The Daily Star is a daily English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. It has more readers in the country than any other English language newspaper. Syed Mohammed Ali started the paper on 14 January 1991.
Its motto is "Committed to People's Right to Know." The newspaper is led by Mahfuz Anam. He is a member of Mukti Bahini, He was also a United Nations official. Its main offices are in Dhaka and Chittagong.
The Daily Star is owned by Mediaworld. Latifur Rahman's Transcom Group owns much of it. The Transcom Group also owns Prothom Alo. This is one of the most widely read Bengali newspapers in the world.