Mahfuz Anam

This special supplement examines these twin realities with care and urgency.

After the last three manipulated elections, the people of Bangladesh are eagerly waiting to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

Recent tremors have done more than shake the ground. They have unsettled assumptions we quietly live with, especially the belief that safety is something to think about later. Earthquakes arrive without warning, but the risks they expose are often years in the making. This issue turns its focus to that reality, not with alarmism, but with purpose

Her last speeches call for a politics of ‘no vengeance’.

What perhaps would be most appropriate on this occasion is a few unattributed quotes that say “Gone from our sight, present in our conscience”, “A chapter closes but the story continues”, “The leader departs but the ideals remain”.

We revisit 1971 not as an isolated national event but as a moment woven into larger histories.

If we are to carry their work forward, we must build a society where truth matters.

Begum Rokeya led a deeply pious life, full of respect for Islam and its values.

Judicial independence is formally guaranteed; its actual implementation will require moral courage from judges themselves.

Why have we failed to give quality education to schoolgoers?

Her reputation lies in ruins and her political career buried under a mountain of debris of self-righteous arrogance, misgovernance, and impunity

No compromise on holding elections on time

The Daily Star joins the freedom-loving world today in observing the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

Can the vision for 'New Bangladesh' ignore the poor, farmers, workers, youth, women, or employment and climate crises?

We are delighted to welcome you to the latest issue of Your Property Guru, presented by The Daily Star.

We must never forget for a moment that rule of law must be practised in its totality, and not through convenient segments.

It is a moral imperative that all of humanity rise up and act now

Those who are working to prevent the election should question themselves as to how the people will be empowered without one.

No provision in the constitution should be outside the purview of the judiciary

The election in February 2026 is among the most important challenges that we are going to face.