Musicana a poor man's Spotify

The future of music, for general listeners, is in streaming. With the rise of platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, storing music on ones devices has become a thing of the past.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

When trees open up about humans

Nature is more important than ever before, and trees are arguably the most valuable components of the environment. That is why, on this special occasion, we have invited three prominent trees who have come from different walks of life.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

This Week's Horrorscope

Your taste buds are lying.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Newly discovered animal species

We live in a world where news of animals going extinct dominate almost every media outlet. We talk about measures being taken to protect wildlife; we campaign for animal rights all over the globe, we hear the success stories, like how pandas are no longer an endangered species, and we revel in them.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Crow's Eye View

It was gone. All of it, morphed into a long line of logs, dried twigs and dead leaves in just two days and two nights on both sides of the streets. And the humans call us 'bad omens'. HAH!
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Water Rising: Climate Change and Us

A fictional future where the world is ravaged by rising sea levels and climate-induced migration.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

DISILLUSION

“Hey, what are you up to?” The person that the question was directed to looked up from a bunch of papers in front of her. “Please, don't disturb me. I'm trying to write”, said the woman clearly annoyed.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

IN THE DEATH THROES

Colourless vistas, Where only shadows breathe.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

DEAR DISMAY

To the sinister that scorns every rose I pick,
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

The Tree of Fears

A slice of fear took its place in my heart, Like a seedling that nobody should nurture.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

YouTube animation on the rise

Having grounded its roots in the early 2000s, the web animation phenomenon has managed to excavate its way through the endless arcade of web content.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

The (new) Jungle Book movie isn't kind to its tiger

I was beaming when the word “Mowgli” floated up. Partly because I didn't know the remake had been in the works and so I didn't have to wait for the release; partly because it had ties with The Jungle Book. But I wasn't doing the same when it ended.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Initiatives Combatting Climate Change

The topic of climate change has been scientifically acknowledged as being real, through the use of statistical analysis. The major causes for the Earth's rising temperature levels are carbon emissions and deforestation; the former being more directly linked with climate change.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Explaining buzzwords related to climate change

It is important to first understand the words that scientists use.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

PTE Academic: Standardised English tests go beyond

We sat with M Jahir Uddin, Regional Development Manager of Pearson, along with the team of TÜV SÜD Bangladesh (Pvt.) Ltd, test delivery partner of PTE Academic in Bangladesh, at their Dhanmondi branch to understand the prospects of PTE Academic.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Surviving High School for the Socially Awkward

A lot of people say that high school has been the best time of their lives. While this may be true, it doesn't necessarily apply to everyone. Usually the people who
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Universities receive The Daily Star at a subsidised rate for the benefit of the students

In an effort to involve young readers and sustain their readership, The Daily Star took the initiative to provide the newspaper at a subsidised rate to educational institutions, namely, Daffodil International University (DIU); University of Development Alternative (UODA); University of Asia Pacific (UAP); and Green University of Bangladesh (GUB). In order to weigh the success of the initiative, and to identify further possibilities of enhancement, The Daily Star took the opinions of the Vice Chancellors and a founder from the aforementioned institutions and discussed the matter with them.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Discovering music

One of the laziest arguments on the internet, often followed by a humble request to like the opinion, would be “Real music is dead”, which can be found under any average music video of an early 2000s post-grunge song.
12 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Everything wrong with music elitism

Music elitism is basically the practice of viewing all forms of music that doesn't match one's taste as inferior and having a negative judgmental attitude towards people who are into the kind of music one doesn't like.
12 December 2018, 18:00 PM

3 Years of Moving Bangladesh

Founded in 2015 with the dream of making lives better, Pathao was founded by Hussain M. Elius and Shifat Adnan. One of the fastest growing tech startups in Bangladesh today started its journey three years ago as a logistics service provider with just bicycles.
12 December 2018, 18:00 PM