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24 March 2023, 18:00 PM Weekend Read
For the Love of Tea
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM Star Literature
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4 November 2021, 18:00 PM SEXUAL HARASSMENT
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
How new autocrats curb press freedom
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
(Uncertain) Future of Journalism in Bangladesh
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend

The ultimate guide to [stressing over] a job after graduation

It is no happy coincidence that my return to full time employment and my second foray into writing began at the same time.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

PRIORITY SEATS FOR WOMEN - FONDLE-FREE ZONE

Being a single working women and a regular commuter in this city, I often have to deal with sarcastic debates on why there should be reserved seats for us.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

STRINGS, KNOBS AND ROCK AND ROLL

To this day he is considered a living legend in the music community—yet he doesn’t sing or play any instrument. Abdur Rafique – known as the first true roadie, the first guitar technician, a musician’s doctor, the real life MacGyver – is the oldest music technician of Bangladesh.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Capturing The Indomitable Spirit of Bengal

In late November of last year, I was approached by an earnest young man from the Dhaka University Theatre and Performance Studies
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

About Town

Turkey Bangla Cultural Fest 2016
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

NOVERA: FINDING REFUGE IN ART

Bangladeshi modern sculptor, Novera Ahmed, was a woman far ahead of her times.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

White Memories

The spell is over, the hour is up. And I can no longer remember.
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Let there be light

The stigma surrounding depression
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

I, Migrant

One London night, a few weeks after Brexit, something happened as I was walking to a bus stop that had never happened in the 9...
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Anandabazar's alt-journalism

Here in Dhaka last year, at a conference on the future of print media business, DD Purkayastha, CEO of ABP Group, the parent company of Anandabazar Patrika, said of the paper's digital strategy: “We are giving what our readers want.”
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

How Much Can the Government See?

Your smartphone beeps you awake at 6am every weekday morning. On your way to work, you are scrolling down your Facebook...
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

In search of Home

For 24-year-old Anika Ibnat, finding a safe space to call home, like many single women in Dhaka city, has been a struggle.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

CALL IT CRONYISM

The government is devising ways to offload state-owned companies' shares according to a new Daily Star report (March 17, 2017).
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Looking for a black cat in a dark room

The Home Minister had reportedly asserted in early March this year that, “militancy problem remains under control”.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

On March 24, 2017, Star Weekend published an article titled Memories of Blood and Terror that sent shivers down my spine.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Heralding a golden era of Bangladeshi cricket?

It's amazing how the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim have consistently performed for Bangladesh over the years.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

CRUTCH'ER COLONEL: LIFE AND DEATH OF AN 'UNSOLVED' HERO

Bangladesh's theatre scenario has been the source of my personal frustration ever since I started working as an arts journalist.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Lupus on the Seventh Day

On the 7th day, Dr Barinstein came into the room viciously rubbing her hands with sanitizer mostly splashing off her fingers.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Monetising America's Racism and Messiah Complex

Donald Trump made the headlines once again, as he has every day since before election, by now banning all electronic devices from...
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM