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17th Century Bengal: Delta Shifts, Slave Raids & Growth | The Daily Star
17th Century Bengal: Delta Shifts, Slave Raids & Growth | The Daily Star
In the seventeenth century, the southeast portion of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta underwent environmental pressures of crisis proportions.
Early Barristers from East Bengal | The Daily Star
Early Barristers from East Bengal | The Daily Star
The failed Indian rebellion of 1857 also led to the ‘demise’ of the rapacious East India Company (EIC) in 1858, when political power was transferred to the crown-in-parliament in England with the founding of ‘The British Empire in India’ (1858-1947), popularly known today as the British Raj.
Dhaka's metro rail: Mass transit solution or missed opportunity? | The Daily Star
Dhaka's metro rail: Mass transit solution or missed opportunity? | The Daily Star
Dhaka Metro Rail (MRT Line 6) impacts on traffic, costs, and society. Explore its benefits, challenges, and future expansion plans in Bangladesh.
Zobaida Khatun Chowdhury: A life carved in courage | The Daily Star
Zobaida Khatun Chowdhury: A life carved in courage | The Daily Star
Zobaida Khatun Chowdhury shattered social veils, championing language and liberty to carve a fearless path for women.
Myanmar’s recent election and what it means for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Myanmar’s recent election and what it means for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Between late December 2025 and late January 2026, Myanmar held its first general election since the military junta, officially the State Administration Council (SAC), seized power in its February 2021 coup.
US Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz | How the US naval blockade can accelerate multipolar global order | The Daily Star
US Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz | How the US naval blockade can accelerate multipolar global order | The Daily Star
Contrary to analyses by some Western media, the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz might achieve the precise opposite of its stated aims of submission of the Iranian regime, by empowering Tehran as a defiant power, and accelerating the very multipolar realignment Washington has long sought to contain.
Armenian heritage in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Armenian heritage in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
The unravelling of family history and their associated stories can sometimes take unusual twists and turns. Armenian family history in Asia is no different. For those of you who like facts and figures, sources and citations as well as biographical details, this is for you.
Why Trump’s ‘Jesus moment’ ended in deletion | The Daily Star
Why Trump’s ‘Jesus moment’ ended in deletion | The Daily Star
Trump faces conservative backlash after attacking the Pope and sharing a blasphemous AI image amid apocalyptic omens.
Rose Garden: A history of passion and pride | The Daily Star
Rose Garden: A history of passion and pride | The Daily Star
At Kamini Mohan (K.M.) Das Lane in Tikatuli of Old Dhaka, there lies a majestic mansion called “Rose Garden”. Interestingly, it was built to host parties by one of the prominent zamindars of Dhaka, named Hrishikesh Das. He built the Rose Garden in 1931 on a 22-bigha plot along with a famous garden that had various species of rare roses. Thus the compound earned the name “Rose Garden”. The central piece of the garden is the elegant building.
Roots and rules: The folk games of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Roots and rules: The folk games of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Folk games are living memories of this land. They carry the philosophy, history, social structure, traditions, and seasons within them.
Sexual Harassment in Bangladesh: Laws & Workplace Reality | TDS
Sexual Harassment in Bangladesh: Laws & Workplace Reality | TDS
Despite new laws against sexual harassment in Bangladesh, persistent gaps remain between policy and workplace practice.
Rana Plaza, 13 years on: No justice, no memory | The Daily Star
Rana Plaza, 13 years on: No justice, no memory | The Daily Star
Thirteen years after the Rana Plaza building collapse, any mention of the disaster is often treated as an inconvenience.
When work and leisure fail, does protest fill the void? | The Daily Star
When work and leisure fail, does protest fill the void? | The Daily Star
If work cannot sustain meaning, and leisure cannot restore it, people will create new spaces where both can be reclaimed.
Bangladesh speaks to the world | The Daily Star
Bangladesh speaks to the world | The Daily Star
Speech by Tajuddin Ahmad, the prime minister of Mujibnagar government-in-exile on 17 April, 1971.
Mujibnagar Govt Oath: The Secret Story of April 17, 1971 | The Daily Star
Mujibnagar Govt Oath: The Secret Story of April 17, 1971 | The Daily Star
The Mujibnagar government oath-taking ceremony on April 17 1971 at Baidyanathtala Meherpur 1971 legalized the Bangladesh government-in-exile 1971.
Bangladesh speaks to the world | The Daily Star
Bangladesh speaks to the world | The Daily Star
Speech by Tajuddin Ahmad, the prime minister of Mujibnagar government-in-exile on 17 April, 1971.
Bangladesh’s looming energy crisis and the choices ahead | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s looming energy crisis and the choices ahead | The Daily Star
Advancing Bangladesh energy efficiency is vital for Bangladesh energy security, requiring PPP energy efficiency Bangladesh partnerships.
The Pain of Water | The Daily Star
The Pain of Water | The Daily Star
A lyrical meditation on Titash Ekti Nodir Naam, where Mallabarman and Ghatak intertwine rivers, memory, and Bengal’s fractured history.
How Iran sustained its military capacity amid US–Israeli attacks | The Daily Star
How Iran sustained its military capacity amid US–Israeli attacks | The Daily Star
Beyond missiles, Iran’s buried architecture at Qeshm Island transforms the Strait of Hormuz into a subterranean battlespace.
Adaitwa Mallabarman - An author of the soil | The Daily Star
Adaitwa Mallabarman - An author of the soil | The Daily Star
Adaitwa Mallabarman became a renowned author in Bangla literature for his magnificent and unparallel work Titas Ekti Nadir Nam (A River Called Titas). Unfortunately, this path-breaking novel, in terms of representation of a local culture, was not published during the author's lifetime. Adaitwa was from Malopara fishermen community in the village called Gokorno under the former subdivision of Brahmanbaria. The novel was published in 1956 after 5 years of his death on the initiative of his friend Subodh Chowdhury who was a Professor of Bangla in Jadavpur University at that time.
