The earliest effort to enquire into the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members and of the four national leaders was to constitute a commission in the UK in 1980. The commission published their preliminary findings on March 20, 1982. Here we publish the preliminary report.

Daily Star (DS): You may not have any memories of Sheikh Shaheb of the early years, like his role in the menial workers strike of 1949. But what are your earliest memories?

In early August 1291, people of three alpine cantons found that they were stronger together and they signed a Charter forging an alliance of mutual protection. This moment is considered as the very beginning of the Swiss Confederation and the First of August has become our National Day.

As the COVID-19 pandemic imperils lives and livelihoods, Switzerland has provided additional 9.8 million Swiss Francs (approximately 90 crore taka) to Bangladesh to scale up its support for an effective community-based response to the pandemic.

Close your eyes for a couple of seconds and think about Switzerland. What do you see?

A new mobile financial service (MFS) provider, Trust Axiata Pay, launched business operations yesterday aiming to promote cashless transactions.

Md Rasel, a 27-year-old peddler, regularly visits hospitals and diagnostic centres in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area to collect recyclable medical wastes.

26 years ago, a young Md Riajuddin came to Dhaka, from Mymensingh, to make a decent living.

At around 9 AM, two massive excavators were moving wastes from a waste dumping platform at Matuail Sanitary Landfill. Deafening noise from the engines and their gigantic moving arms equipped with teethed steel bucket could not make any impression on 10-year-olds Shabuj and Shajib.

Often touted as the backbone of an economy, Bangladesh has never wholeheartedly nurtured the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises sector like the governments around the world, particularly those of China, India, the UK, the US.

The stimulus package for the CMSME (Cottage, micro, small, and medium sized enterprises) sector has failed to get momentum despite the fact that Bangladesh Bank rolled out a credit guarantee scheme (CGS) to prop up lenders.

“I had to let go of many employees, close down shops, and shift to mostly online deliveries,” shares Ashna Afroze, CEO and Founder of Prakriti Farming, when speaking about the initial hit faced by her small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The theme for World Environment Day (WED) 2021, “Ecosystem Restoration”, is the ultimate environmental call to action. We can’t reverse time and prevent the damage that has already been done to our environment.

It’s the weekend again and you’re pretty much stuck indoors, for there’s a deadly virus lurking outside.

On World Environment Day 2021, Bonayan pledges 'Ecosystem Restoration' to build a greener tomorrow

Redefining Green

Devoted to our environment

Maisha Rafa Khan is a young professional working at private company. As with any job, long hours are sometimes unavoidable and Khan is no stranger to the concept.

Have you ever imagined how many disposable pads a menstruating woman or girl uses in a year or how much they actually cost?

“When I was 15, I had sent my younger brother to the nearby pharmacy to get me a packet of sanitary napkins. He came back without having it