in 2006, "the daily star", began re-publishing the magazine every month. shah hussain imam was the executive editor of the magazine. the editorial board was the original "forum" founders hameeda hossain and rehman sobhan and mahfuz anam, editor and publisher of "the daily star", matiur rahman, editor and publisher of prothom alo, and anisuzzaman, a professor of bengali at the university of dhaka. in april 2013, "forum" published its last issue.