When the river remembered: The vanishing world of Bangladesh's old folk festivals | The Daily Star
When the river remembered: The vanishing world of Bangladesh's old folk festivals | The Daily Star
US Iran Talks Islamabad Strait of Hormuz Blockade | Can US–Iran talks survive Trump’s Hormuz blockade? | The Daily Star
US Iran Talks Islamabad Strait of Hormuz Blockade | Can US–Iran talks survive Trump’s Hormuz blockade? | The Daily Star
Why the Ganges Treaty must not fail | The Daily Star
Why the Ganges Treaty must not fail | The Daily Star
Chakma New Year Celebration Bizu | Bizu: A celebration of blooms, beginning, and bounty | The Daily Star
Chakma New Year Celebration Bizu | Bizu: A celebration of blooms, beginning, and bounty | The Daily Star
Bhawaiya: Songs of desire and defiance | The Daily Star
Bhawaiya: Songs of desire and defiance | The Daily Star
Riddles and rhymes that reveal the past | The Daily Star
Riddles and rhymes that reveal the past | The Daily Star
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin | The Daily Star
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin | The Daily Star
Folkloric Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Folkloric Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Bangla folktales: Stories of wisdom, wit and wonder | The Daily Star
Bangla folktales: Stories of wisdom, wit and wonder | The Daily Star
How did Pahela Baishakh become a public celebration? | The Daily Star
How did Pahela Baishakh become a public celebration? | The Daily Star
How rivers and rural life shape Bangla folk music | The Daily Star
How rivers and rural life shape Bangla folk music | The Daily Star
Wera Saether: The Norwegian voice of Bengali folk music | The Daily Star
Wera Saether: The Norwegian voice of Bengali folk music | The Daily Star
A song for the soul | The Daily Star
A song for the soul | The Daily Star
The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal | The Daily Star
The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal | The Daily Star
In the name of Lalon | The Daily Star
In the name of Lalon | The Daily Star
In praise of Mymensingh’s Bangla folk ballads | The Daily Star
In praise of Mymensingh’s Bangla folk ballads | The Daily Star
Quamrul’s Bengal | The Daily Star
Quamrul’s Bengal | The Daily Star
Toys and simpler times | The Daily Star
Toys and simpler times | The Daily Star
Pahela Boishakh in Atlanta: How expatriates celebrate | The Daily Star
Pahela Boishakh in Atlanta: How expatriates celebrate | The Daily Star
Emergence of Bengali New Year and Calender | The Daily Star
Emergence of Bengali New Year and Calender | The Daily Star
The power of tolerance over bigotry | The Daily Star
The power of tolerance over bigotry | The Daily Star
How Asha Bhosle became the voice that refused every box | The Daily Star
How Asha Bhosle became the voice that refused every box | The Daily Star
Nakshi Kantha History | The Nakshi Kantha: Tradition and transformation | The Daily Star
Nakshi Kantha History | The Nakshi Kantha: Tradition and transformation | The Daily Star
US-Iran peace talks fail, what now? | The Daily Star
US-Iran peace talks fail, what now? | The Daily Star
Bangladesh must build strong relations with Iran | The Daily Star
Bangladesh must build strong relations with Iran | The Daily Star
The painted cosmology of Tikoil village | The Daily Star
The painted cosmology of Tikoil village | The Daily Star
How Bangladesh can tackle the current energy crisis | The Daily Star
How Bangladesh can tackle the current energy crisis | The Daily Star
The wake of war: Costs for civilisation | The Daily Star
The wake of war: Costs for civilisation | The Daily Star
When “America First” policy translates into “China First” outcome in a new Cold War | The Daily Star
When “America First” policy translates into “China First” outcome in a new Cold War | The Daily Star
Learning to love the hyphen: Bangladeshi-American | The Daily Star
Learning to love the hyphen: Bangladeshi-American | The Daily Star
Gender, agency and the quality of growth: Lessons from the Bangladesh paradox | The Daily Star
Gender, agency and the quality of growth: Lessons from the Bangladesh paradox | The Daily Star
Madrasas in Bengal: A legacy of learning and the challenge of change | The Daily Star
Madrasas in Bengal: A legacy of learning and the challenge of change | The Daily Star
The proclamation that gave Bangladesh its statehood | The Daily Star
The proclamation that gave Bangladesh its statehood | The Daily Star
Reviving Bengal’s oldest songs: The Charyapada today | The Daily Star
Reviving Bengal’s oldest songs: The Charyapada today | The Daily Star
Dhaka's Tesla: Technological upgrade or poverty trap? | The Daily Star
Dhaka's Tesla: Technological upgrade or poverty trap? | The Daily Star
How should Bangladesh adapt to the evolving situation in the Middle East? | The Daily Star
How should Bangladesh adapt to the evolving situation in the Middle East? | The Daily Star
The fragile beauty of our indigenous tongues | The Daily Star
The fragile beauty of our indigenous tongues | The Daily Star
How the British used clothing to shape colonial India | The Daily Star
How the British used clothing to shape colonial India | The Daily Star
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol | The Daily Star
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol | The Daily Star
Living as a stranger in the West: Rethinking the ‘migration crisis’ | The Daily Star
Living as a stranger in the West: Rethinking the ‘migration crisis’ | The Daily Star
America’s war crimes | The Daily Star
America’s war crimes | The Daily Star
Organic vs Natural Farming: Are We Just Feeding a Market? | TDS
Organic vs Natural Farming: Are We Just Feeding a Market? | TDS
Jamdani as the battleground | The Daily Star
Jamdani as the battleground | The Daily Star
Trump’s Iran war and the new politics of religion | The Daily Star
Trump’s Iran war and the new politics of religion | The Daily Star
How can Bangladesh rapidly expand solar capacity? | The Daily Star
How can Bangladesh rapidly expand solar capacity? | The Daily Star
Annapurna Devi and the gendered silences of classical music | The Daily Star
Annapurna Devi and the gendered silences of classical music | The Daily Star
Online censorship and algospeak: Confusifying the masses with newfangled linguification | The Daily Star
Online censorship and algospeak: Confusifying the masses with newfangled linguification | The Daily Star
Historian Richard M Eaton Interview | 'Islamisation in Bengal has no parallel in South Asia' | The Daily Star
Historian Richard M Eaton Interview | 'Islamisation in Bengal has no parallel in South Asia' | The Daily Star
Kedarnath Majumdar: The historian history forgot | The Daily Star
Kedarnath Majumdar: The historian history forgot | The Daily Star
Measles outbreak: Stop the blame game, start saving lives | The Daily Star
Measles outbreak: Stop the blame game, start saving lives | The Daily Star
Amid an uncertain Middle East, Bangladesh must rethink its migration strategy | The Daily Star
Amid an uncertain Middle East, Bangladesh must rethink its migration strategy | The Daily Star
Mapping Bangladesh’s defence future | The Daily Star
Mapping Bangladesh’s defence future | The Daily Star
Netanyahu’s world: Enemies, obsessions, and endless war | The Daily Star
Netanyahu’s world: Enemies, obsessions, and endless war | The Daily Star
Akeel Bilgrami Secularism Interview | Rethinking secularism in South Asia today | The Daily Star
Akeel Bilgrami Secularism Interview | Rethinking secularism in South Asia today | The Daily Star
Forgotten on the coast: The Jaldas caught between two disasters | The Daily Star
Forgotten on the coast: The Jaldas caught between two disasters | The Daily Star
Life along a dying Teesta | The Daily Star
Life along a dying Teesta | The Daily Star
Hope is like an art | The Daily Star
Hope is like an art | The Daily Star
Daughters of Abrahamic faith: Scriptural narratives on women in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | The Daily Star
Daughters of Abrahamic faith: Scriptural narratives on women in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | The Daily Star
Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings | The Daily Star
Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings | The Daily Star
Garment Workers' Productivity Myth Debunked | The Daily Star
Garment Workers' Productivity Myth Debunked | The Daily Star
Can 12 Angry Men teach architecture students how to think? | The Daily Star
Can 12 Angry Men teach architecture students how to think? | The Daily Star
The Crisis of Democracy: How It Silently Declines | The Daily Star
The Crisis of Democracy: How It Silently Declines | The Daily Star
Polythene Ban Failure Fuels Flood Risk in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Polythene Ban Failure Fuels Flood Risk in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
In the frozen kingdom: My Antarctic expedition | The Daily Star
In the frozen kingdom: My Antarctic expedition | The Daily Star
Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism | The Daily Star
Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism | The Daily Star
Time for a third language in Bangladesh’s schools? | The Daily Star
Time for a third language in Bangladesh’s schools? | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh cannot afford to waste its food | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh cannot afford to waste its food | The Daily Star
Does South Asia need secularism? | The Daily Star
Does South Asia need secularism? | The Daily Star
Waiting out the Iran war: Doha diary II | The Daily Star
Waiting out the Iran war: Doha diary II | The Daily Star
