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A guide to post-travel recovery: Coming home after the adventure
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh to Antarctica: Planning the journey to the end of the world
31 August 2026
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Budget-friendly getaways your parents will love
13 August 2026
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Salahuddin Sumon and stories a map cannot tell
1 August 2026
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Beyond the tourist hotspots / What makes a city loveable?
21 July 2026
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US-Bangla marks 12 years, charts global expansion
17 July 2026
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7 must visit places that showcase the best of Philippines
13 July 2026
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5 epic destinations in Asia that won’t cost a fortune
21 May 2026
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Beyond resorts: Experiencing Madhupur through Otithi’s community tourism
10 May 2026
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Charms of the Sunshine State
Ever heard of Pensacola or Perdido Key? Whether you know of it or not, reading this travelogue will certainly have you trying to experience everything I have at the southern tip of the United States of America, and maybe do some exploration of your own.
16 April 2018
The Time I Took A 19-hour Bus Ride Across East Africa, Because Why Not
My work visa in Tanzania was about to expire, and I needed to do a quick trip out of the country in order to renew it. I couldn't be gone for too long, so it made sense to go somewhere nearby—to one of the neighbouring countries, like… Kenya. Plus, I had a friend in Nairobi whom I hadn't seen in years, which also meant free accommodation...
5 April 2018
Love in Tokyo
When I first stepped in Tokyo streets, getting out of the Aoyama Itchome subway station, it was late evening, and it was raining, as it would rain casually in any season in Dhaka. The modernist styled buildings reminded me of a Motijheel, the sound of light water drops on the pitch black roads reminded me of Dhaka's soundscape in any
29 March 2018
Gerald Durrell's Corfu: A Greek Easter and Seasonal Kumquats
I wanted to visit Corfu ever since I read Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, which was set in Corfu of the 1930s, and the spirited character Spiros livened up the writer's depiction of this seaside town. Incidentally, Corfu is known to have one of the most unique Easter celebrations in Greece, an experience I could not have missed!
26 March 2018
Ambling through the City of Victory
Travel back to the bygone days of the Vijayanagara dynasty. The ruin of the ancient city of Hampi today stands amidst gargantuan boulders. Climb up the 575 steps to the Anjaneya temple to view the sunset and hike atop the Matanga hill for a sublime sunrise, or take a coracle ride across the Tungabhadra river during the wee hours, the only sound breaking the silence being the swish-swash of the oar dipping in the water.
22 March 2018
These are the most welcoming countries for expats
Social butterflies looking to make new friends in foreign places are to have more success in countries like Portugal, Taiwan and Mexico, which emerge as the most welcoming countries for expats in a new survey.
22 March 2018
Dancing with the Arctic Sky
Huddled inside a lavvu, a Sami tent, around a blazing pinewood fire, we binged on coffee and “almost homemade cake”—almost because Knut, our guide for the night, bought the chocolate cake with coconut and sugar dusted on top from a store and sliced it in the kitchen at his home! We learnt from him about the Sami. Historically known as Laps or Laplanders, they are the natives inhabiting, primarily...
15 March 2018
Discover Bangladesh: Quick Tour into Char Kukri Mukri
Char Kukri Mukri, an island situated in the southern part of Bangladesh, offers tourists a beautiful landscape. In this new episode of Discover Bangladesh, Star Live takes you to Char Kukri Mukri, an island with mangrove forest and a beautiful sea beach. Watch the video to know more.
28 February 2018
Girl's trip to land of blue mountains
It took us more than 20 years of friendship and waiting to finally manage to go on a trip aboard. We had dreamed of all of us
12 February 2018
Sanssouci Park
'Rush Hour' was a term that brought great joy when I was younger as it was truly a great film. Never could I imagine that the same
5 February 2018
Scottish beauty — Edinburgh
The capital of Scotland is an unparalleled beauty as the city is full of Georgian and neoclassical architecture. Edinburg has two distinguished parts, just like as we have old and new Dhaka, and both these parts boast specific sites worth visiting.
22 January 2018
Brunei Darussalam - Paradise on earth
On November 26 last year, my wife and I decided to visit Brunei on a long-pending invitation from our son, Shahriar Shams Rony, who works as a teacher at the Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).
18 January 2018
Why you should go mountain climbing
I know, I know, mountain climbing isn't on everyone's agenda. Being a dedicated couch potato who can barely run two kilometres without dying, it was the furthest thing on my mind.
11 January 2018
Seven days in Spain
A close friend advised me to try travelling without a plan, and thus I set my habits free. Before I knew what was happening, I arrived in Madrid, slightly unnerved but equally excited.
1 January 2018
Days in Amsterdam
When I landed in Schiphol Airport the long European day was near its end, bathed in the last rays of a setting sun. Standing for a bus
18 December 2017
The 'royal' ride to Leh-Pangong Lake
Not many would want to take a solitary bike ride on the Leh-Pangong road, and yet for me it turned out to be the most thrilling of my adventures so far. Once I had made up my mind, Mr. Punchok of Greater Ladakh Tours at Changspa
11 December 2017
Welcome to surreal Pakistan
When after a long journey through mountains, valleys, villages and hills; I saw Deosai for the first time, it struck me as if Wordsworth wrote the poem for Deosai.
7 December 2017
Charm Of The Emerald Isle
I was hesitant at the doorsteps of what was famously named after the street it was situated on, the 160-year-old Temple Bar of the Temple Bar neighbourhood in central Dublin, Ireland.
4 December 2017
Ice camping with penguins in Antarctica
When you've paid a large chunk of your savings to go on the trip of a lifetime, you would probably be smart about it and not do anything stupid that will make you miss the trip.
30 November 2017
The horrors of travelling – unleashed!
And although misadventures such as these can turn you into a storyteller overnight, precisely what I am doing right now, and can serve as a remedy to old age, I have heard, feel free to live vicariously through the horrors of my time to help decide what NOT to do!
30 October 2017