Sajjad Hossain

Sajjad Hossain is a staff reporter at The Daily Star. He can be reached at [email protected]

BNP struggles to rein in the rogues

Over the past 11 months, 349 incidents of political violence took place across the country, BNP and its affiliated organisations were linked to 323 of these

1d ago

Tarique pledges change, but are his party men listening?

First, they beat him. Then they smashed his head and body with bricks and stones

1d ago

A viral photo, a lesson for BNP

Today, the real fight is not just in speeches or rallies, but in what people see and believe on social media platforms

6d ago

Lotus silk: the fabric of the future

Imagine if the next global fashion sensation did not emerge from Paris or Milan but quietly bloomed in a lotus pond in the wetlands of Bangladesh.

1w ago

BNP agrees to 10yr PM cap, objects to NCC

Party leaders said the decision was made to improve the BNP's image ahead of the next general election, as sticking to the previous stance was drawing criticisms.

2w ago

Mob violence now alarmingly routine

Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.

2w ago

When will mob violence end in Bangladesh?

This is the government's moment to show what it truly stands for and bring everyone of those people to face the law

2w ago

BNP doesn’t want conflict with govt after London meeting

The BNP has decided not to engage in any activity that might delay the election or reignite conflict with the interim government following the recent London meeting between the party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

3w ago
December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023

Fined, evicted yet in business

An illegal sand business is being run in Char Hogla village under Shambhupura union of Narayanganj by allegedly encroaching a portion of the Meghna.

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

BNP human chains foiled in 9 districts

BNP’s first nationwide public event since October 28 was obstructed and foiled by police in nine districts yesterday.

December 9, 2023
December 9, 2023

3 new parties stumble even before election

The newly registered political parties -- the Trinamool BNP, Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), and Bangladesh Supreme Party -- have fielded only 29 nominees in 18 of Dhaka city’s 20 constituencies.

December 2, 2023
December 2, 2023

Patients bear the brunt of blockades

Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

‘Give back our loved ones’

Six-year-old Siyam stood in front of the Jatiya Press Club with his mother yesterday, showing everyone a photo of his father and pleading, “Release my father.”

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

More and more people now flocking to OMS trucks

Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.

November 28, 2023
November 28, 2023

BNP’s Nayapaltan Office: Abandoned, locked for a month

The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.

November 27, 2023
November 27, 2023

BNP's Nayapaltan office: Abandoned, locked for a month

The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.

November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023

Smaller parties planning big

Little-known parties are planning big for the January 7 polls and a number of them are selling nomination forms to anyone willing to buy so that they can field candidates in all 300 constituencies.

November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023

AL, BNP offices: Distance 1.6km, mood poles apart

Scenes at the Awami League and BNP offices could not be more contrasting.