Abolish discriminatory inheritance laws now | The Daily Star
Abolish discriminatory inheritance laws now | The Daily Star
Online abuse is now a national crisis: Time to act | The Daily Star
Online abuse is now a national crisis: Time to act | The Daily Star
Gen Z and the erasure of the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh: From événement to palimpsest | The Daily Star
Gen Z and the erasure of the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh: From événement to palimpsest | The Daily Star
Donald Trump Iran War Reaction | How Trump is destroying the international order | The Daily Star
Donald Trump Iran War Reaction | How Trump is destroying the international order | The Daily Star
The US and Israel cannot achieve strategic victory | The Daily Star
The US and Israel cannot achieve strategic victory | The Daily Star
How Pakistan saw 1971: Inside the Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report | The Daily Star
How Pakistan saw 1971: Inside the Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report | The Daily Star
Beyond Acacia and Eucalyptus: Rethinking forest restoration in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Beyond Acacia and Eucalyptus: Rethinking forest restoration in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Ten languages lost, countless stories gone | The Daily Star
Ten languages lost, countless stories gone | The Daily Star
The Biryani excavation | Biryani History | The Daily Star
The Biryani excavation | Biryani History | The Daily Star
Did Jinnah lose faith in the Two-Nation Theory after 1947? | The Daily Star
Did Jinnah lose faith in the Two-Nation Theory after 1947? | The Daily Star
The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience | The Daily Star
The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience | The Daily Star
Operation Searchlight in Dhaka - The Daily Star
Operation Searchlight in Dhaka - The Daily Star
Echoes of Anne Frank in Swati’s war diary | The Daily Star
Echoes of Anne Frank in Swati’s war diary | The Daily Star
Prelude to an order for genocide | The Daily Star
Prelude to an order for genocide | The Daily Star
The naval hero who envisioned a nation | The Daily Star
The naval hero who envisioned a nation | The Daily Star
Simon John Dring 1971 Bangladesh | Genesis of a genocide report | Dhaka Genocide 1971 News Coverage | The Daily Star
Simon John Dring 1971 Bangladesh | Genesis of a genocide report | Dhaka Genocide 1971 News Coverage | The Daily Star
At Karl Marx’s grave on his death anniversary | The Daily Star
At Karl Marx’s grave on his death anniversary | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Delta Plan Challenges And Reality | The Bangladesh delta plan: Between certainty and reality | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Delta Plan Challenges And Reality | The Bangladesh delta plan: Between certainty and reality | The Daily Star
Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces | The Daily Star
Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces | The Daily Star
Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka | The Daily Star
Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka | The Daily Star
The Gurukul Legacy: The lost dialogue between teacher and student | The Daily Star
The Gurukul Legacy: The lost dialogue between teacher and student | The Daily Star
My Mother’s Letter During the Liberation War | The Daily Star
My Mother’s Letter During the Liberation War | The Daily Star
Bangabandhu and the world | The Daily Star
Bangabandhu and the world | The Daily Star
Bangabandhu’s strategy and our independence | The Daily Star
Bangabandhu’s strategy and our independence | The Daily Star
1971 in literature: Independence in Bangladesh, crisis in Pakistan | The Daily Star
1971 in literature: Independence in Bangladesh, crisis in Pakistan | The Daily Star
Typhoid in Bangladesh: A persistent public health challenge | The Daily Star
Typhoid in Bangladesh: A persistent public health challenge | The Daily Star
Doha diary: A historian amid the Iran war | The Daily Star
Doha diary: A historian amid the Iran war | The Daily Star
Power, risk, and readiness: The real test of Bangladesh's nuclear moment | The Daily Star
Power, risk, and readiness: The real test of Bangladesh's nuclear moment | The Daily Star
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies | The Daily Star
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies | The Daily Star
Echoes of exile: Remembering 1971, confronting the Rohingya crisis | The Daily Star
Echoes of exile: Remembering 1971, confronting the Rohingya crisis | The Daily Star
Public lands, patriarchal rules | The Daily Star
Public lands, patriarchal rules | The Daily Star
Birangona Women of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Birangona Women of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Beyond the panic at the petrol pump | The Daily Star
Beyond the panic at the petrol pump | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Cyber Security Risks | Codes to Decode: Cyber risks for Bangladesh when balancing great power rivalry | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Cyber Security Risks | Codes to Decode: Cyber risks for Bangladesh when balancing great power rivalry | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh should use FDI as a foreign policy strategy | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh should use FDI as a foreign policy strategy | The Daily Star
Women as non-citizens in Bangladesh — and why the future must be feminist | The Daily Star
Women as non-citizens in Bangladesh — and why the future must be feminist | The Daily Star
Is the Middle East’s “rupture” becoming global? | The Daily Star
Is the Middle East’s “rupture” becoming global? | The Daily Star
Endgames and lessons for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Endgames and lessons for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
The last echo of Kui | The Daily Star
The last echo of Kui | The Daily Star
Who produces the workers? | The Daily Star
Who produces the workers? | The Daily Star
The family card: Universal promise or targeted program? | The Daily Star
The family card: Universal promise or targeted program? | The Daily Star
Pakistan Afghanistan Conflict 2026 | What the Pakistan–Afghanistan conflict means for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Pakistan Afghanistan Conflict 2026 | What the Pakistan–Afghanistan conflict means for Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Iran US Israel War News | Iran’s new leader and Trump’s mixed messaging: Can anyone really win the war? | The Daily Star
Iran US Israel War News | Iran’s new leader and Trump’s mixed messaging: Can anyone really win the war? | The Daily Star
Unequal homes | The Daily Star
Unequal homes | The Daily Star
Online abuse is now a national crisis: Time to act | The Daily Star
Online abuse is now a national crisis: Time to act | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh's new government faces an old narrative trap | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh's new government faces an old narrative trap | The Daily Star
Break barriers to women’s economic power | The Daily Star
Break barriers to women’s economic power | The Daily Star
Tribunals on trial | The Daily Star
Tribunals on trial | The Daily Star
What is the end-game in the US-Iran-Israel war? | The Daily Star
What is the end-game in the US-Iran-Israel war? | The Daily Star
The Middle East is now in a struggle for a new regional order | The Daily Star
The Middle East is now in a struggle for a new regional order | The Daily Star
Without a Bangladesh wildlife service, our wildlife has no future | The Daily Star
Without a Bangladesh wildlife service, our wildlife has no future | The Daily Star
Voting without access: How the national election failed voters with disabilities | The Daily Star
Voting without access: How the national election failed voters with disabilities | The Daily Star
The slow suffocation of a city: Dhaka’s silent COPD burden | The Daily Star
The slow suffocation of a city: Dhaka’s silent COPD burden | The Daily Star
The Australian doctor who witnessed what Bangladesh wanted to forget
The Australian doctor who witnessed what Bangladesh wanted to forget
Iran’s new leader and Trump’s mixed messaging: Can anyone really win the war? | The Daily Star
Iran’s new leader and Trump’s mixed messaging: Can anyone really win the war? | The Daily Star
Confronting gender inequality in Bangladesh’s labour laws | The Daily Star
Confronting gender inequality in Bangladesh’s labour laws | The Daily Star
Leela Nag: A lone tigress who waged war against the status quo | The Daily Star
Leela Nag: A lone tigress who waged war against the status quo | The Daily Star
The Strait is closed but the opportunity is open | The Daily Star
The Strait is closed but the opportunity is open | The Daily Star
Why sexual harassment laws fail in practice | The Daily Star
Why sexual harassment laws fail in practice | The Daily Star
Land, lineage, and the fight for Indigenous women’s rights | The Daily Star
Land, lineage, and the fight for Indigenous women’s rights | The Daily Star
Ensure fair prices through auctions of agricultural commodities | The Daily Star
Ensure fair prices through auctions of agricultural commodities | The Daily Star
Abolish discriminatory inheritance laws now | The Daily Star
Abolish discriminatory inheritance laws now | The Daily Star
High-Tech US-Israel-Iran War with the homecoming of AI | The Daily Star
High-Tech US-Israel-Iran War with the homecoming of AI | The Daily Star
Women in justice and justice for women | The Daily Star
Women in justice and justice for women | The Daily Star
