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
Reviewing the Views / The implications of using AI in adjudicating legal cases
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
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.
Your Advocate / Rights and remedies of elderly parents
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
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.
Law Review / Revisiting the administrative tribunal law
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In administrative law, a ‘Tribunal’ is defined as an adjudicating authority that is neither a court nor an executive department.
Law Views / Reserving seats for women on public transport
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The case for recognising curative petition in Bangladesh
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Rights Watch / Workers’ rights and remedies against unjustified terminations
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
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
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
On Competition Law and price-fixing
Outside the commonly understood media connotation of the term, a ‘cartel’ in economics refers to market participants that conspire together to establish market dominance, often by creating a monopoly or oligopoly.
1 April 2026
Joli No’udim Hittei?- “Why shouldn’t I resist?”
Even after half a century since the birth of Bangladesh, the state has yet to ensure and sustainably implement the rights of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Bangladesh.
1 April 2026
A review of the Commercial Court Ordinance 2026
The Commercial Court Ordinance 2026 (the Ordinance) marked a significant milestone in the commercial justice system of Bangladesh.
1 April 2026
Kazi’s jurisdiction and the validity of marriage
Dear Mr Fayaz, thank you for your query. Before diving deep into the matter, a little bit of context is important.
18 March 2026
In defence of a criminal defence lawyer
In recent times, we have seen an alarming phenomenon in our country: criminal defence lawyers in sensational cases are often painted as villains by many.
4 March 2026
The ‘Asian tiger’ dream is stalling. It is time Bangladeshi founders look to the Gulf
There is a familiar refrain doing the rounds in Dhaka’s startup circles. “The ecosystem is dead.” “The ship is sinking.” The mood is understandable, but it misdiagnoses the problem. Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem is not dying. It is just working from the wrong map.
24 February 2026
Why entrepreneurship must be Bangladesh’s next national mission
Traditional employment is under pressure everywhere, squeezed by automation, artificial intelligence, slower growth and the aftershocks of the pandemic. Young people are hit first and hardest, pushed into unemployment, underemployment, or insecure work.
17 February 2026
Fruits, now always in season
Year-round harvests have made local fruits cheaper and exotic options commonplace
14 February 2026
How the Dutch East India Company invented the MNC
On a March day in 1602, the Dutch Republic tried to solve a problem of commerce with a piece of statecraft. Rival merchant groups were bidding up the cost of spices in Asia, squeezing profits at home, while the war for independence from Spain made overseas trade inseparable from national security.
6 January 2026
Our inherently anti-poor vagrancy laws
During the colonial times, vagrancy laws were widely enacted in many European colonies, including the British Raj. In the erstwhile Bengal, the Raj enacted the Vagrancy Act, 1943 (Bengal Act), which specifically dealt with the issue of begging as an issue of vagrancy. I
16 December 2025
73 years on, New Market still a shoppers’ haven. Here’s why
Affordability, trust, and tradition bind generations of customers to New Market
3 October 2025
Parking wealth under the Dubai sun
The city’s booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason
6 January 2025
From the archives: Aug 21 Attack on Hasina — a Hawa Bhaban plot
It was a long, dark plot. A chilling conspiracy was getting final touches in an eerie August of 2004, a month that brings to mind the memories of a past bloodbath. The plot for a high-profile assassination was awaiting approval, again.
16 August 2022
It was Hawa Bhaban plot
The Daily Star published this article based on official information and court verdicts. This story is no longer available since the Supreme Court has acquitted them.
26 October 2009