Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
Law Views / Reserving seats for women on public transport
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In our day-to-day lives, we often hear derogatory remarks involving designated women’s seats on public transport.
Law Vision / The case for recognising curative petition in Bangladesh
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Every litigation must come to an end. Criminal trials are not an exception to this principle. When a person is sentenced to death, the decision too eventually becomes final after it passes certain stages.
Rights Watch / Workers’ rights and remedies against unjustified terminations
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Lay-off, retrenchment and unjustified dismissals have become a pervasive reality for Bangladeshi workers, especially in the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector.
Law Review / Protecting Bangladesh’s ecological heritage through law
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Views / How the built environment shapes the realities of human rights
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
For Your Information / When confessional statements may not lead to conviction
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Daily Life Blues / Remedies for excessive electricity bills
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The danger of using AI in legal submissions
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Views / Constitutional environmental rights in South Asia
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / Cyber-attacks and a state’s right to self-defence
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
How negligence and lack of law enforcement led to Sitakunda tragedy
18 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / The sleeping giant
8 July 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law views / Refusal of entry visa in a global sporting event and international law
2 July 2026
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Law & Our Rights
The Santals who made the hills their home
In Khagrachhari’s Panchhari, Santals carry a history of displacement and loss while holding on to their roots
Their factories are still there. Their jobs are not
When protests, political programmes or sudden changes shut down a factory, workers are usually among the first to feel the shock
12 September 2026
Leaving Dhaka: What you gain, miss and learn to appreciate
For people raised in Dhaka, traffic jams, crowded streets, and the constant rush may feel less like features of one city and more like the default setting of life. Moving elsewhere for study or work disrupts that assumption.
12 September 2026
Digital Preparedness for Future-Ready Primary Education
A roundtable titled “Digital Preparedness for Future-Ready Primary Education” was held on 10 August 2026 at The Daily Star Centre, Dhaka.
10 September 2026
Revisiting the administrative tribunal law
In administrative law, a ‘Tribunal’ is defined as an adjudicating authority that is neither a court nor an executive department.
9 September 2026
Rights and remedies of elderly parents
An elderly couple lives next door to us. Although both of their children are affluent, they do not visit their old parents or provide any sort of financial support. The couple is now very old and feeble, and they even struggle to manage daily household activities, such as buying medicines and arranging regular meals.
9 September 2026
The implications of using AI in adjudicating legal cases
In recent times, the vast expansion and regular use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, more specifically Large Language Model (LLM) chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have gained immense popularity due to their free availability.
9 September 2026
A cup of coffee, grown closer to home
Once an import-dependent drink, coffee is taking root in Bangladesh’s hills and plains
5 September 2026
Gas bills paid, cylinders bought, dinner still pending
A trivial thought keeps pestering me like a mosquito on a humid Dhaka night -- how many burners does a kitchen actually boast, and why does it feel like the answer might upend my peace of mind?
5 September 2026
The case for recognising curative petition in Bangladesh
Every litigation must come to an end. Criminal trials are not an exception to this principle. When a person is sentenced to death, the decision too eventually becomes final after it passes certain stages.
2 September 2026
Reserving seats for women on public transport
In our day-to-day lives, we often hear derogatory remarks involving designated women’s seats on public transport.
2 September 2026
Advancing the COP28 gender action plan through A feminist climate justice lens
The Daily Star and UN Women jointly organised a roundtable on 9 June 2026, bringing together government officials, development partners, climate experts, and gender advocates.
1 September 2026
A big shift opens in Islamic finance
As full-fledged Islamic banks failed customers, they took refuge in shariah-based wings of conventional lenders
29 August 2026
What loneliness feels like in a city of millions
The incident that happened earlier this year, when news of the death of a mother who was found several days after she passed away and none of her children took any notice of this matter, made us quietly realise how the busy life of Dhaka is making us lonely.
29 August 2026
Protecting Bangladesh’s ecological heritage through law
The enactment of the Forest and Tree Conservation Act, 2026 marks a significant development in Bangladesh’s environmental law regime.
26 August 2026
Workers’ rights and remedies against unjustified terminations
Lay-off, retrenchment and unjustified dismissals have become a pervasive reality for Bangladeshi workers, especially in the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector.
26 August 2026
Zen and chaos a pocket of stillness
Jatra Biroti, the café portion of the store Jatra, has always been a refuge for me.
25 August 2026
Puran Dhaka's Islampur and a tale of names
What comes to mind when you hear of Islampur? It is home to a huge wholesale market of clothes and fabrics — that sums it up, right? Indeed, the area's commercial importance oftentimes overshadows its history, which, ironically, stares down from the signboards of those very shops: the name of the locality itself.
24 August 2026
Future Ready Bangladesh: AI Skills and Youth Employability in the Digital Economy
Grameenphone and The Daily Star jointly organised a roundtable on July 15, 2026, marking World Youth Skills Day 2026.
23 August 2026
The jute is gone, but Adamjee is busier than ever
The jute mill was closed after years of losses; the EPZ is now exporting over a billion dollars every year
22 August 2026
Old Dhaka kabab joints: Where faith meets flavour
So today I met the gentlest man in Dhaka -- and I’m not exaggerating. In Bangla we call such a soul “mati’r manush”: more than a man moulded by earth, it honours humility, humanity, and the rare gift of connecting without ego.
22 August 2026