‘Prevalence of personal laws creates the most serious gender gap’ | The Daily Star
‘Prevalence of personal laws creates the most serious gender gap’ | The Daily Star
International Women's Day 2026 | The Daily Star
International Women's Day 2026 | The Daily Star
Justice that lets every woman and girl live free from fear | The Daily Star
Justice that lets every woman and girl live free from fear | The Daily Star
When boys don’t know | The Daily Star
When boys don’t know | The Daily Star
What Bangladesh's Women's movement shares with Nepal and Myanmar | The Daily Star
What Bangladesh's Women's movement shares with Nepal and Myanmar | The Daily Star
What will happen to the world and Bangladesh if the Strait of Hormuz gets shut down? | The Daily Star
What will happen to the world and Bangladesh if the Strait of Hormuz gets shut down? | The Daily Star
Climate change, agriculture and food security challenges | The Daily Star
Climate change, agriculture and food security challenges | The Daily Star
What comes next for Iran? | The Daily Star
What comes next for Iran? | The Daily Star
Barisal, beyond, and the making of Bengali literary modernity | The Daily Star
Barisal, beyond, and the making of Bengali literary modernity | The Daily Star
Khamenei's killing and Iran’s war on the Arab states, explained | The Daily Star
Khamenei's killing and Iran’s war on the Arab states, explained | The Daily Star
Diplomacy as deception: How war on Iran was made inevitable | The Daily Star
Diplomacy as deception: How war on Iran was made inevitable | The Daily Star
Why is there so little discussion on books? | The Daily Star
Why is there so little discussion on books? | The Daily Star
The promises and perils of a ‘Notun Tej’ in Bangladeshi architecture | The Daily Star
The promises and perils of a ‘Notun Tej’ in Bangladeshi architecture | The Daily Star
Voting without access | The Daily Star
Voting without access | The Daily Star
The poison tree of Rangpur | The Daily Star
The poison tree of Rangpur | The Daily Star
Crossing the river in Dhaka: The last hundred meters | The Daily Star
Crossing the river in Dhaka: The last hundred meters | The Daily Star
Why Greenland is becoming everyone’s problem | The Daily Star
Why Greenland is becoming everyone’s problem | The Daily Star
What we miss when we talk about migrant labour | The Daily Star
What we miss when we talk about migrant labour | The Daily Star
In the shadow of distance: Bangladesh, memory, and the diasporic imagination | The Daily Star
In the shadow of distance: Bangladesh, memory, and the diasporic imagination | The Daily Star
André Béteille: A sociologist Bangladesh should read | The Daily Star
André Béteille: A sociologist Bangladesh should read | The Daily Star
Reading ‘Parallels’ through history, politics and literature | The Daily Star
Reading ‘Parallels’ through history, politics and literature | The Daily Star
Passion for the past | The Daily Star
Passion for the past | The Daily Star
The great age of Chittagong and our failure to understand it | The Daily Star
The great age of Chittagong and our failure to understand it | The Daily Star
The Bawm language at a crossroads | The Daily Star
The Bawm language at a crossroads | The Daily Star
The last speaker of Saura | The Daily Star
The last speaker of Saura | The Daily Star
Thar: A language born on the rivers | Bede Community Language Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Thar: A language born on the rivers | Bede Community Language Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Capturing the Language Movement: Rafiqul's rare archive | The Daily Star
Capturing the Language Movement: Rafiqul's rare archive | The Daily Star
Bangla in the age of algorithms | The Daily Star
Bangla in the age of algorithms | The Daily Star
Beyond Bangla: Why Bangladesh’s other languages matter | The Daily Star
Beyond Bangla: Why Bangladesh’s other languages matter | The Daily Star
Are Bangladesh’s multilingual youth being heard? | The Daily Star
Are Bangladesh’s multilingual youth being heard? | The Daily Star
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol | The Daily Star
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol | The Daily Star
Will the next generation speak Kokborok? | The Daily Star
Will the next generation speak Kokborok? | The Daily Star
Hajong and the cost of being unwritten | The Daily Star
Hajong and the cost of being unwritten | The Daily Star
Preserving the A’chik tongue | The Daily Star
Preserving the A’chik tongue | The Daily Star
What two decades with Hyow taught me about language loss | The Daily Star
What two decades with Hyow taught me about language loss | The Daily Star
Emerging pollutants and public health risks in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Emerging pollutants and public health risks in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand | The Daily Star
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand | The Daily Star
Labour Safety In RMG Factories | Towards a 'just transition' in the labour market: Rights, gender and environment | The Daily Star
Labour Safety In RMG Factories | Towards a 'just transition' in the labour market: Rights, gender and environment | The Daily Star
Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
A first vote, a quiet hope | The Daily Star
A first vote, a quiet hope | The Daily Star
You won! Now what? | The Daily Star
You won! Now what? | The Daily Star
How is ignoring safe water and sanitation slowing sustainable growth? | The Daily Star
How is ignoring safe water and sanitation slowing sustainable growth? | The Daily Star
Dyslexia: A blind spot in Bangladesh’s education and child development system | The Daily Star
Dyslexia: A blind spot in Bangladesh’s education and child development system | The Daily Star
The hidden cost of battery-run rides | The Daily Star
The hidden cost of battery-run rides | The Daily Star
What Bangladesh must learn about political transitions | The Daily Star
What Bangladesh must learn about political transitions | The Daily Star
Women without power: The politics of purdah, Jamaat and Maududi’s legacy | The Daily Star
Women without power: The politics of purdah, Jamaat and Maududi’s legacy | The Daily Star
Gridlock of Governance: A Referendum on the Road | The Daily Star
Gridlock of Governance: A Referendum on the Road | The Daily Star
Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration | The Daily Star
Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration | The Daily Star
Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
Islamic Debate on Women Leadership | Female leadership in Islam: A response to Jamaat Ameer | Al Jazeera Interview Jamaat Ameer | The Daily Star
Islamic Debate on Women Leadership | Female leadership in Islam: A response to Jamaat Ameer | Al Jazeera Interview Jamaat Ameer | The Daily Star
Building a nation in print: Paper, textbooks, and publishing in East Pakistan. | The Daily Star
Building a nation in print: Paper, textbooks, and publishing in East Pakistan. | The Daily Star
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A blue economy moment we can’t miss | The Daily Star
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After billions spent, still gridlocked: What the new government must do | The Daily Star
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Keeping faith while scrolling the feed | The Daily Star
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What the next government must get right on national security | The Daily Star
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Future Of Rivers In Bangladesh | No river, no dream | The Daily Star
Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
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Without the rule of law, nothing else will work | The Daily Star
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An urban breaking point we can no longer ignore | The Daily Star
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Key challenges to attaining the first demographic dividend | The Daily Star
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Women & Sanitation Crisis Bangladesh | When infrastructure fails women | The Daily Star
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Baikka Beel Conservation | Baikka Beel’s silent collapse | Baikka Beel Environmental Crisis | The Daily Star
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Education Reform Debate Bangladesh | Beyond access: Building the foundations of Bangladesh’s next education reform | The Daily Star
Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
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Rural–Urban Migration Bangladesh | Rural lives on the move: Why Bangladesh must rethink rural–urban migration | The Daily Star 35th Anniversary Special Supplement 2026 | The Daily Star
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The politics of “self-care” in the times of despair | The Daily Star
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Public health is failing, act now | The Daily Star
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Will delaying LDC graduation address problems long ignored? | The Daily Star
Anti-corruption drives fail, not inevitably but deliberately | The Daily Star
Anti-corruption drives fail, not inevitably but deliberately | The Daily Star
Transboundary rivers treaty: Crucial for our future | The Daily Star
Transboundary rivers treaty: Crucial for our future | The Daily Star
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Multilateralism in retreat: Will middle powers stand up to bullying? | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s economic roadmap: Priorities for the next government | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s economic roadmap: Priorities for the next government | The Daily Star
