Adelaide win revives Australia’s BGT hopes
With the series level at 1-1, it is now effectively a three-match series as the BGT lives up to its reputation for bringing excitement to Test cricket.
9 December 2024, 17:33 PM
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Taking folk melodies of Bangladesh to the world
Folk Melody of Bangladesh: An Anthology of Bangladesh Folk Music in Standard Notation is a music anthology that compiles 204 carefully chosen folk songs of Bangladesh that date from the 16th century.
13 November 2024, 18:00 PM
With and beyond Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pierre Alain-Baud, (Pyaro), the author of Le Messager du Qawwali (Voix du Monde) (Demi Lune 2008), and Kazi Abdullah Al Muktadir, the book’s Bangla translator in Shahen Shah E Qawwali: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pathak Shamabesh 2022) talked with Nazia Manzoor, Editor of the Daily Star Books. The authors shared anecdotes. What started out as a fun experiment, ended as a lasting experience in the hearts of all of us who were present that day.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Recovering a sunk cost
When we realise we have entered a situation due to a bad decision, the sooner we can make an effort to get out, the better.
4 January 2024, 00:00 AM
Starting a degree in Economics? A teacher tells you what to expect
Economics has a unique way of looking at the world through unique tools and mechanisms. The problem, however, starts here. If you ask the question: What is economics, you could be misled.
23 November 2023, 09:53 AM
SOULS: Through the eyes of its founder, Sazed Ul Alam
I returned to Chattogram from the Liberation War on December 20, 1971 with my nephew,
17 September 2023, 18:00 PM
How many eggs are there in our basket?
In a highly competitive market like the egg market, one would expect prices to remain stable. They can rise, but over time.
5 September 2023, 03:00 AM
Why you need to know about contract cheating
Contract cheating is a process through which students (or academics) get original work done for them through a third party.
24 August 2023, 00:00 AM
A Professor Writes About Letters of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation and what you need to know about them.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Breaking the Myths of Investment
Look at this... article about investment.
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Do I need to be more like them?
Childhood is fantasised in most cultures. In the West, Mum and Dad read Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Hans Christian Anderson. In Bangladesh, Mum and Dad read Dakshinaranjan Mitra’s Thakurmar Jhuli.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Nazrul, Rabindranath, and Their Admiration for Each Other
Today is the 45th death anniversary of the younger of the two icons.
27 August 2021, 08:14 AM
Charlie Watts: To the Beat of the Rolling Stones
The quiet man of the Rolling Stones passed away August 24, 2021.
25 August 2021, 18:10 PM
My first encounter With Cinema Paradiso
Rafael, my housemate at Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, asked me one day if I had watched Cinema Paradiso. When I said no, Rafael looked at me in silence for a moment. ‘Tomorrow’s the last day, they’re screening Cinema Paradiso at the Arts Theatre. Do watch. You’ll like it’.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Do You Know the Meaning of Friendship?
Muhammad Ali said, “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain”.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM
The Debut Album of Pink Floyd ft. The Beatles
How did the Beatles influence Pink Floyd's debut studio album?
4 August 2021, 10:47 AM
50 Years of the Concert for Bangladesh: How It Came to Be
The backstory of the concert scripted in the heavens.
31 July 2021, 19:27 PM
Re-reading ‘The Alchemist’: A book of omens
Before I knew it, I developed a personal relationship with the book. I was glued from beginning till end. I read slowly. Sometimes I read the same section twice. I could not focus on anything else till I finished. The experience was psychedelic: an expansion of the mind (imagination). In the end, the second omen worked. I was out of depression. Ricardo was right: “a good book (or film) can pull you out of depression”.
28 July 2021, 07:56 AM
The Dimensions of Infinity
To describe infinity, we need to redefine the way we count.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM
A Subtle Emptiness at Dhaka University
After my HSC, I stood at a crossroads. I reached a fork where only “two roads diverged”. And I had no option but to take one of the two roads and embrace the next phase in my life.
30 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bayes’ Theorem, With No Maths
As new sets of information appear, we adapt our perception.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Azam Khan: Ten Years On, Bhalobasho Manushere
Today, June 5, 2021 is his tenth death anniversary.
5 June 2021, 11:02 AM
Echoes at 100
This is the 100th instalment of the fortnightly column on SHOUT.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Bob Dylan at 80: Forget about today until tomorrow
The legendary singer-songwriter made songs a part of literature.
23 May 2021, 20:24 PM
The Origin of Eid-ul-Fitr Songs
How did "O Mon Romjaner Oi Rojar Sheshe" come to be?
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
In search of Satyajit’s roots
Maa showed little Manik, “This is where you’re from.”
1 May 2021, 22:12 PM
An ode to cricket, taken with a pinch of salt
The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind (HarperCollins India, 2020) is Ramachandra Guha’s latest book on cricket. It is his ode to a game his mother introduced him to at the age of four, and his father told him stories of.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM
The Dimensions of Fasting
Religions have provided time-tested moral codes of conduct.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM