DHAKA EDITION |
Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq
International
2 min read 1 month ago

Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq

Jordanian air defenses shot down five Iranian ballistic missiles following joint U.S. and Saudi air operations against militia positions in Iraq. The renewed clashes disrupt a short-lived pause in hostilities, putting global energy transit through the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea at further risk.

Trending Analysis

LIVE
01
News • 5m read

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices
02
News • 39m read

THE UNPUBLISHED INQUIRY

THE UNPUBLISHED INQUIRY
03
News • 2m read

BGMEA, BKMEA seek uninterrupted CNG supply for garment factories

BGMEA, BKMEA seek uninterrupted CNG supply for garment factories
04
News • 2m read

Gazipur Agricultural University wins patent for jackfruit seed nutrition technology

Gazipur Agricultural University wins patent for jackfruit seed nutrition technology

National & Politics

View All
Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices
1 month ago

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

Ask anyone in Dhaka who has tried to transfer a plot of inherited land what the hardest part was, and the answer will be: the paperwork. A family sells a parcel, signs the deed, pays the registration fee, and then discovers the real ordeal is still ahead: getting the khatian (record of rights) updated to reflect the new owner. This second step, called mutation, is where months disappear, where “processing fees” gradually turn into bribes, and where a legitimate transaction can stall for reasons no one will put in writing.

SSC, equivalent results to be published on August 10
1 month ago

SSC, equivalent results to be published on August 10

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations 2026 will be published simultaneously across Bangladesh on August 10, the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee announced today.

Who writes the history of the July Uprising?
1 month ago

Who writes the history of the July Uprising?

Every mass uprising has two histories. One is written in the language of power; the other is preserved in the memories of the people who lived it. The first is established quickly, as states, governments, or newly empowered political actors construct a narrative that legitimises their authority. The second emerges more gradually—from eyewitness accounts, organisational records, news reports, and the lived experiences of those who occupied the streets. For that reason, the struggle that follows a popular uprising is never confined to control of the state. It is also a struggle over political memory. Those who seek to consolidate power often attempt to monopolise that memory, reducing a complex collective experience to a single official story.

The strange grief of seeing our parents age
1 month ago

The strange grief of seeing our parents age

It was an ordinary night, like countless others before it. I went to bed expecting nothing more than another routine morning. But before dawn, a knock on my bedroom door pulled me from a deep sleep. In the haze between sleep and wakefulness, I heard my mother calling my name. My first instinct was almost embarrassingly mundane.

DSE INDEX LIVE
6,124.20
▲ +45.80 (+0.75%) • Active Trading

Capital markets gain momentum following the central bank's updated monetary policy guidelines and targeted export incentives.

Explore Business News

Business & Economy

View All →

Madhupur pineapple prices crash as rain, flood dampen demand

1 month ago

Tottenham vs Sydney FC: How to Watch, Kick-off Time, and Streaming Details

1 month ago

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

1 month ago

Iran says no current negotiations with US

1 month ago

Lifestyle & Perspective

View All →
1 month ago

Madhupur pineapple prices crash as rain, flood dampen demand

Pineapple farmers in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila are selling this season’s harvest at a loss, as prices for the GI-certified fruit have collapsed at the peak of the season.

1 month ago

Rain, floods damaged crops worth Tk 478cr

Hanif Chowkidar, a farmer in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila, had planned to cultivate Aman paddy on 5.26 hectares this season. He spent around Tk 22,000 on four maunds (1 maund = 37.32kg) of seed and prepared a seedbed.

1 month ago

Our forestry policy must be rooted in local evidence

The government ban on exotic tree species such as eucalyptus and acacia during the current planting season has sparked debate among the public, policymakers, and forestry professionals in both mainstream and social media platforms. Supporters argue that these fast-growing species are vital for timber production and rural livelihoods. Critics, however, see them as ecological risks that should be replaced with native alternatives.

Education & Career

View All →
1 month ago

Foodpanda Bangladesh incurs €111m losses since 2016

Foodpanda Bangladesh’s losses rose 40 percent to €11.76 million last year, extending a losing streak that now stretches back a full decade, according to parent company Delivery Hero’s annual financial statements.

1 month ago

Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes

A recent dispute over empty containers at Chattogram port has brought to renewed focus a deeper problem in Bangladesh’s trade logistics system: when legitimate interests collide, there is no neutral, technically competent authority to resolve the situation.

1 month ago

Reading Dhaka's waterlogging through the life of commodities

Every year, monsoon showers invariably turn stretches of Dhaka into shallow, stubborn lakes. You see rickshaw-pullers wading knee-deep through Green Road, office-goers abandoning footpaths for the middle of the street and, by evening, social media filling up with photographs of a submerged Bijoy Sarani, a stalled bus in Mirpur, or a child paddling a plastic tub past a tea stall. We call it a drainage problem, an engineering failure, a monsoon inevitability. It is all of these. But if we look a little closer—with the eyes of an anthropologist rather than an engineer—Dhaka’s waterlogging tells a different story about the strange, unfinished lives of the things we buy, use, and throw away.

1 month ago

When the river takes everything, even a girl's childhood

I remember the first time I truly understood what displacement meant in the chars of northern Bangladesh. It was 2010, and I was travelling through the river islands of Gaibandha and Kurigram for a National Geographic assignment on migration. I had come with notebooks and questions, assumptions about poverty, and early marriage. The chars dismantled all of them.

Tech & Innovation

View All →
1 month ago

Salinity creeps deeper into southwest

Saltwater is rapidly intruding into Bangladesh's southwestern region, with nearly 68 percent of cultivable land affected in 18 of 19 coastal districts, according to a new government study.

1 month ago

25th The Daily Star Prime Bank O&A Level Awards 2026

1 month ago

Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks

1 month ago

Iran says no current negotiations with US

1 month ago

Presidential election: EC to meet acting Speaker tomorrow

1 month ago

The narcotics trail: Traffickers tap 105 border points across 18 districts

Culture & Entertainment

View All →
1 month ago

Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground

1 month ago

Will there be no end to this farce?

1 month ago

Presidential election: EC to meet acting Speaker tomorrow

1 month ago

A trillion-dollar ambition needs a stronger investment climate

Health & Wellbeing

View All →
1 month ago

Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

Ask anyone in Dhaka who has tried to transfer a plot of inherited land what the hardest part was, and the answer will be: the paperwork. A family sells a parcel, signs the deed, pays the registration fee, and then discovers the real ordeal is still ahead: getting the khatian (record of rights) updated to reflect the new owner. This second step, called mutation, is where months disappear, where “processing fees” gradually turn into bribes, and where a legitimate transaction can stall for reasons no one will put in writing.

1 month ago

Unlocking the full potential of Bangladesh's national laboratory institute

When a physician prescribes treatment, almost every clinical decision depends on one fundamental assumption—that the laboratory report is accurate. An incorrect laboratory result can lead to misdiagnosis, inappropriate treatment, delayed intervention, unnecessary healthcare costs, and even preventable deaths. Modern healthcare, therefore, relies on laboratory medicine not merely as a support service but as the foundation of safe and effective clinical decision-making.

1 month ago

BGMEA, BKMEA seek uninterrupted CNG supply for garment factories

Garment exporters have demanded an uninterrupted supply of gas from CNG (compressed natural gas) filling stations to help address the energy crisis.