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For the Love of Tea
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THE LAST HUSTLE
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Why we need weekend magazines
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
THE FUTURE IS CENSORED
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
Change is the only constant
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
Media: Between a rock and a hard place
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend

Sultan's atemporal vision of awakened bodies

S.M. Sultan, in an organic way, devised a strategy to simultaneously belong to the past and the present, to the East and the West, to 'here' and 'nowhere'.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Recognising the voices

Even though the first voice-over was given in the 1900s, it took a while for it to be recognised as a skill.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Sorry, a gentle soul

All we did was give him a shelter. But what Sorry probably valued most was the love he got from so many in the Asiatic family and from Joynal, his caretaker.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

About Town

Workshop on Stress Management
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Have we lost something?

22nd National Art Exhibition under scrutiny
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Not your regular 9-to-5 job

With greater independence in work and better pay, many Bangladeshi workers are turning to freelancing in the online marketplace.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Are you ready to question the news?

The increasing dependence on user-generated content means fact-checking has become all the more important.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

How safe are our schools?

A recent inspection report by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) classified more than 89 percent of 933 education institutions 'Risky' and nine percent 'Very Risky'.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

(Un)passing through Jahangirnagar with 'radiant, cool eyes'

56 students were charged with attempted murder and sedition for speaking up against the police brutality that left three students of the 'Protibader Naam Jahangirnagar' road safety movement severely wounded by gunshot and countless others injured.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

When a teacher's finger exposes our hunger for power

On July 29, 2017, there was a protest event organised by some student organisations at the University of Dhaka. They argued that a senate meeting was being held without student representatives.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

With rising urbanisation and rapid industrialisation in Bangladesh, the demand for electricity has increased and the pressure on resources is burgeoning.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Saved by the plastic. Really?

In this damp hell, our only refuge is in carrying plastic bags.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

'I only feel good when I'm playing the guitar'

There is nothing dark in Zeheen's room. Nothing that reflects the heavy weight of grief that engulfs those he has left behind.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

In search of Heidi, eating my way through bits of Bhutan

The Proustian punch of eating food that stirs a nerve is something I have always been on a quest for.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Bed-rest in the time of chikungunya

On the last day of Creation, God decided it would be a great idea to make a vile introduction into the thoroughly unprepared world of men, a bug so unfathomably useless in the ecosystem of life that its only role would be to spread chaos or, at best, mild irritation.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Lost at the Prague Castle

Many say that travelling makes you free, educates you, creates a bigger network that one can benefit from and of course, learn about a foreign culture. I would agree with all that, and add, however, that it also makes you think.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Translating Donald speak

Translating Donald Trump is, well, an awkward process. After all, the president of the free world has about as much respect for basic grammar, word choice and sentence structure as he does for immigrants, women and the environment.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM

A light dimmed, a friend buried

Today we break the mould of satire and really talk because it seems we need to.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM

­­­­­Somewhere I belong

I happened to discover Linkin Park at a time when I struggled with severe depression, yet had no friends or resources that could help.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM