25+ min ago  (539+ words) In most markets, when a charge hurts consumers or merchants, the regulator sets a ceiling. Nobody may charge more. We have discovered a more creative instrument: the floor. Nobody may charge less. This should sound familiar. Bangladesh already holds the…...

46+ min ago  (269+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Column by Mahfuz Anam / 250 years of US independence: Do Americans know or care about their founding principles? Business Plus / Tk 6, 000cr moves daily. But…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (291+ words) The government is preparing a list of farmers affected by the recent floods to provide them with targeted rehabilitation support, Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammed Amin Ur Rashid said today. He said local administrations were collecting data on agricultural…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (159+ words) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam today said diplomatic efforts are underway to extradite fugitives from various countries and bring them to justice. Speaking about the education sector, she said the current government has given the highest priority…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (789+ words) The English football fans have always had a reputation for their fanaticism when it comes to football matches, irrespective of the stature of the tournament. The FIFA World Cup is the biggest of them all, and every time, England fans…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (727+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Column by Mahfuz Anam / 250 years of US independence: Do Americans know or care about their founding principles? Business Plus / Tk 6, 000cr moves daily. But…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago  (570+ words) In a book of poems bearing the same title, Bonolata Sen, published in 1946, we see a recurrence of deep, dark hair and travelling through a thousand years. It is a book of inexplicable longing, perhaps in the sense of the…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (466+ words) Home appliance maker Singer Bangladesh has been moved to the "Z" or junk category on the Dhaka bourse after its accumulated losses exceeded its paid-up capital. The company has come under pressure mainly because of higher borrowing costs, its reliance…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (349+ words) Art has always found ways to document cities through the rhythms, fractures and quiet resilience that define urban life. Veteran artist Kazi Salahuddin Ahmed's latest solo exhibition, Urban Images, does exactly that. Yet beyond the abstract compositions and layered cityscapes…...

12+ hour, 58+ min ago  (803+ words) The White House spent months looking for ways to bypass a federal election agency and use emergency powers to force changes to voting machines, before President Donald Trump ousted its leaders on Thursday, four people familiar with the matter said....