DUCSU's Tk 40 crore project: Where is the money coming from?
Star Online Report
22 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Tk 20 fuel price hike: How much will it affect ordinary people?
Star Online Report
22 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Why is power generation at Rooppur nuclear plant uncertain?
Star Online Report
22 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Will buying fuel at high prices amid the war really ease the crisis?
Star Online Report
21 September 2026 Star Multimedia
36 missing children found dead in eight months: Why are they being targeted?
Star Online Report
21 September 2026 Star Multimedia
What politics lies behind recognition and distortion of history?
Star Online Report
20 September 2026 Star Multimedia
New pay scale: When will govt employees get the increased salaries?
Star Online Report
20 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Saudi Arabia seeks China’s help to counter Houthis: Can Beijing influence Iran?
Star Online Report
20 September 2026 Star Multimedia
What are the govt’s latest moves on savings certificates?
Star Online Report
19 September 2026 Star Multimedia
Why is Bangladesh seeking more time for LDC graduation? What are the risks?
Star Online Report
19 September 2026 Star Multimedia

Pesticide-free vegetables from Jashore being exported at low prices

Pesticide-free vegetables grown in Jashore are now being exported to many countries of the world at competent prices.
23 August 2022

Bangladesh 7th saddest country in the world

How people feel is just as important a parameter to consider as GDP or infrastructural development and with this philosophy in mind, Gallup, a US-based organization, publishes a list of sad and happy nations. According to their Global Emotions Report of 2022, Bangladesh is now the 7th saddest country in the world.
22 August 2022

Handicrafts worth crores of taka exported from Gazipur

Mehdi Hasan, a young businessman from Gazipur, transforms trash into a variety of artifacts.
22 August 2022

5,000 families at risk if sand from Pasur River dumped on agricultural land

According to plans by the Mongla Port Authority, the sand lifted during the excavation of the Pasur River would be dumped on 300 acres of Banishanta Union agricultural land.
21 August 2022

An eyewitness revisits gruesome grenade attack after 18 years

Today marks the 18th year of the heinous grenade blasts in Awami League's rally, which took 24 lives including prominent politician Ivy Rahman.
21 August 2022

Bhai Girish Chandra Sen Museum still incomplete after 6 years

Bhai Girish Chandra Sen was a polymath, and the first person to translate the Holy Quran in Bangla.
21 August 2022

Can a foreign minister speak as an individual, and not represent the govt?

Recently AK Abdul Momen, Bangladesh's Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, "I went to India and said Sheikh Hasina's continuation must be ensured.”
20 August 2022

Sadat Hossain’s writing philosophy, tales of life

Sadat Hossain is well known for his work in both Bangla. Recently, he sat down with The Daily Star to talk about his life, writing and writing style.
20 August 2022

Asadganj’s century-old dried-fish market

The dried fish market of Chattogram's Asadganj is locally known as the dried-fish port.
20 August 2022

How a tea worker got her son admitted to university

Santosh Robi Das completed his Bachelor's and Master's from Dhaka University. He also has another identity. He is a son of the marginal community of tea workers.
19 August 2022

Laal Singh Chaddha: What went wrong

Laal Singh Chaddha is an official remake of Tom Hank’s Forrest Gump. It took nine years to get the movie rights, and its shooting lasted 185 days.
19 August 2022

Why are over 1 lakh tea workers on strike?

From "Tong" cafés to fine dining restaurants, heated debates to quiet thoughts, tea maintains a cherished place in the hearts of many, particularly in this region of the world.
18 August 2022

UN rights chief’s suggestion is important; let’s implement it

The government’s go-to response to any criticism cannot be denial. After all, the most dangerous aspect of one’s denial is that what is meant to mislead others ends up misleading oneself, which destroys their own connection with reality.
18 August 2022

Why did a mother want to sell her child for Tk 12,000?

Why did Sonali want to sell her son in Khagrachari? How are they now?
18 August 2022

How much profit banks make from dollar sales?

Banks can make a maximum profit of Tk 1 by selling each US dollar -- such a rule was already there. But the importers and exporters are saying that the banks are making a profit of around Tk 15-20 per dollar. In this situation, Bangladesh Bank has again instructed banks to keep the dollar sale profit margin to a maximum of Tk 1. But why did this situation arise, why did the banks have to be reminded of the rules again and what steps the central bank are taking now to keep the dollar market stable?
17 August 2022

Why must the public bear the burden of power sector subsidies?

Speaking to us about this issue is Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University. 
17 August 2022

Why is American dollar so powerful?

Today’s Star Explains will shed light on why only US dollar has so much demand and how the American currency become so powerful as a reserve currency.
16 August 2022

Those talking of safety, where were they until now?

Yesterday, a girder of the BRT project fell on a car killing five. But who is responsible for this? Is it the Chinese contractor who disregarded minimum safety procedures? Is it the city corporation that was supposed to take care of its citizens? Is it the police who could not ensure public security? Or is it the government, who, after so many accidents in development projects fail to solve the problem?
16 August 2022

How has rural Bangladesh transformed in the last 20 years?

Ever since the 1980s-90s, our typical perception of a rural village has been changing.
16 August 2022

'A pattern of a very weak cricket board'

The Shakib Al Hasan-issue has been the talk of the town lately. The cricketer signed then rescinded a controversial sponsorship deal with betting-related site Betwinner News.
15 August 2022