The wrongs of past 15yrs must be righted
The Daily Star spoke to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on a host of issues ranging from elections to media freedom
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'Can't talk about future without reference to what AL has done'
Asif Nazrul tells Star in an exclusive interview
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Star interview: Reshuffle of officials for ensuring reforms
The interim government aims to reform the administration in order to make it people-oriented, inclusive, transparent, and accountable, says Law Adviser Asif Nazrul.
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Expectations from the advisers and a few words of caution
The task of the advisers is to show what actions they are taking toward permanent policy reforms not to make faux pas remarks.
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How can the rulers erase so much bloodstain?
Why did the situation escalate last week, resulting in so many deaths and injuries?
4m ago
The tale of procuring nuts & bolts at 1,619 times higher price
It's a saddening fact that despite spending 53 years as free land, Bangladesh still needs to import nuts, bolts, and washers -- we are unable to produce them locally
6m ago
Why did it take us 10 years to learn that Milton Samadder is a 'dangerous psychopath'?
Milton Samadder has been the talk of the town for the past few days. While rumours and dramatic tales about him have taken over the social media, traditional media has mostly relied on the Detective Branch (DB) of police over the last two days
6m ago
Memories of a revolutionary dreamer
Abed bhai defined a great and worthy leader as someone who always steps down to accommodate a worthier leader.
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February 1, 2020
An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a second quick analysis of what happened so far.
February 1, 2020
An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a quick analysis of what happened so far.
December 22, 2019
Silent revolution to save lives
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed worked throughout his life and never spoke an unnecessary word. He was reluctant to talk about himself in particular. In fact, he was not interested to talk about Brac either as that would require him to speak about himself.
June 19, 2019
When the allegation is of ‘death threat’ but the investigation is on ‘corruption’
The controversies revolving around Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Moazzem Hossain, former OC, Sonagazi Police Station, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, Director, ACC, came to the spotlight in close succession.
May 24, 2019
No stars will shine for the farmers
It may seem like a scene from a Cold War-era political thriller: A farmer burns his own paddy field, out of frustration. The food minister declares: “This is a conspiracy against the government!” A parliament whip confronts the minister: “You cannot make fun of the farmers.” Enters the agriculture minister, apparently helpless, and offers his one pearl of wisdom: “More rice is being grown than needed. The farmers are not getting a fair price for their production, but nothing can be done about it now.”
March 1, 2019
From a 'gun' to a 'toy gun' to a 'plastic pipe'
In today's world, airport and aviation security is tight that incidents of plane hijacking have almost ceased to occur. After September 11, 2001, when an airplane was hijacked to carry out the devastating attack on the World Trade Centres in New York, USA, aviation security across the world has been tightened even further.
February 22, 2019
Will yaba smuggling end with the surrender of some godfathers?
Some of our news outlets have termed the yaba smugglers as “yaba dealers” or “yaba traders.” I am not a grammarian. So I am not judging whether it is grammatically right or wrong to use the words “dealers” or “traders” to mention the yaba godfathers. I am talking from a general perspective.
January 29, 2019
Ducsu election should be covered by CCTV
As the long-awaited Ducsu election is nearing, the issue of “co-existence” has widely been in discussion for some time now, just as the issue of “level playing field” was in discussion before the last national election.
January 26, 2019
Tara Mia and the story of a warped conscience
We live in a world where things are constantly happening. Every day seems like an assault on our mental stability because of the nature of the events that take place, more so for a writer who has to go through the unpleasantness of trying to connect the dots and produce an analysis of them.
November 3, 2018
The legacy of Zafrullah Chowdhury
Everyone employed at the hospital are involved in farming—from doctors, interns to general employees as well as its founder. It's not their hobby but part of their job description.
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