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Between memory and truth: Mark Tully and the Bangladesh he witnessed | The Daily Star
The unfinished promise of July in the Chittagong Hill Tracts | The Daily Star
The unfinished promise of July in the Chittagong Hill Tracts | The Daily Star
National sovereignty in the climatic age | The Daily Star
National sovereignty in the climatic age | The Daily Star
Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: We shall search, we shall find | The Daily Star
Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: We shall search, we shall find | The Daily Star
Jinnah and Maulana Madani Pakistan Debate | Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
Jinnah and Maulana Madani Pakistan Debate | Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan | The Daily Star
Who fears feminism in Bangladesh? | The Daily Star
Who fears feminism in Bangladesh? | The Daily Star
The future of Bengal Delta | The Daily Star
The future of Bengal Delta | The Daily Star
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Those who remain invisible in Bangladesh’s political imagination | The Daily Star
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Bound by dadan | The Daily Star
Bangladesh and the West’s double game on trade and climate | The Daily Star
Bangladesh and the West’s double game on trade and climate | The Daily Star
Vandalism and the death of civilisation | The Daily Star
Vandalism and the death of civilisation | The Daily Star
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Khow Suey – A Dish Born from Migration and Adaptation | The Daily Star
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Between compassion and capital: Shashi Doctor’s moral world | The Daily Star
Our disasters, ‘their’ management: Need to break the chain of complacency and ‘not questioning’ | The Daily Star
Our disasters, ‘their’ management: Need to break the chain of complacency and ‘not questioning’ | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s old diplomacy won’t survive new realities | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s old diplomacy won’t survive new realities | The Daily Star
When policy lacks a development philosophy, failure follows | The Daily Star
When policy lacks a development philosophy, failure follows | The Daily Star
Chittagong centred and de-centred A forgotten history | The Daily Star
Chittagong centred and de-centred A forgotten history | The Daily Star
Other side of George Orwell | The Daily Star
Other side of George Orwell | The Daily Star
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All hopes will lose steam without a sustainable energy plan | The Daily Star
Tragic legacy of Bangladesh’s captive elephants | The Daily Star
Tragic legacy of Bangladesh’s captive elephants | The Daily Star
Fish stocks collapse in the Bay of Bengal, fishermen at risk | The Daily Star
Fish stocks collapse in the Bay of Bengal, fishermen at risk | The Daily Star
Fail to save rivers, and we fail to save ourselves | The Daily Star
Fail to save rivers, and we fail to save ourselves | The Daily Star
Is Bangladesh ready for ageing? | The Daily Star
Is Bangladesh ready for ageing? | The Daily Star
Can the Barind Tract survive its own agricultural success? | The Daily Star
Can the Barind Tract survive its own agricultural success? | The Daily Star
US global dominance and the Donroe Doctrine in the making | The Daily Star
US global dominance and the Donroe Doctrine in the making | The Daily Star
Before the Assam–Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging | The Daily Star
Before the Assam–Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging | The Daily Star
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Bangladeshi Traveler Tibet Journey | Journey to the roof of the world: A Bangladeshi's Tibet travelogue | The Daily Star
From siltation to toxic pollution: Coastal water problems | The Daily Star 35th Anniversary Special Supplement 2026 | The Daily Star
From siltation to toxic pollution: Coastal water problems | The Daily Star 35th Anniversary Special Supplement 2026 | The Daily Star
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Remembering Jayasree Kabir: The actress who chose absence | The Daily Star
Muslim Sahitya Samaj Centenary | The Daily Star
Muslim Sahitya Samaj Centenary | The Daily Star
Managing water is like managing life: Time to rethink urgently | The Daily Star 35th Anniversary Special Supplement 2026 | The Daily Star
Managing water is like managing life: Time to rethink urgently | The Daily Star 35th Anniversary Special Supplement 2026 | The Daily Star
Our 'demographic dividend' at risk: Help the NEET generation urgently | The Daily Star
Our 'demographic dividend' at risk: Help the NEET generation urgently | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s ‘miracle’ running out of time? | The Daily Star
Bangladesh’s ‘miracle’ running out of time? | The Daily Star
Cold waves in Bangladesh: Public health risks and preparedness imperatives | The Daily Star
Cold waves in Bangladesh: Public health risks and preparedness imperatives | The Daily Star
Eroding edges, emerging lands: Mapping the Meghna Estuary | The Daily Star
Eroding edges, emerging lands: Mapping the Meghna Estuary | The Daily Star
The little monarch of Madhabkunda | The Daily Star
The little monarch of Madhabkunda | The Daily Star
The lost soul of Jatra | The Daily Star
The lost soul of Jatra | The Daily Star
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Shaping tomorrow with people and rivers | The Daily Star
The age of billionaires and the future global political order | The Daily Star
The age of billionaires and the future global political order | The Daily Star
Between Dhaka and the UK: Living the in-between | The Daily Star
Between Dhaka and the UK: Living the in-between | The Daily Star
Amanul Huq: The romantic documentarian | The Daily Star
Amanul Huq: The romantic documentarian | The Daily Star
Before the selfie age: Daddy’s self-portraits | The Daily Star
Before the selfie age: Daddy’s self-portraits | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh needs a coherent maritime policy | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh needs a coherent maritime policy | The Daily Star
The Tangail saree’s global fame and the weavers we forget | The Daily Star
The Tangail saree’s global fame and the weavers we forget | The Daily Star
One health, one future: The critical role of Bangladesh’s veterinarians | The Daily Star
One health, one future: The critical role of Bangladesh’s veterinarians | The Daily Star
Is the Venezuela operation part of a US–China power struggle? | The Daily Star
Is the Venezuela operation part of a US–China power struggle? | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh's veterinarians matter more than we think
Why Bangladesh's veterinarians matter more than we think
Can any power now kidnap a head of state? | The Daily Star
Can any power now kidnap a head of state? | The Daily Star
Living in occupied Dhaka: Diaries from 1971 | The Daily Star
Living in occupied Dhaka: Diaries from 1971 | The Daily Star
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Ila Mitra Biography | Ila Mitra: A symbol of indomitable courage | The Daily Star
Why mob violence is rising across South Asia | The Daily Star
Why mob violence is rising across South Asia | The Daily Star
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An ode to winter, sadness and survival
In a city called Elias | The Daily Star
In a city called Elias | The Daily Star
Why the Ganges Treaty and shared rivers demand a new imagination | The Daily Star
Why the Ganges Treaty and shared rivers demand a new imagination | The Daily Star
We don’t need zoos, only safe places for wild animals | The Daily Star
We don’t need zoos, only safe places for wild animals | The Daily Star
Who is robbing coastal communities of food sovereignty? | The Daily Star
Who is robbing coastal communities of food sovereignty? | The Daily Star
Zainul Abedin, Naib Uddin, and the making of a classic | The Daily Star
Zainul Abedin, Naib Uddin, and the making of a classic | The Daily Star
A journey through Bangladesh’s Islamic inscriptions | The Daily Star
A journey through Bangladesh’s Islamic inscriptions | The Daily Star
Why Rokeya’s two-hour workday utopia remains urgently relevant | The Daily Star
Why Rokeya’s two-hour workday utopia remains urgently relevant | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Mob Justice | How many more deaths before mob violence is stopped? | Dipu Chandra Das Mob Killing | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Mob Justice | How many more deaths before mob violence is stopped? | Dipu Chandra Das Mob Killing | The Daily Star
Char Haats: The unequal economics of the chars | The Daily Star
Char Haats: The unequal economics of the chars | The Daily Star
Breathing death: What Bangladesh must do to tackle air pollution | The Daily Star
Breathing death: What Bangladesh must do to tackle air pollution | The Daily Star
Nurjahan Begum at 100: A life for women’s voices | The Daily Star
Nurjahan Begum at 100: A life for women’s voices | The Daily Star
Anti-Liberation War forces have taken advantage of the failure of democracy | The Daily Star
Anti-Liberation War forces have taken advantage of the failure of democracy | The Daily Star
Myanmar’s hollow election: Rohingyas’ fate and Bangladesh’s geopolitical stake | The Daily Star
Myanmar’s hollow election: Rohingyas’ fate and Bangladesh’s geopolitical stake | The Daily Star
The red-green flag and the comfort of forgetting independence | The Daily Star
The red-green flag and the comfort of forgetting independence | The Daily Star
