World Contraception Day 2022: Reclaiming the reputation of Bangladesh

A woman’s right to choose the number, timing and spacing of children is basic. Contraception is an integral part of decision-making.
25 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Use CSR fund for upscaling skill development Speakers emphasise at CSR Dialogue: Sylhet

Speakers at an online discussion recommended CSR initiatives provide training to young people so that they can equip themselves with the required skills and contribute to the growth of the country.  
21 September 2022, 07:37 AM

Engage more young people in CSR Speakers emphasise at CSR Dialogue: Khulna

Speakers at an online discussion recommended engaging more young people in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to make those projects more effective and sustainable.  
7 September 2022, 05:45 AM

Take CSR to the grassroots

Speakers at an online discussion recommended Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives embrace a grassroots approach to make their interventions more effective and sustainable.
1 September 2022, 17:59 PM

Builder of dreams: Remembering Jamilur Reza Choudhury

There is hardly any major infrastructure development project in Bangladesh that has not benefitted from the engineering acumen and solid leadership skills of Professor Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury. He was not only the country’s foremost civil engineer but also a leading educationist, researcher and social activist. 
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Committed to providing quality diabetes care

Evercare Hospital Dhaka is the only JCI-accredited 425-bed super-specialty hospital in Bangladesh. It is one of the best multi-specialty hospitals in the country for providing round-the-clock patient management, specialist doctor consultation and the highest quality healthcare in any type of medical care.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Walking away from diabetes

Diabetes is slowly becoming one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. According to the World Health Organisation, approximately 422 million people suffer from diabetes, with the number continuing to grow each year.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Access to diabetes care in Bangladesh

Alamgir Hossain felt persistently exhausted for the past few months as the man in his early forties easily became tired even when doing light work at his grocery shop in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

The importance of pharmacovigilance in healthcare

In celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2021, Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited and The Daily Star jointly organised a three-part webinar series from September 16 to 18, 2021.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Menstruation is not a problem, poor menstrual hygiene is

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.
27 May 2021, 18:05 PM

Unity is strength

While experts have been urging speedy improvement of Bangladesh’s worrying child marriage rate, some civil society groups have shown the path to resolving the issue.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

EduSummit 2021

Without inclusive and equitable quality education, Bangladesh cannot succeed in achieving gender equality and break the cycle of poverty.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM

IUB’s project discusses significance of Bay of Bengal in post Covid-19 world

The webinar discussed important qualitative and quantitative factors of the Bay of Bengal and unravelled some valuable insights on the issues and approaches required.
21 September 2020, 16:26 PM

Prioritise hygiene in light of coronavirus pandemic

Md Sagor, 27, a bus conductor, has to go to work every day amid the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain his family of four people.
31 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Bloodbath on Road 32

August 15, 1975. A false dawn spread its pale light across the sky. At the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, everybody was still in deep sleep. It was a bizarre moment for the country, medieval in its dark dimensions.
14 August 2020, 18:00 PM

B-SkillFUL: Shaping the Labour Market and Promoting Skills Development

In 2017, the World Economic Forum featured an article claiming Bangladesh to be the “New Asian Tiger” which captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, economists, development workers, and the government.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu’s Vision of Independence

One of the most striking characteristics evident in The Unfinished Memoirs is how the young Sheikh Mujibur Rahman showed
25 March 2020, 18:10 PM

Counting the days to independence

“The struggle this time is for emancipation. The struggle this time is for independence.” These historic words rang through the air
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

“It was an existential choice to join the Resistance”

Soon after the crackdown I was supposed to go with a couple of friends to Chittagong, where Bengali soldiers and Rifles
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu’s finest hour

It is now 49 years that I, along with millions of others, had that special opportunity to be a part of history by being personally present at the Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) on 7th March afternoon to hear, what turned out to be one of the most outstanding speeches in recent history.
6 March 2020, 18:10 PM