Responsible is something to be
The book explores how people can regain their political fate from professional politicians and be the heroes we need today.
5m ago
Walk to be free
What is it about our own thoughts that are so awful that we cannot spend a minute alone with them? There is only one way to find out. Unplug, go outside, and walk.
1y ago
What the story of Kaavan tells us
Amid the sad, the sordid and the sensational, let us look at some other news. On November 30, Kaavan, dubbed the “loneliest elephant” arrived from Islamabad to Cambodia to start a new life.
3y ago
Efficacy of the home-made mask
The recent back-and-forth debate over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of covid-19 has settled. In the beginning, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was no need for people who are well to wear face masks.
4y ago
The moral rot that threatens Bangladesh
No two countries that share borders are more different from each other than Mexico and the United States. The contrast between the quality of life in these two countries could not be starker.
5y ago
The value of writing letters in a digital society
Social media, texting and emailing have revolutionised the way we communicate. These technologies have enabled us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the dynamics of some of our most important relationships.
5y ago
The changing nature of work
Most of us have serious reasons to worry about the future of work. The development of automation powered by robotics and Artificial Intelligence has enabled higher productivity, increased efficiency, safety, and convenience. At the same time, these technologies pose difficult questions about the larger impact of automation on jobs and wages. But perhaps we need to pay attention to another aspect of work: how we look at work is changing as well.
5y ago
How volunteering can help the youth
Each year, more than one billion people are engaged in volunteering worldwide. Their actions have economic, private and social values. You may wonder how helping others has economic value when no monetary transaction is involved.
5y ago
September 24, 2015
Migration augments development
Are poverty and persecution the only reasons why we have seen so many people desperately trying to leave the country on boats?
September 19, 2015
Unlocking Dhaka's Gridlock
It seems a measure of how badly things have gone out of hand that Montu Sardar peddles lemonade beneath a foot bridge, 5 Taka a glass, amid the piercing horns of the line of traffic he is blocking.
September 10, 2015
These symbolic gestures do little to improve labour rights or build goodwill between the countries: Dr Sanchita Banerjee Saxena
Dr Sanchita Banerjee Saxena shares with Amitava Kar of THE DAILY STAR some views on the impact of US trade policy on Bangladesh and the role of interest groups in policymaking. Dr Saxena is the executive director of the Institute for South Asia Studies (ISAS) at the University of California at Berkeley, USA and the director of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies. She is the author of Made in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka: The Labor Behind the Global Garment and Textiles Industries (2014, Cambria Press).
September 3, 2015
Economics and Emotions
The hackneyed expression “strictly business” would have us believe that business, at its core, is meant to be devoid of emotion.
August 30, 2015
Promoting development friendly policies is also essential to achieve long term security and prosperity
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Peter Barcroft, Director of the Peace and Democracy Programme of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), talks to Amitava Kar about better regulating small arms and light weapon transfers worldwide.
August 27, 2015
Is this the best we can do?
The international community's response to the biggest movement of refugees and migrants in Europe since the aftermath of World War II is inadequate and flawed.
August 20, 2015
An unelectable candidate
His ability to get away with aggressiveness, insults, lies, and threats are exactly the attributes that attract his audience to him.
August 13, 2015
We have not made the transition to the constitutional imperatives: Vrinda Grover
Vrinda Grover, human rights lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and advocate for women's rights, talks to Amitava Kar of The Daily Star about the hurdles people of this region face seeking justice and how to possibly overcome them. Vrinda Grover was one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013.
July 9, 2015
We hope that we will be able to help Bangladesh realise its full potential: Robert D. Watkins
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Robert D. Watkins, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Bangladesh talks to Amitava Kar about some development ideas for Bangladesh.
July 2, 2015
A BURMESE DÉJÀ VU
With a constitution that granted it sweeping powers and a compliant parliament, the generals are now presiding over a Potemkin democracy.
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