Hanging out with the Sheroes

The dimly lit café was stirring to life on a Monday morning as the traffic flow on the sleepy Fatehabad Road outside gradually picked up pace.
23 June 2017, 18:15 PM

Providing safe drinking water solutions at scale

When non-profit Impact Carbon was first introduced in Uganda, it sought ways of advancing the production and quality of improved,
23 June 2017, 18:14 PM

Kutumbita: Shahriar's story of implementing an app that can changing the face of the apparels industry in Bangladesh

On April 24, 2013, the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, just outside Dhaka, collapsed – trapping nearly 3,000 people inside. The
23 June 2017, 18:14 PM

The Nawaya Project

In 2009, young Lebanese-American Zeina Saab met Nadeen Ghosn in the isolated Lebanese village of Chmestar. The unabashed 14-
23 June 2017, 18:03 PM

Not all waste is wasted

If the banana trees at Zoo Zurich are particularly lush, it's thanks to a fertiliser with an unusual ingredient: human waste. In the spring of
23 June 2017, 18:02 PM

Connecting farmers and investors in the Philippines

Founded by a group of young Filipinos, social enterprise Cropital has developed a crowdfunding site that aims to provide technical and
23 June 2017, 18:01 PM

A good job – unfinished?

The Daily Star and WaterAid in association with BRAC University and Lancaster University organised a roundtable titled “A good
21 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Earthquakes Don't Kill People, Unsafe Constructions Do

Earthquakes Don't Kill People, Unsafe Constructions Do
11 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Solar smile for farmers

Even two and a half years ago, worry over water for irrigation would cast a shadow on Uday's hope for a good harvest.
4 June 2017, 18:05 PM

World unites to save oceans

World leaders convene at UN headquarters next week for the first major bid to solve the toughest problems facing our oceans, from coral bleaching to plastic pollution, overfishing and rising seas due to climate change.
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Choice organic

The new farm technologies, introduced during the Green Revolution in the 60's, contributed a lot to boost production and feed the rising population in the country.
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM

It's saving, nearly on all accounts

It was around 10:45 on a sunny Saturday morning. Production was going on in full swing at Plummy Fashions Limited, a Narayanganj-based knitwear garment factory.
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Same old story at Tangail Sal forest

The traditional Sal forest in Tangail is disappearing fast due to non-stop felling of trees and encroachment of forestlands.
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Ruin nature, ruin planet

Prof Dwijen Sharma, an eminent naturalist, said it would not be possible to stop the conflict between nature and development as long as capitalism controls everything.
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Celebrating the unsung women nation-builders

True Heroes who are rarely spotted are the ones who steer the nation without claims to honour. IPDC and The Daily
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM

"Oscars" for Bangladesh business community

Often touted the Oscars for the business community, the Bangladesh Business Awards'
19 May 2017, 18:05 PM

Meghna Group keeps roaring

South African golfer Gary Player once said that the harder one works, the luckier one gets -- and that saying best sums up the
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM

A beacon for entrepreneurs

When West Pakistan-based businesses dominated trade and investment in the 1950s and 60s of the country, very few Bangladeshis
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM

City Bank transforms through innovations

Merely four private banks were in operation in Bangladesh in 1983, when 13 visionary entrepreneurs jointly set up a commercial bank
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM

The wonder woman in IT

To even own a computer was rare in Bangladesh a quarter of a century ago, as most people did not know much about the modern
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM