When it comes to US-Bangladesh relationship, one naturally points to the global superpower’s pro-Pakistani role during the Liberation War in 1971. Then comes the infamous tag “basket case” for Bangladesh by the then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

On the historic occasion of the 50th anniversary  of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the United States of America that coincides with the Silver Jubilee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (

In May last year, 40-year-old Sunita Das, from Gatirgheri village of Khulna’s Koyra, lost her home to cyclone Yaas. More than 50 villages in Koyra were submerged, and around 45 metres of the flood control dam of Shakbaria river in Gatirgheri were washed away at the time.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is now celebrated as a global day of women’s achievements across the political, economic, social, and cultural spheres. It is also a day for taking action against discrimination, inequality, and injustice that women face all around the world. 

South Asian countries are highly susceptible to natural and human induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics and other factors. 

The Daily Star (TDS): This year’s theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. What’s the connection between gender equality and sustainability?

Sitting in her narrow yard, Karuna Mandal was sorting watermelon seeds. Nearly a hundred plastic and earthen pots, wrapped in polyethene and full of different kinds of seeds, lay in front of her.

Insurance companies in Bangladesh were adversely impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as physically reaching their clients became tougher amid the restrictions on public movement imposed to curb infection rates.

Bangladesh’s insurance sector is recovering from the pandemic. We see that people are now more concerned about their health

Non-bank financial institutions and government entities can now extend mobile financial services (MFS) along with banks, according to a Bangladesh Bank circular released today.

Leading mobile financial service provider Nagad is offering up to 50 per cent discount and cashback offers in February for purchases at various merchant outlets.

With the number of cancer patients increasing rapidly, the government should take urgent action to integrate early detection and screening into the national health system, developing effective strategies to raise people’s awareness to fight the deadly disease, health experts say.

Sirajul Haque Khan, a retired banker, felt a pain in his head after waking up on a cold winter morning in mid-December, 2020. Soon, he threw up twice, compelling his family members to take him to a nearby hospital.

Every moment of this day is vivid in my memory. January 10, 1972, the day Bangabandhu came back from prison to his freed motherland—to the nation which he had led to victory and independence, but from a distance. I was a witness to his great and historic return.

Leading mobile financial service provider bKash has won the Best Brand award for the third time in a row that was given depending on the results of a consumer survey conducted by the Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF).

Currently, the commercial vehicle market is experiencing a negative growth, but the light commercial vehicle market is growing at 5 percent.

The demand for commercial vehicles in Bangladesh has increased as economic activities in the country boomed soon after a prolonged nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 ended earlier this year.

Thanks to continuous economic growth and increasing connectivity in Bangladesh, the domestic demand for commercial vehicles is soaring rapidly.

Joy Bangla! Long live Bangladesh! It was the clarion call of our Liberation War of 1971 which still fills our heart with a wild thrill.

The birth of Bangladesh was not an Indian invention to dismember Pakistan, which attacked northern and western Indian airfields on the evening of December 3, 1971.