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
Media: Between a rock and a hard place
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
How new autocrats curb press freedom
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
(Uncertain) Future of Journalism in Bangladesh
28 November 2019
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Star Weekend
TADAO ANDO
A self-taught architect Tadao Ando is popularly known for his emphasis on the association between nature and architecture.
2 April 2015
AN ACTIVIST'S TALE
When all his colleagues used to enjoy lazy weekends after five days of rigorous work, Nuruddin Ahmed, a young computer engineer never took a break.
2 April 2015
UNEXPECTED HELP
I was making my may home from Mirpur to Dhanmondi by rickshaw around 8pm at night when suddenly a car drove by and someone reached out and grabbed my bag.
2 April 2015
ADVOCATING FOR THE VOICELESS
Lawyer Nadia Chowdhury has always wanted to do something for stray animals in Bangladesh; and making use of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1920 was her chance to contribute.
2 April 2015
Three Years Later…
A sewing machine and a dozen colorful threads still give hope and strength to labour leader Aminul Islam's family, to survive.
2 April 2015
SRHR FOR THE GOOD OF THE YOUTH
Despite resistance from general society, SRHR- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights- is being introduced into classrooms across the nation.
2 April 2015
PEARLS OF WISDOM
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
2 April 2015
18 OR 16 OR BOTH?
If the Bangladesh government has its way, the legally permissible marriage age would be both 18 and 16.
2 April 2015
A VANISHING CRAFT
For hundreds of years, conch shells are carved into bangles of intricate designs, in tiny shops at Shankhari Bazaar.
2 April 2015
PEARLS OF WISDOM
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
26 March 2015
THE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE
It has been 44 years since we achieved our hard won independence and the meaning of this word “independence,” has changed for us over the past decades.
26 March 2015
THE TELEGRAMS OF ARCHER KENT BLOOD
On March 27, 1971; The US Consulate of East Pakistan sent a telegram under the subject heading 'Selective Genocide' to the United States Department of State regarding the mass genocide which happened on March 25.
26 March 2015
SPOTLIGHT
“Independence is being able to live as one big happy nation.”
26 March 2015
EIGHT BY EIGHT
8ft by 8ft- the size of an average bathroom in most of our homes—that is how much space each family living inside the Geneva Camps (Bihari Camps) all over the country is allotted.
26 March 2015
Protein sequencing solves Darwinian mystery
Scientists have resolved pieces of a nearly 200-year-old evolutionary puzzle surrounding the group of mammals that Charles Darwin called the "strangest animals ever discovered."
26 March 2015
MUJIB MORE THAN JUST A SUPERHERO
With the initiative of CRI (Center for Research and Information), two talented cartoonists, Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy and ABM Salahuddin Shuvo, started 'Mujib' – the first ever graphic novel series in Bangladesh.
26 March 2015
CHALLENGING THE ODDS
Joya Sikder has led a life full of challenges, discrimination, and sorrow.
26 March 2015
JOAN CHANDOS BÁEZ
Born on January 9, 1941, Joan Chandos Báez is deemed one of the prominent folk singers in USA's music scene. Her life is multi-faceted.
26 March 2015
STREET SCHOOL
If you take a walk in the streets of Shahbagh on a weekday afternoon, you will come across a sight that warms your heart.
26 March 2015
PRICELESS PRICE
The other day I was waiting at the Gulshan 2 traffic signal.
26 March 2015