D for Dhaka, D for Death | The Daily Star
D for Dhaka, D for Death | The Daily Star
Role of Medical Workers in Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 | Wartime treatment: The heroes who saved lives, silently | The Daily Star
Role of Medical Workers in Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 | Wartime treatment: The heroes who saved lives, silently | The Daily Star
A grieving street dog and reflections on environmental humanities | The Daily Star
A grieving street dog and reflections on environmental humanities | The Daily Star
Digging deeper into Barind’s water crisis | The Daily Star
Digging deeper into Barind’s water crisis | The Daily Star
The Narsingdi earthquake shook us—are we listening? | The Daily Star
The Narsingdi earthquake shook us—are we listening? | The Daily Star
Victory Day Special 2025
Victory Day Special 2025
Lives of divorced single mothers: What choice costs in a judgmental society | The Daily Star
Lives of divorced single mothers: What choice costs in a judgmental society | The Daily Star
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world | The Daily Star
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world | The Daily Star
1971 Bangladesh genocide | American doctors who exposed the Nixon–Kissinger lies | The Daily Star
1971 Bangladesh genocide | American doctors who exposed the Nixon–Kissinger lies | The Daily Star
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda | The Daily Star
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda | The Daily Star
Chittagong, before Chittagong an early history | The Daily Star
Chittagong, before Chittagong an early history | The Daily Star
The face of an unknown woman in Rayerbazar | The Daily Star
The face of an unknown woman in Rayerbazar | The Daily Star
Martyred Intellectuals Day 2025 | The Daily Star
Martyred Intellectuals Day 2025 | The Daily Star
Why is the martyred intellectuals’ list still incomplete? | The Daily Star
Why is the martyred intellectuals’ list still incomplete? | The Daily Star
The Spirit of Shaheed Munier Chowdhury | The Daily Star
The Spirit of Shaheed Munier Chowdhury | The Daily Star
Songs of the soul: Baul Binoy Sutradhar’s inner world | The Daily Star
Songs of the soul: Baul Binoy Sutradhar’s inner world | The Daily Star
What the new labour ordinance means for workers | The Daily Star
What the new labour ordinance means for workers | The Daily Star
Saint Martin’s Island is dying — Can we still save it? | The Daily Star
Saint Martin’s Island is dying — Can we still save it? | The Daily Star
Can the separate secretariat truly free the judiciary? | The Daily Star
Can the separate secretariat truly free the judiciary? | The Daily Star
The journey to Liberation War by a fifteen year old boy | The Daily Star
The journey to Liberation War by a fifteen year old boy | The Daily Star
Can we build a digital world where women are not erased? | The Daily Star
Can we build a digital world where women are not erased? | The Daily Star
Dhaka Road Safety | Why Dhaka can’t fix its roads | The Daily Star
Dhaka Road Safety | Why Dhaka can’t fix its roads | The Daily Star
What is the future of the Ganges Waters Treaty? | The Daily Star
What is the future of the Ganges Waters Treaty? | The Daily Star
Begum Rokeya Day | What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Contributions | The Daily Star
Begum Rokeya Day | What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Contributions | The Daily Star
Doing it stupid: A philosophy of starting afresh | The Daily Star
Doing it stupid: A philosophy of starting afresh | The Daily Star
Liberation War Museum Gender Narrative | Gender and Genocide in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Liberation War Museum Gender Narrative | Gender and Genocide in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Stories from the hanging village | The Daily Star
Stories from the hanging village | The Daily Star
The untold stories of Bangladeshi young migrants in France | The Daily Star
The untold stories of Bangladeshi young migrants in France | The Daily Star
Thoughts on press freedom and about a Dhaka weekly that died without a bang | The Daily Star
Thoughts on press freedom and about a Dhaka weekly that died without a bang | The Daily Star
My experience as an editor of a Bangla magazine | The Daily Star
My experience as an editor of a Bangla magazine | The Daily Star
Music and play keep us human — our schools need them more than ever | The Daily Star
Music and play keep us human — our schools need them more than ever | The Daily Star
Bangladesh University Rankings 2026 | Bangladesh deserves better universities — Not excuses | QS World University Rankings Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Bangladesh University Rankings 2026 | Bangladesh deserves better universities — Not excuses | QS World University Rankings Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Genocide 1971 Witness | A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story | The Daily Star
Bangladesh Genocide 1971 Witness | A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story | The Daily Star
Early North Bengal: A (re-)creation and a lone journey | The Daily Star
Early North Bengal: A (re-)creation and a lone journey | The Daily Star
Architectural History Of Bengal | A 2,000-year journey through Bengal’s architecture | The Daily Star
Architectural History Of Bengal | A 2,000-year journey through Bengal’s architecture | The Daily Star
We don’t need more data - we need to understand it | The Daily Star
We don’t need more data - we need to understand it | The Daily Star
The wonderous world of patachitra | The Daily Star
The wonderous world of patachitra | The Daily Star
What we learn when we truly see our parents | The Daily Star
What we learn when we truly see our parents | The Daily Star
Anwara Bahar Choudhury - Breaking traditional shackles | The Daily Star
Anwara Bahar Choudhury - Breaking traditional shackles | The Daily Star
A search for the Shakespearean semiotics in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
A search for the Shakespearean semiotics in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Rethinking Bangladesh–India transit relations: The question of reciprocity
Rethinking Bangladesh–India transit relations: The question of reciprocity
Gold price goes up, bride’s dignity goes down? | The Daily Star
Gold price goes up, bride’s dignity goes down? | The Daily Star
Supreme Court restores Caretaker Government Bangladesh 2025 | Caretaker government reborn: What challenges lie ahead? | The Daily Star
Supreme Court restores Caretaker Government Bangladesh 2025 | Caretaker government reborn: What challenges lie ahead? | The Daily Star
Earthquakes, overthinking, and the Hamlet within us | The Daily Star
Earthquakes, overthinking, and the Hamlet within us | The Daily Star
‘Struggle’: Noazesh Ahmed and his first masterpiece | The Daily Star
‘Struggle’: Noazesh Ahmed and his first masterpiece | The Daily Star
Remembering Munier Bhai | The Daily Star
Remembering Munier Bhai | The Daily Star
Why is secondary education becoming unaffordable? | The Daily Star
Why is secondary education becoming unaffordable? | The Daily Star
Dhaka’s forgotten girls: Living without safety, identity or rights | The Daily Star
Dhaka’s forgotten girls: Living without safety, identity or rights | The Daily Star
The Illusion of Change? | The Daily Star
The Illusion of Change? | The Daily Star
Photographing Muslim women: How Sufia Kamal broke the camera taboo | The Daily Star
Photographing Muslim women: How Sufia Kamal broke the camera taboo | The Daily Star
The places we go when we want to disappear | The Daily Star
The places we go when we want to disappear | The Daily Star
Dhaka’s forgotten WWII story: What soldiers feared more than Japanese bullets
Dhaka’s forgotten WWII story: What soldiers feared more than Japanese bullets
Why we fail to understand ourselves | The Daily Star
Why we fail to understand ourselves | The Daily Star
Maulana Bhashani Gayebi Janazah 1968 | Bhashani and the gayebi janazah of 1968: A photographic history | Maulana Bhashani Funeral Prayer Protest | The Daily Star
Maulana Bhashani Gayebi Janazah 1968 | Bhashani and the gayebi janazah of 1968: A photographic history | Maulana Bhashani Funeral Prayer Protest | The Daily Star
Remembering the Red Moulana | The Daily Star
Remembering the Red Moulana | The Daily Star
Two forgotten kingdoms of Bengal | The Daily Star
Two forgotten kingdoms of Bengal | The Daily Star
The science behind our ‘eureka’ moments, and how to nurture them | The Daily Star
The science behind our ‘eureka’ moments, and how to nurture them | The Daily Star
Street Vendors Eviction Dhaka | Who owns Dhaka’s streets? | The Daily Star
Street Vendors Eviction Dhaka | Who owns Dhaka’s streets? | The Daily Star
Living Conditions of Harijan Community in Bangladesh | The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see | The Daily Star
Living Conditions of Harijan Community in Bangladesh | The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see | The Daily Star
The unspoken truth: Bangladesh is underfunding its children’s future | The Daily Star
The unspoken truth: Bangladesh is underfunding its children’s future | The Daily Star
State-Owned Sugar Mills Bangladesh | Who bankrupted our strength? | The Daily Star
State-Owned Sugar Mills Bangladesh | Who bankrupted our strength? | The Daily Star
Each day is a gift: Reflections on living with cancer | The Daily Star
Each day is a gift: Reflections on living with cancer | The Daily Star
Can political money ever be made accountable? | The Daily Star
Can political money ever be made accountable? | The Daily Star
Still human, somehow, but is that enough?
