Md Abbas

Quiet stories, loud truths.

Md Abbas reports for The Daily Star, chasing stories on migration, justice, and the people often left out of the headlines. Reach him at [email protected].

Badruddin Umar: An overlooked yet everlasting beacon of light

The best way to honour Badruddin Umar is to read him, to learn from his words and thoughts

3d ago

Inaction as policy, lawlessness as outcome

The country deserves better than a government that only condemns after the fact

4d ago

Referendum likely on PR for upper house

NCC prepares proposal, revises three contentious commitments

5d ago

Revisions done, July Charter set to be sent to parties

The finalised July Charter is likely to be sent to political parties in a day or two following revisions to three contentious commitments that several parties had raised objections to.

6d ago

Lessons to be learnt from the CU violence

The violence was first triggered by the alleged assault of a female student by a security guard at her private mess.

1w ago

Potato, papaya now only choice for many families

More and more people are now relying on potatoes and papaya to feed their families as the prices of other vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.

1w ago

‘Some kicked me with boots, some hit me with helmets’

Buet student Rafid shares his ordeal with The Daily Star

1w ago

Today it is Rihan, tomorrow it could be one of us

Brutal killing of 15-year-old in Fatikchhari exposes how impunity fuels violence

2w ago
September 7, 2025
September 7, 2025

Badruddin Umar: An overlooked yet everlasting beacon of light

The best way to honour Badruddin Umar is to read him, to learn from his words and thoughts

September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025

Inaction as policy, lawlessness as outcome

The country deserves better than a government that only condemns after the fact

September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025

Referendum likely on PR for upper house

NCC prepares proposal, revises three contentious commitments

September 4, 2025
September 4, 2025

Revisions done, July Charter set to be sent to parties

The finalised July Charter is likely to be sent to political parties in a day or two following revisions to three contentious commitments that several parties had raised objections to.

September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025

Lessons to be learnt from the CU violence

The violence was first triggered by the alleged assault of a female student by a security guard at her private mess.

August 30, 2025
August 30, 2025

Potato, papaya now only choice for many families

More and more people are now relying on potatoes and papaya to feed their families as the prices of other vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.

August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025

‘Some kicked me with boots, some hit me with helmets’

Buet student Rafid shares his ordeal with The Daily Star

August 22, 2025
August 22, 2025

Today it is Rihan, tomorrow it could be one of us

Brutal killing of 15-year-old in Fatikchhari exposes how impunity fuels violence

August 22, 2025
August 22, 2025

'Better to beg here than die there'

Nazrul Islam returned home yesterday with scars on his body and memories of brutal captivity in Libya, where traffickers and mafias shattered his dream of a better life in Italy

August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025

Calls to extend reform timeline a bid to stretch interim govt tenure

Biplobi Workers Party General Secretary Saiful Huq warned that removing secularism while retaining Islam as the state religion is a fundamental deception of the people.