Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial

The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.

Destruction of Hargazi Canal

There are no visible changes yet.

Who will listen to the woes of trainee doctors?

The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.

Views Multimedia

Views Multimedia

How accurate is Trump's claim about $29 million?

How might Trump's statement impact Bangladesh? How should Bangladesh actually handle this issue?

‘King's Party’ tag still sticks on BNP: Samantha Sharmin

What defines a youth-led movement? What ideologies would they embrace? Who are they inviting to join?

How could 30,000 foreigners stay here without valid papers?

Jamil Khan from The Daily Star discusses this issue with Sadi Muhammad Alok in today's Star Viewsroom

If we have Martyred Intellectuals Day, why isn't there a Martyred Workers Day?

Professor Dr Salimullah Khan holds an in-depth conversation with The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam.

Not only Rab, but entire state machinery involved in enforced disappearances

The Commission of Inquiry into Disappearances recommended that Rab be abolished. But the question is, will the number of enforced disappearances and murders decrease if Rab is abolished?

Prevent waterlogging in Dhaka South

DSCC needs a sustainable drainage strategy, recover occupied canals

3h ago

Remembering Abu Sayed: The day fear died

Abu Sayed taught us not to step back.

4h ago

How Bangladesh must navigate the US-led trade shift

It is apprehended that the US’s high tariffs on major global exporters of agricultural products, raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods, such as Brazil, Canada, China and India, would make those products available at lower prices in non-US markets.

6h ago

A soul that lit the darkness

The way he embraced death raises a profound question: what truly gives life its meaning—its duration or its quality?

7h ago

Don't make a norm out of retrospective promotions for retired officers

Govt's plan to compensate "deprived" former bureaucrats raises fresh concerns

19h ago

Bangladesh’s youth should be empowered through skills and apprenticeship

With over 60 percent of its population under the age of 35, the country holds immense promise in the form of a demographic dividend.

23h ago

Our society and policy have failed mothers who care differently

We live in an ecosystem that is neither structured for women nor for people with different needs.

1d ago

Plastic dependency: The environmental cost of food delivery in Bangladesh

The unchecked use of single-use plastic in food delivery is a matter of concern.

1d ago

Strategies we can employ in tariff talks with the US

We must realise that the US has started the tariff war with a political agenda.

1d ago

Sohag's murder was not an anomaly, it was a warning

The way the interim government is handling law and order raises serious concerns.

1d ago