Bangladesh outpaces China in RMG export growth to EU
Bangladesh offered a much more competitive unit price than the East Asian superpower.
Business
BSF hands over 15 Bangladeshi nationals to BGB at Benapole border
Men, women and children repatriated through flag meeting at the Raghunathpur border
News
Underworld back in play, raising alarm
Gangs could be used as hired muscle during upcoming polls, warns police intelligence report
News
Mind the gap / Full pay, half freedom, complete upheaval
Apparently, salvation for Bangladeshi women has arrived. Jamaat-e-Islami has declared that, under their rule, women will work five hours a day and still receive a full day's pay. Employers will pay for five, and the government will foot the bill for the remaining three.
Opinion
The bureaucracy that outlived every regime
After the British left, bureaucracy emerged as the most powerful force in Pakistan.
Opinion
Reaction / Everyone deserves a second chance, but not for perceived 'merit'
Privacy violation at the heart of controversy centring Tangia Zaman Methila
News
Apple CEO Tim Cook could step down next year: report
Apple is intensifying its succession planning as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down from his role as chief executive as soon as next year, according to a Financial Times report.
Tech & Startup
Watch / Cyber Crime Bangladesh
Many women face online harassment, blackmail, and fake profiles. In this Star Discourse episode, host Bulbul Hasan speaks with writer Maskhawaath Ahsan and DU criminologist Umme Wara about preventing digital violence against women.
Spotlight
Big investment, little return
As a result, the plant's operational costs fall far short of its expected revenue
News
Explainer / How did solidarity for Gaza begin with the Flotilla?
These flotillas aim to challenge the blockade trapping two million people
News
NONFICTION / Kumu: Meye bela
Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / A graphic rebellion against patriarchy
Books & Literature
I wanted to do it my own way: Tasnia Farin
Entertainment
The president and the professor
Good ideas can emerge from anywhere and anyone. Confident political leaders search for the best ideas and embrace those. Politics should not get in the way.
Opinion
ABBASUDDIN AND NAZRUL’S MUSICAL BOND / The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal
Though Muslims of undivided Bengal used to view music and dance as Hindu traditions and distanced themselves from them, they warmly embraced Abbasuddin's Islamic songs written by Kazi Nazrul Islam.
DS+
Who cares about Bangladeshi women prisoners in India?
As I read the news of the political crisis in Bangladesh unfold in August 2024, I was reminded of Salma, Hasina, Rumpa (pseudonyms have been used for reasons of anonymity and confidentiality) and several other Bangladeshi women I met in prisons in India between 2010 and 2011.
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A guide for Gen Z founders: Navigating Bangladesh’s unfriendly, orthodox startup ecosystem
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Matarbari: The island where Bangladesh is building its economic future
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How to rescue Bangladesh from the ambulance mafia
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Bangladesh’s new epidemic: Mob violence in the age of misinformation
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Baaji: The cost of Indigenous representation in Coke Studio Bangla
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