Still human, somehow, but is that enough?
‘Let democracy be free’: The image that shook a dictator | The Daily Star
‘Let democracy be free’: The image that shook a dictator | The Daily Star
How the Bhola Cyclone Led to Bangladesh’s Independence? | The Bhola Cyclone and the making of Bangladesh | Bhola Cyclone 1970 | The Daily Star
How the Bhola Cyclone Led to Bangladesh’s Independence? | The Bhola Cyclone and the making of Bangladesh | Bhola Cyclone 1970 | The Daily Star
You aren't required to love yourself to accept yourself | The Daily Star
You aren't required to love yourself to accept yourself | The Daily Star
What’s holding back Bangladesh’s book industry? | The Daily Star
What’s holding back Bangladesh’s book industry? | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh still believes teachers should be poor | The Daily Star
Why Bangladesh still believes teachers should be poor | The Daily Star
RMG’s automation and green growth have a gender problem— Don’t ignore it | The Daily Star
RMG’s automation and green growth have a gender problem— Don’t ignore it | The Daily Star
Why Mamdani’s politics should matter to Bangladesh
Why Mamdani’s politics should matter to Bangladesh
We are losing empathy, and it’s not our fault | The Daily Star
We are losing empathy, and it’s not our fault | The Daily Star
No songs, no play: A policy against our children | The Daily Star
No songs, no play: A policy against our children | The Daily Star
The Pain of Water | The Daily Star
The Pain of Water | The Daily Star
“Why should I leave?” The Partition in the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak | The Daily Star
“Why should I leave?” The Partition in the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak | The Daily Star
The Last Republican | The Daily Star
The Last Republican | The Daily Star
Floral economy of Bengal | The Daily Star
Floral economy of Bengal | The Daily Star
November 3 Jail Killing | Blood on the Barred Walls: The 1975 Jail Killing Revisited | The Daily Star
November 3 Jail Killing | Blood on the Barred Walls: The 1975 Jail Killing Revisited | The Daily Star
Living experimentally in a goal-obsessed world | The Daily Star
Living experimentally in a goal-obsessed world | The Daily Star
The early history of press freedom in Bengal | The Daily Star
The early history of press freedom in Bengal | The Daily Star
Do we really need to own what we love? | The Daily Star
Do we really need to own what we love? | The Daily Star
The day we made a tryst with destiny!
The day we made a tryst with destiny!
Eighteen years on, how far has judicial separation been achieved? | The Daily Star
Eighteen years on, how far has judicial separation been achieved? | The Daily Star
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy | The Daily Star
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy | The Daily Star
Hearing the tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans | The Daily Star
Hearing the tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans | The Daily Star
Saving to death: How not to rescue wild animals | The Daily Star
Saving to death: How not to rescue wild animals | The Daily Star
Hearing the tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans | The Daily Star
Hearing the tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans | The Daily Star
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy | The Daily Star
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy | The Daily Star
Memories of lives from villages under water
Memories of lives from villages under water
The forgotten mutiny for India’s independence | The Daily Star
The forgotten mutiny for India’s independence | The Daily Star
Home and Displacement | The Daily Star
Home and Displacement | The Daily Star
SM Sultan: An early portrait | The Daily Star
SM Sultan: An early portrait | The Daily Star
Reading power: How everyday texts shaped life under the British Empire | The Daily Star
Reading power: How everyday texts shaped life under the British Empire | The Daily Star
Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq History | Why was Sher-e-Bangla so popular? | The Daily Star
Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq History | Why was Sher-e-Bangla so popular? | The Daily Star
History of Safe Roads Movement in Bangladesh | Chaos by design: Why we might never get nirapod shorok | Nirapod Shorok Andolon | The Daily Star
History of Safe Roads Movement in Bangladesh | Chaos by design: Why we might never get nirapod shorok | Nirapod Shorok Andolon | The Daily Star
The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal | The Daily Star
The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal | The Daily Star
My discovery of Sher-e-Bangla | The Daily Star
My discovery of Sher-e-Bangla | The Daily Star
Fazlul Huq and his political rivals | The Daily Star
Fazlul Huq and his political rivals | The Daily Star
Use Of AI In Village Healthcare | How can AI democratise rural healthcare in Bangladesh? | The Daily Star
Use Of AI In Village Healthcare | How can AI democratise rural healthcare in Bangladesh? | The Daily Star
A wetland losing its farmers | The Daily Star
A wetland losing its farmers | The Daily Star
Will visually impaired voters be able to cast their vote? | The Daily Star
Will visually impaired voters be able to cast their vote? | The Daily Star
The thrills of Rakib Hasan | The Daily Star
The thrills of Rakib Hasan | The Daily Star
Why we dream big but struggle with small acts | The Daily Star
Why we dream big but struggle with small acts | The Daily Star
Birangona Women of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Birangona Women of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
150-Year History of Bengal Japan Relations | How Bengal discovered Japan: A 150-year chronicle | The Daily Star
150-Year History of Bengal Japan Relations | How Bengal discovered Japan: A 150-year chronicle | The Daily Star
The disappearing snails of Sundarbans | The Daily Star
The disappearing snails of Sundarbans | The Daily Star
How many more workers have to die before impunity ends? | The Daily Star
How many more workers have to die before impunity ends? | The Daily Star
Rajnagar in Shariatpur Bangladesh History | In search of Rajnagar: A city devoured by the Padma | Lost Cities of Bengal | The Daily Star
Rajnagar in Shariatpur Bangladesh History | In search of Rajnagar: A city devoured by the Padma | Lost Cities of Bengal | The Daily Star
Signing without consensus: How the July Charter could deepen division
Signing without consensus: How the July Charter could deepen division
Hatiya fishermen working in Oman | The Daily Star
Hatiya fishermen working in Oman | The Daily Star
Abul Hashim’s Bangalistaan | Religious reconciliation through language and culture
Abul Hashim’s Bangalistaan | Religious reconciliation through language and culture
What are we really running from? | The Daily Star
What are we really running from? | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah Lal Shalu | From Controversy to Classic: Lal Shalu After 75 Years | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah Lal Shalu | From Controversy to Classic: Lal Shalu After 75 Years | The Daily Star
Wife of Syed Waliullah dead | The Daily Star
