The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth resulting from declines in fertility and mortality and the ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains prevalent and significant in Bangladesh, deeply rooted in our patriarchal norms, despite ...

After a long silence, the Himalayas called me back -- an irresistible summons that only mountains possess. And I had to ...

The government has suspended all new and existing approvals for the import of post-larvae for vannamei shrimp farming and stressed the need to increase production of indigenous shrimp species such as ...

Benzir Ahammed Shawon is a graduate student of applied mathematics and computational science at North South University. He can be reached at [email protected].

The capital city has once again been brought to a standstill by a fresh round of blockades and street protests, with key intersections repeatedly shut down over the past couple of days.

Our country is a riverine land. Rivers are deeply intertwined with the very formation of this land. Yet, even today, the definition of a river has not been finalised in Bangladesh.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated Bushra Afreen, daughter of former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam and the city’s first chief heat officer. According to ACC ...

BCB director and media committee chairman Amzad Hossain told The Daily Star that the fate of the tournament now hinges on ...

For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh has been one of the world’s favourite outliers. Born in the trauma of 1971 with a shattered economy and a population of 75 million, the country was summarily dismissed ...

The rivers and canals of Bangladesh are being made to die. Bangladesh is a country of water, where land and water are entwined and ever shifting.

People assume that being at home means being settled. What they do not see is the loss of a version of you that you do not have much hold of anymore. The sense of belonging and a renewed identity that ...