Keeping up With the Southern Jazz

The first thing you will notice after landing in Austin- Bergstrom International Airport is it's appreciation for music, American football,
17 March 2016

Remembering ‘Mithu Bhai’

On March 7, 2016, around mid-afternoon, the news of a strange case reached The Daily Star. Within an hour, televisions and social
17 March 2016

For Opportunities Aplenty

Opportunities are treasured. Opportunities come by at random, at their will and wish. Our task is to recognise them and use them to
17 March 2016

Out in the Open

When 26-year-old Tasmia Jahan would stay mostly awake, experience bouts of dizziness, gain weight, display strange cases of mood swings, suffer from anxiety attacks and suddenly burst into tears, her family thought she was just lonely and needed to get married.
17 March 2016

Star Diary

Ideally footpaths are meant for pedestrians only. However in Bangladesh, having footpaths only reserved for pedestrians is an
17 March 2016

Altaf Mahmud

Composer of the famous song “Aamar Bhaier Rokte Rangano” Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist, language movement activist and martyred freedom fighter during the country's liberation war. Even though this musical maestro was widely known for his
17 March 2016

The Battle between Man and Mosquito

It's that time of the year again, when city dwellers are worrying about diseases spread by mosquitoes and insects. People from all walks of life are facing serious trouble due to the rise of mosquitoes, in various cities of the country.
17 March 2016

The Saga of a Self-Destructive Society

It was just another afternoon for Nusrat and Alvi. After a busy day at school and then spending hours with their tutor, they wanted to
10 March 2016

MAILBOX

The spotlight article titled "Small Victories" (published March 4, 2015) brought up an important issue which normally does not get
10 March 2016

1 Minute Please!

The name Maqsoodul Haque, a writer and singer, is synonymous to the revolution of the 50s, the 70s and mostly the 90s. His poetry
10 March 2016

SNAPSHOT

“God is the most beautiful, and beauty is the expression of God. If you
10 March 2016

About Town

About Town
10 March 2016

Creating a Platform for Pathologists

There is a quote by Henry Brooks Adams, a famous American Historian that says, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
10 March 2016

Celebrating Women's Day

Its 5 am, and you wake up to cook breakfast, clean up, dress your children and send them to school. You go to work, and after an
10 March 2016

The Maidan

The Maidan, literally meaning open field, also referred as Brigade Parade Ground is the largest urban park in Kolkata, India. It is a vast
10 March 2016

The Finer China

In November of 2015, with 18 other journalists from different countries, I travelled to China to report on The One Belt, One Road
10 March 2016

Heading towards a Common Platform

“What is the main purpose of your life?” was the most frequently asked question throughout my two and a half month journey during
10 March 2016

Into the Wild

“I grew up in a place where we had more trees than houses, more birds than people and more ponds than tanks! Each pond would
10 March 2016

Fighting the Good Fight

The 68-year-old specialist physician, Dr MB Zaman is a pioneer in the field of Histopathology and Cytopathology – used for the
10 March 2016

Star Diary

I have a five year old daughter who loves to play outside and I always let her go. Luckily we have a park right next to the front gate,
10 March 2016