‘Factory owners’ fear of labour unions stems from their loss of control’
19 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
'HSC-SSC results serve as a wake-up call for education reform'
24 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
National Road Safety Day / ‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
‘Climate finance needs to be demand-driven, not designed in donor capitals’
11 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
'There is no reason not to accept OHCHR assistance'
3 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
‘The July uprising was about truth and justice’
30 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
‘Those responsible for custodial torture and death are rarely punished’
27 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
WORLD REFUGEE DAY / ‘Realistically, repatriation is not possible at this time’
20 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
30 August 2023, 01:00 AM
'The numbers on our list might only be the tip of the iceberg'
We hope the Bangladesh government will take the crucial step of ratifying the ICPPED.
30 August 2023, 00:00 AM
'I blame misgovernance and mismanagement for high inflation'
Dr MM Akash, professor of economics at Dhaka University, explains what is driving the inflation up in Bangladesh.
19 August 2023, 02:00 AM
‘If an election is not participatory, it is neither free nor fair’
Former Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain in an interview with The Daily Star.
17 July 2023, 14:00 PM
‘Health services deeply troubled by corruption, lack of accountability’
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), talks about how corruption and a lack of good governance have crippled the country's healthcare services.
12 July 2023, 03:00 AM
‘Aggression from government, private bodies a huge challenge for us’
DSCC Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh talks about the current state of playground and parks, tree felling for development, and the importance of public opinion in designing projects.
9 July 2023, 13:00 PM
‘Nothing will change, everything will be managed’
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader discusses politics and elections in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
5 July 2023, 17:00 PM
‘Business, not city service, is being prioritised’
"One after another, actions are taking place to strip the Dhanmondi Lake of its intended character."
5 June 2023, 13:00 PM
‘Will the budget be made to satisfy the people or the vested groups?’
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the upcoming national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.
22 May 2023, 17:00 PM
Titas doesn't have the budget to fix all gas leaks – so it ignores them
Through the April 24 incident, we came very close to some major accidents.
2 May 2023, 16:00 PM
The inspiring story of Nijer Bolar Moto Ekta Golpo Foundation
In an interview with The Daily Star, Iqbal Bahar Zahid talks about how his foundation seeks to help Bangladeshis become entrepreneurs, and improve their lives and the society.
29 April 2023, 06:00 AM
'The way parliament is run these days is detrimental to holding the government accountable'
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Jatiya Sangsad, five-time lawmaker and president of the ruling alliance partner Workers’ Party, Rashed Khan Menon, talks about what an effective parliament should be like in an interview with Mohiuddin Alamgir of The Daily Star.
20 April 2023, 02:00 AM
‘The danger of an all-out world war is ever present’
Famed war correspondent John Pilger discusses the Russia-Ukraine war.
24 February 2023, 07:00 AM
‘Textbooks cannot be made completely error-proof’
We need to think about how quickly and efficiently we can remove the errors and print the corrected versions.
8 February 2023, 02:00 AM
‘When people with integrity begin to rise, corruption fails’
Narayan Adhikari (Nepal country director and co-founder) and Sanjeeta Pant (programmes and learning manager) of Accountability Lab speak with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.
22 December 2022, 02:00 AM
Why did electricity price go up without a public hearing?
Professor M Shamsul Alam talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the reasons behind the recent electricity price hike and how the energy sector can be made more efficient.
3 December 2022, 18:00 PM
‘To avoid rice shortage, markets must function well’
Dr Mohammad Jahangir Alam of BAU talks to The Daily Star about the country's rice production.
28 November 2022, 13:30 PM
Revisit process of policymaking, not just the policies
The burden of imported inflation and supply-side implications of reduced imports will have adverse implications for economic growth and welfare, particularly of marginalised people.
22 November 2022, 18:06 PM
Is there a way out of Bangladesh's energy crisis? Experts tell all.
"It is time for us to ask how much we have been able to recover from the energy crisis."
21 November 2022, 16:00 PM
Energy prices should be consciously regulated by the government
When global prices dropped, we did not see the energy prices go down in Bangladesh. Why is that?
6 October 2022, 18:00 PM