THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH

The incident of sexual assault that took place this Pahela Baishakh on the Dhaka University campus was not the first of its kind.
23 April 2015

A TALE OF PASSION

From being an English Major to a documentary photographer, Jashim Salam fought against all odds and became one of the most
23 April 2015

BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER

Supriti Dhar is a journalist by profession, activist by choice and editor of an award winning blog - Women Chapter.
23 April 2015

Why We Have Chins

Look at a primate or a Neanderthal skull and compare it with a modern human's. Notice anything missing? We have one feature that
23 April 2015

SYNESTHESIA

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shed new light on synesthesia -- the effect of hearing colour, seeing
23 April 2015

Cattle trader stabbed, robbed of Tk 5 lakh

Criminals stabbed a local cattle trader and snatched Tk 5 lakh in Sharsha upazila of the district yesterday.
22 April 2015

10 arrested on charge of raping schoolgirl

The law enforcers arrested 10 people at Ratanpur village in Ghatail upazila on Sunday on charge of violating a 13-year-old schoolgirl.
20 April 2015

Microcredit guru Prof Yunus among top business pioneers of all time

Microcredit guru Prof Muhammad Yunus has been named one of the top six business pioneers in finance by The Financial Times.
20 April 2015

IS shows purported executions of Ethiopia Christians in Libya

The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
19 April 2015

3 killed in IS car bomb in Iraq

A car bombing claimed by Islamic State kills three people on Friday outside the US consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.
19 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

PEARLS OF WISDOM

“GOD GIVES TALENT. WORK TRANSFORMS TALENT INTO GENIUS.”
16 April 2015

Why I Am Excited about the City Mayoral Elections And ultimately, does my vote matter

I'm a lousy utopist. I daydream about waiting behind a line of people to enter polling centres – homemakers, teachers, middle-aged medical officers, rickshawpullers, third year university students, artists, activists – and a social entrepreneur. Are we finally voting for a city mayor we believe in?
16 April 2015

KAYMU BANGLADESH WELCOMES POHELA BAISHAKH 1422

To commemorate and welcome this Bengali New Year, Kaymu Bangladesh celebrated 'Pahela Baishakh 1422' on April 11, 2015 at their office in Banani in the capital city.
16 April 2015

FIRST BANGLADESH STUDIES CENTER IN US, AT UC BERKELEY

Monday, March 30, marked the official opening of UC Berkeley's Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.
16 April 2015

SHUTTERSTORIES

“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.”
16 April 2015

About Town

BLUES NIGHT UNDER THE SKY
16 April 2015

SNAPSHOT

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”
16 April 2015

“An Ode to Baishakh”

I am pleased to say that the last cover photo of the Star Weekend (published on April 10, 2015) had the perfect essence of our Bengali New Year celebration.
16 April 2015

THERE IS NO THERE

For the past four days I have been confined to my bed, with the occasional foray into the kitchen in search of food and water and subsequently the toilet.
16 April 2015