Daisy Edgar-Jones to lead new adaptation of ‘Sense and Sensibility’
26 June 2026
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TV & Film
‘Like a morning after a nuclear attack’
24 March 2023
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Weekend Read
Book review: Nonfiction / Syed Waliullah: husband, artist, thinker, writer
17 August 2022
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Books & Literature
Fear of sexual harassment triggering child marriage: survey
20 February 2022
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Bangladesh
For the Love of Tea
7 January 2022
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Star Literature
Court Corner / SC forms committee against sexual harassment
4 November 2021
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
UK-listed cybersecurity firm Avast in merger talks with NortonLifeLock
15 July 2021
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Organisation News
Social media and fake news: The beginning of the end?
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
Selfies of old school media
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
How to survive the end
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
NUMBERS 12,731
The city of Delhi's anti-corruption helpline re-launched by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday answered 12,731 calls in 24 hours. Officials are now investigating the calls to separate the real calls from the frivolous calls.
16 April 2015
Element of surprise helps babies learn
Researchers at John Hopkins University found that infants have inborn knowledge about the world and when their expectations are defied, they learn best.
16 April 2015
A LEGENDARY DELICACY
Whats not to love about a layered, thin crunchy bunch of Bakarkhanis? Beside its taste, the history of this traditional snack made of white flour and mawa of Old Dhaka, as stated in “Kingbadantir Dhaka” by Nazir Hossain, makes this even more of a favourite to everyone.
16 April 2015
THE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Ahmed Shafquat Noor is the Finance Manager-GL at the British American Tobacco Bangladesh. With a BBA and MBA from one of the top universities in the country, IBA, Noor represents a large number of the young dreamers in Dhaka, driven by passion and ambition.
16 April 2015
CARL JUNG
Prominent Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung is known for his enormous contribution in analytical psychology.
16 April 2015
PEARLS OF WISDOM
“GOD GIVES TALENT. WORK TRANSFORMS TALENT INTO GENIUS.”
16 April 2015
JUST A THOUGHT
I was making my way to an important meeting at work from Gulshan to Kawran Bazaar. Usually it takes me about an hour to get to work but today I was stuck in front of the PM's office for over an hour because she had decided she was going somewhere and the roads needed to be cleared for her.
16 April 2015
GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was one of the most celebrated Italian composers who wrote 39 operas, sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.
9 April 2015
A CHANGING WORLD
When I was about 5 years old, my favourite activity was to stare out of my window.
9 April 2015
DRINK UP!
We often neglect to drink as much water as our bodies require. During the summer months especially, this can lead to de-hydration, if our water intake is less than water loss. The young and the elderly are more susceptible to this condition.
9 April 2015
AN ODE TO BOISHAKH
The days of sudden violent storms, pleasant sun-kissed evenings and scrumptious seasonal fruits are at our doorstep.
9 April 2015
NUMBERS 147
Militants killed 147 people in Kenyan University. Survivors said that the masked gun men signaled out the Non Muslim students and fired them mercilessly. Some ran for their lives as bullets whistled through the air.
9 April 2015
THE BALLAD OF HEAT AND STORMS
Boishakh's different elements provide a powerful setting for our writers to talk about overcoming odds and welcoming a new dawn.
9 April 2015
LALBAGH FORT
The half-completed Lalbagh Fort and its well-tended gardens are an excuse to escape Old Dhaka's hustle and bustle for an hour or so.
9 April 2015
SPREADING THE GOOD WORD
A few days back, a Facebook post shared by Marina Mahathir, the renowned Malaysian socio-political activist and daughter of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir Mohammad, was re-posted by many others.
9 April 2015
Fat, Skinny, or Beautiful?
JK Rowling once asked, “Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.”
9 April 2015
IN DEFENCE OF CARBOHYDRATES
My name is Nadia Kabir Barb and I am a carboholic. There I said it, it's official.
9 April 2015
MAILBOX
Rebuilding the Nation's Backbone
9 April 2015
CREATING A MAGICAL CHILDHOOD
“Writing for children is something very special. When I try to depict their child-like dreams, their innocence and imagination in my writing, what I enjoy most is that I start to think like them”, says Ashique Mustafa,
9 April 2015
About Town
MASTERCRAFTSPERSONS AWARD AND CRAFTS FAIR 2015
9 April 2015