Photo: Daily Sun For the past couple of decades, Bangladesh has slowly been becoming an increasingly difficult place to live for many of its citizens. Men, women, and children have all fallen victim to different forms of crime and suffering. However, women continue to occupy a major part of this

On 14 August, 2026, nine workers lost their lives inside an LNG carrier at a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard after being exposed to toxic gas. One survivor, Mohammad Selim, told The Daily Star that if he had stayed inside for just 20 seconds longer, he wouldn’t have made it out. Some

There is a deceptive calm in Bangladesh after every political imbroglio. Traffic flows steadily on Dhaka’s arteries, shopkeepers hoist open their shutters with renewed vigor, and the howl of public outrage that reverberated through the streets evaporates under the oppressive heat of the morning sun. To the untrained eye, it

A farmer in Satkhira knows that saline water will creep back into his field next monsoon. What he does not know is whether that same field will be farmable at all in ten years. The first problem needs an answer today—a higher embankment, a salt-tolerant rice variety, a new irrigation

Opening For two years, July has been written, spoken about, documented, debated, and remembered in countless ways. Its photographs have travelled from one screen to another; its slogans have become part of public memory; its prominent faces have been repeatedly placed at the centre of the narrative. Much has been

There is a recurring movement in Tareque Masud’s cinema. People walk across fields, travel along rivers, gather in village squares, wait at bus stations, migrate toward cities, return to forgotten memories, or simply stand still while the world around them changes. Watching his films today, one is struck by how

Replacing the 159-year-old Public Gambling Act,1867, Parliament passed the Gambling Prevention Act 2026 (Act No. 98 of 2026) on 1 July 2026.[1] The new law is enacted on the basis that the colonial law is no longer capable of addressing online gambling, cryptocurrency gambling, digital payment, virtual private networks (VPNs)

Introduction History leaves behind more than memories; it leaves institutions, assumptions, and unresolved tensions that continue to shape political life long after the events themselves have passed. One of the more difficult inheritances confronting Bangladesh in the aftermath of the political transition of August 2024 is not simply the recalibration

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first overseas tour, covering Malaysia and China, carried significance beyond ceremonial diplomacy. The China leg brought high-level meetings, investment discussions and cooperation instruments, placing trade, infrastructure, river management and regional connectivity at the centre of the conversation. In my view, the visit should be understood as

Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 budget promises to wean the economy off bank borrowing. The pivot is real as a ratio — but it is mostly an accounting effect, and the deeper problem it skirts is revenue. Image: AI Generated Every June, Bangladesh unveils a budget bigger than the last, and every June