bangalee in our Liberation War of 1971 - the Bangalee who, through his contributions..
3 April 2016
Assam's Assembly election and Bangladesh
It is interesting that the election to Assam's legislative assembly in India has aroused much debate recently. The election is expected to be held in two phases on April 4 and April 11 this year. Seats in all 126 constituencies are up for grabs; a political party will need 64
2 April 2016
Hope for autistic children
ON the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, I would like to share my experience in bringing up my son Aadil.
1 April 2016
In the eye of the storm
It is in the interest of the Army's credibility that everything should be done to resolve the mystery. Cantonments are not sacrosanct areas and from time to time criminal acts do occur in there.
30 March 2016
She is mine
She could have been ours. She could have been our daughter. She could have been returning home after a dinner, stopped at a traffic signal...
29 March 2016
Long war on the frontier
Suicide bombers belonging to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar set off explosions at a park in Lahore on Easter Sunday killing more than 70 people and
28 March 2016
Can justice ever be done to Tonu?
Justice for Tonu has taken social media by storm after the body of 19-year-old Tonu was recovered from Mainamati Cantonment area
26 March 2016
Breaking the barriers
SM Sohel stooped over the keyboard in front, with close attention to a speaker, as he was trying to fix an image of a macaw over a text
25 March 2016
Don't forget Tonu
All over the country people are protesting – students, parents, cultural activists. They are calling for justice for Tonu.
24 March 2016
Nixon was advised to recognise Bangladesh
US intelligence analysis had predicted early that the separation of Pakistan was imminent as the political situation in East Pakistan descended into chaos in March 1971.
23 March 2016
Protecting the Sundarbans is our national duty
The Sundarbans, the last reserve forest in the country and a world heritage site, is again under attack. On March 19, 2016, a cargo
21 March 2016
Flawed elections will damage our democracy
ALMOSt all the preparatory steps for the first round of UP elections are now over – the only thing that is still left is the actual polling on
20 March 2016
Becoming Bangabandhu
That does it mean for a man, or a woman, to have 'a life led in politics'? Is it one in the midst or at the forefront of great events...
16 March 2016