Wife of Syed Waliullah dead | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah in Paris | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah in Paris | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah Lal Shalu | From Controversy to Classic: Lal Shalu After 75 Years | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah Lal Shalu | From Controversy to Classic: Lal Shalu After 75 Years | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah: husband, artist, thinker, writer | The Daily Star
Syed Waliullah: husband, artist, thinker, writer | The Daily Star
As I Remember Syed Waliullah, My Papa | The Daily Star
As I Remember Syed Waliullah, My Papa | The Daily Star
Scars of July: How are the injured now? | The Daily Star
Scars of July: How are the injured now? | The Daily Star
The slow death of Lawachara Forest | The Daily Star
The slow death of Lawachara Forest | The Daily Star
Stories of Bangladeshi Women in Indian Prisons | Who cares about Bangladeshi women prisoners in India? | The Daily Star
Stories of Bangladeshi Women in Indian Prisons | Who cares about Bangladeshi women prisoners in India? | The Daily Star
How our universities can create the ‘man thinking’ | The Daily Star
How our universities can create the ‘man thinking’ | The Daily Star
Slow Living Movement In Bangladesh | In praise of slowness: Rethinking life in a fast-moving Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Slow Living Movement In Bangladesh | In praise of slowness: Rethinking life in a fast-moving Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Why our salary structure fails | The Daily Star
Why our salary structure fails | The Daily Star
Baba Allauddin Khan and the making of a musical lineage | The Daily Star
Baba Allauddin Khan and the making of a musical lineage | The Daily Star
The art of staying calm in an angry world | The Daily Star
The art of staying calm in an angry world | The Daily Star
The lost history of Pilkhana’s elephant depot | The Daily Star
The lost history of Pilkhana’s elephant depot | The Daily Star
Encroached and evicted: The vanishing Rakhines of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Encroached and evicted: The vanishing Rakhines of Bangladesh | The Daily Star
How salinity corrodes the lives of Sundarbans women | The Daily Star
How salinity corrodes the lives of Sundarbans women | The Daily Star
Bangladeshi universities in decline: Why teacher recruitment must change now | The Daily Star
Bangladeshi universities in decline: Why teacher recruitment must change now | The Daily Star
A university in name only? The seven colleges controversy | The Daily Star
A university in name only? The seven colleges controversy | The Daily Star
Dhaka World War II History | Dhaka’s Forgotten WWII Story: Spielberg’s Father and the Bridge Busters | Dhaka Role in World War II Against Japan | The Daily Star
Dhaka World War II History | Dhaka’s Forgotten WWII Story: Spielberg’s Father and the Bridge Busters | Dhaka Role in World War II Against Japan | The Daily Star
156th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi’s search for harmony in Noakhali | The Daily Star
156th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi’s search for harmony in Noakhali | The Daily Star
Art and odyssey of female cartoonists in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Art and odyssey of female cartoonists in Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Sundarbans Tiger Pugmarks | Reading tiger pugmarks: Human–tiger co-existence in the Sundarbans | Human Tiger Coexistence Sundarbans | The Daily Star
Sundarbans Tiger Pugmarks | Reading tiger pugmarks: Human–tiger co-existence in the Sundarbans | Human Tiger Coexistence Sundarbans | The Daily Star
Elderly Care Crisis in Bangladesh | Empty homes, empty promises: Who will stand by our parents? | Abandoned Parents Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Elderly Care Crisis in Bangladesh | Empty homes, empty promises: Who will stand by our parents? | Abandoned Parents Bangladesh | The Daily Star
50 Years of Bangladeshi Advertising | The Daily Star
50 Years of Bangladeshi Advertising | The Daily Star
Sandwip’s Role in Bay of Bengal History | Sandwip’s forgotten wars | Sandwip History Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Sandwip’s Role in Bay of Bengal History | Sandwip’s forgotten wars | Sandwip History Bangladesh | The Daily Star
How Dhaka Residents Reclaim Public Space? | Who stole Dhaka’s real wealth? | The Daily Star
How Dhaka Residents Reclaim Public Space? | Who stole Dhaka’s real wealth? | The Daily Star
Women’s Safety in Dhaka Slums | Where safety never reaches | Risks Faced by Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh Urban Slums | The Daily Star
Women’s Safety in Dhaka Slums | Where safety never reaches | Risks Faced by Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh Urban Slums | The Daily Star
Sadhana Aushadhalaya Monkeys Old Dhaka | The last monkeys of Sadhana Aushadhalaya | The Daily Star
Sadhana Aushadhalaya Monkeys Old Dhaka | The last monkeys of Sadhana Aushadhalaya | The Daily Star
Fragments of resistance: The counter-archive of Mohammad Idrish | The Daily Star
Fragments of resistance: The counter-archive of Mohammad Idrish | The Daily Star
Who is really funding student elections? | The Daily Star
Who is really funding student elections? | The Daily Star
Continuing Brutality at the Bangladesh–India Border | The Daily Star
Continuing Brutality at the Bangladesh–India Border | The Daily Star
The genocidal truth the UN inquiry on Gaza reveals | The Daily Star
The genocidal truth the UN inquiry on Gaza reveals | The Daily Star
Independent BBS in Bangladesh | Why an independent BBS is essential for Bangladesh’s future | The Daily Star
Independent BBS in Bangladesh | Why an independent BBS is essential for Bangladesh’s future | The Daily Star
Why Zahir Raihan matters more than ever after the August uprising | The Daily Star
Why Zahir Raihan matters more than ever after the August uprising | The Daily Star
The double edge of rebellion: Nepal reshaping the grammar of politics | Nepal Political Unrest 2025 | The Daily Star
The double edge of rebellion: Nepal reshaping the grammar of politics | Nepal Political Unrest 2025 | The Daily Star
Dhaka Housing Crisis 2025 | A Social vision for Dhaka’s Housing | The Daily Star
Dhaka Housing Crisis 2025 | A Social vision for Dhaka’s Housing | The Daily Star
Syed Mujtaba Ali - a pioneer of our Language Movement | The Daily Star
Syed Mujtaba Ali - a pioneer of our Language Movement | The Daily Star
Tamam Na Sud | The Daily Star
Tamam Na Sud | The Daily Star
Syed Mujtaba Ali between Bengal and Afghanistan | The Daily Star
Syed Mujtaba Ali between Bengal and Afghanistan | The Daily Star
Architecture in Bengal | Architecture in the living Bengal Delta | Cultural Heritage in Bengal Architecture | The Daily Star
Architecture in Bengal | Architecture in the living Bengal Delta | Cultural Heritage in Bengal Architecture | The Daily Star
Starlink in Gaza: Humanitarian Lifeline or Military Asset? | The Daily Star
Starlink in Gaza: Humanitarian Lifeline or Military Asset? | The Daily Star
The weight of untouchability: Rabidas community in Bangladesh | Social Exclusion of Rabidas Community | The Daily Star
The weight of untouchability: Rabidas community in Bangladesh | Social Exclusion of Rabidas Community | The Daily Star
Owls in peril as forests fall | The Daily Star
Owls in peril as forests fall | The Daily Star
How AI might transform Bangladesh’s education landscape | The Daily Star
How AI might transform Bangladesh’s education landscape | The Daily Star
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