Zaid Kalam

Proud member of digital media team; Coordinator for Asia News Network (ANN)

ANN marks its 20th anniversary

Senior editors and journalists attend the annual board meeting of the Asia News Network (ANN), an alliance of 23 leading English-language newspapers of Asia, in Seoul of South Korea.

5y ago

Interactive map: Bangladesh 150th in World Press Freedom Index 2019 ranking

Working condition for journalists in Bangladesh was worrying as reporters covering protests and the election were the targets of unprecedented violence, Reporters Without Borders says in its latest report.

5y ago

Interactive profile: Loved ones we lost in Banani FR Tower fire

Let’s not forget the people who lost their lives in Thursday’s Banani FR Tower fire. Six women and 20 men, who became victims of the horrific blaze in a single incident, should remind us of our collective responsibilities to prevent such disaster.

5y ago

Interactive Chart: Fire incidents on rise in Bangladesh

Incidents of fire are rising rapidly all over Bangladesh. After analysing the data provided by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, a rising trend in the fire related incidents are seen starting from 2006 to 2018.

5y ago

Bangladesh among Asia's top 10 generous countries

Bangladesh stood ninth among its Asian neighbours in an international ranking of generous countries.

5y ago

Bangladesh ranks 9th in most generous country in Asia

Bangladesh stands in the ninth position among its Asian neighbours in an international ranking as the most generous country. With an overall score of 31 per cent, the country has been ranked 74 in the world and fourth in South Asia in the CAF World Giving Index 2018.

5y ago

#10YearChallenge: I celebrate myself, and sing myself

From celebrities to survivors of horrific accidents their split-screen photos of #10YearChallenge have gone viral on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

5y ago

Daily Star covering #bdpolls2018

Follow The Daily Star's special coverage on #bdpolls2018 as over 10 crore voters will pick 300 lawmakers from 1,841 candidates in December 30’s 11th general election.

5y ago
July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

AT A GLANCE: Bangladesh road accident fatalities on the rise

At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report. Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Interactive map: Gulshan militant attack and its aftermath

After the militant attack at Gulshan’s upscale café Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, law enforcers started launching operations at the hideouts of suspected militants across Bangladesh. On the map, 14 such anti-militancy drives including yesterday’s raid in Kushtia were marked. Click on the each marks to see brief information on the operation.

June 24, 2017
June 24, 2017

AT A GLANCE: Wheat imports on the rise in Bangladesh

A shift in consumers' diet preference and flourishing baked food market pushed Bangladesh to hit a record high on wheat imports in current fiscal year. In this fiscal year, wheat import stood at 5.4 million tonnes till mid-June, show government statistics.

May 28, 2017
May 28, 2017

Keeping secrets harmful to health: Study

There are harmful personal effects just from thinking about secrets, reveals a new research. In other words, keeping secrets is unhealthy as secrecy has been associated with depression, anxiety, and poor physical health, according to researchers at Columbia Business School of US.

March 7, 2017
March 7, 2017

Flyboard, fly like a bird!

Who have not dreamt, at least once, of flying like a bird up into the deep blue sky? With the invention of a “flyboard”, mankind is almost on the verge of their dream fulfillment.

January 19, 2017
January 19, 2017

Never mess with your NID card

Be careful! Never intentionally destroy your smart National Identity (NID) Card. Or else you will be jailed or fined up to Tk 40,000.

January 18, 2017
January 18, 2017

Never mess with your smart NID card

Be careful! Never intentionally destroy your smart National Identity (NID) Card. Or else you will be jailed or fined up to Tk 40,000.

December 15, 2016
December 15, 2016

Killing fields of 1971: Our grief, our strength

Around 3,000,000 people were brutally killed by the then West Pakistan forces during the nine months of Liberation War in1971, their bodies were dumped and buried in hundreds of mass graves and killing fields across the country.

December 14, 2016
December 14, 2016

Mirpur's Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial in photos

The horrific well of Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial in Mirpur still bears the marks of butchery that took place 45 years back.

April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016

[WATCH] Story of the first Mongol Shobhajatra

You are wrong if you think that Mongol Shobhajatra began long ago. A group of students of Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University (DU) brought out the first colourful procession marking Pahela Baishakh in 1989.