Asa Torkelsson :August 25, 2018 marked one year since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. As the...
DHAKA South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday asked residents not to be panicked over the recent dengue outbreak. The situation is not alarming,...
Many female workers who went to Gulf countries from Bangladesh don’t get food from many oppressive employers and being forced to endure psychological, physical and...
OVER 500 illegal foreigners including unknown number of Bangladeshis were arrested in Malaysia in a police manhunt. News media reported that the crackdown came after...
Palestinians reacted angrily to US President Trump’s decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as...
Training for new doctors It is surprising that the government has decided to establish four new medical colleges in the country. While fresh MBBS doctors...
Monaem Sarker (From previous issue)Countries with large chunks of equities and bonds held by foreign investors also become increasingly vulnerable as markets turn more rocky....
Ruth Romer :Tea picker Bina, 45 from Sylhet, Bangladesh, used to walk for an hour each day to collect water from a well, also using...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :It is a matter of regret that egalitarianism has not been established in Bangladesh in spite various economic and social measures...
Use of EVM The news published in The Daily Star on August 27,2018 has made us very upset and indignant. It said that Election Commission...
Monaem Sarker :The trade war between the United States and its trading partners have created a number of downside risks for the global economy. So...
Enayetullah Khan :KuldipNayar was always the Grand Old Man of Indian, indeed South Asian journalism. In a region where the state and its institutions have...
