Porimol Palma

‘Air pollution does not discriminate; it impacts everyone’

At the household level, many families still lack access to clean cooking energy.

6 December 2025, 03:00 AM

Labour market in Malaysia: Strict conditions raise fear of syndication

The criteria Malaysia has set for selecting Bangladeshi recruiting agencies for a fresh round of labour intake have stirred concern among experts, industry insiders, and government officials, who fear the conditions could concentrate power in the hands of a few large agencies.

19 November 2025, 18:31 PM

Bangladesh workers sent back from malaysia

Mediceram in Malaysia / Dream turns into despair for 10 deported migrants

Like many others, Sufian Khan borrowed a large sum of money, hoping to go to Malaysia to change his fortune.

5 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Germany pledges support for Bangladesh’s democratic transition

In an interview with The Daily Star, German vice minister says Rohingya issue demands more global attention

4 November 2025, 08:39 AM

Interview / 'Trump’s Asia tour signals renewed US engagement in the Indo-Pacific'

Parvez Karim Abbasi, assistant professor of Economics at East West University, tells The Daily Star

3 November 2025, 06:55 AM

Rohingya crisis sidelined at ASEAN Summit

The Rohingya crisis was sidelined in the ASEAN Summit in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on October 26-28, despite it being a regional humanitarian challenge affecting Bangladesh the most.

29 October 2025, 19:54 PM

Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict signals a new geopolitical equation in South Asia

Political analyst Altaf Parvez unpacks the roots of conflict, ideological spillovers, and India’s strategic return

19 October 2025, 06:36 AM

‘One repatriation, one recruitment’

Bangladesh and Italy are working on a new mechanism under which the European country will hire one Bangladeshi worker for every irregular migrant repatriated from Italy.

18 October 2025, 21:17 PM

Myanmar on Cusp of A Civil War: Another refugee influx on horizon?

With a civil war brewing in Myanmar, Bangladesh has much to worry about, as the face-off between the junta and the National Unity Government and its allies could result in a refugee influx once again, according to security and international relations analysists.

20 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Citizenship: Myanmar’s NUG to draft new charter to ensure it

In a significant development, Myanmar’s National Unity Government has announced drafting a new constitution and committed to ensuring citizenship and fundamental rights of all ethnic groups, including the Rohingyas.

4 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Little done for SMEs, job loss

The budget has not proposed any direct cash support to revive the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) sector, where millions of workers lost jobs, though the government proposed some short tax-relief measures.

3 June 2021, 18:00 PM

KSA-Bound Workers: Govt steps in to ease their plight

After at least 1,000 migrants missed their flights to Saudi Arabia failing to book or pay for their mandatory quarantine in hotels, Bangladesh yesterday decided to help KSA-bound migrants with hotel bookings and subsidy.

27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Green power plans go sideways

Bangladesh has failed to achieve its target to raise the share of renewable energy to the total power generation to 10 per cent by 2020 amid constraints of resources, technologies and policies.

26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

AstraZeneca: Govt moves to buy jabs from pvt UK supplier

Bangladesh has taken an initiative to buy two million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the private sector, after appeals to the US and UK governments for Covid-19 shots yielded nothing.

22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas must have access to livelihood

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi wants to use funds for the Rohingyas judiciously and create livelihood options for them.

19 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mamata's win: For Dhaka not much hope for Teesta deal

Over the last decade, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been widely known in Bangladesh for her last-minute opposition to the Teesta water-sharing deal that could not be signed during the then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka in 2011.

5 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh waits for US response on vaccines

Bangladesh is eagerly waiting for US response over obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as its stock of AstraZeneca vaccine doses purchased from India will run out soon.

3 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Lockdown’ extended till May 5

Concerned over the steep rise in coronavirus cases in India, the government mulls imposing more Covid-19 restrictions in Bangladesh in the coming days.

26 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Border with India shut for14 days

After the recommendation of the health directorate, the government yesterday shut down the border with India from today amid tensions over huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.

25 April 2021, 18:00 PM

China initiates platform for South Asian nations

China has initiated a new platform for South Asia focusing on Covid cooperation and post-pandemic economic recovery as the region faces severe vaccine shortage amid rising cases of coronavirus that’s pushing millions of people into poverty, officials said.

23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Leaders Summit on Climate begins today

Leaders Summit on Climate called by US President Joe Biden is beginning today with hopes for cutting carbon emission and raising the funding for the countries vulnerable to climate change.

21 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Damaged By Cyclones, Tidal Surges: Fragile embankments put lives at risk

Against the backdrop of the country’s coastal regions facing devastation from cyclones and tidal surges over decades, work of protecting people’s lives and livelihoods through strong embankments and afforestation goes slow due to funding and policy constraints.