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
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
Online Addiction - Finding an answer to life
In this concluding part, we start with the questionnaire from the last Echoes (published Dec 6, 2018) that tested a participant's online addiction.
26 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Online Addiction - Asking Yourself Questions
In January 2010, Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's first iPad. For more than one hour, Jobs tried to argue that everybody should own an iPad.
5 December 2018, 18:00 PM
An Integrated Admission Test in Public Universities of Bangladesh
My batch and I sat for the HSC exam three decades ago in 1987. Our results came out at the end of that year. Like everybody else, I was faced with the question: which university, and what subject?
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM
The Rise of Emoticons and Emojis
In April 2015, the British tennis player, Andy Murray, married Kim Sears. Andy tweeted in celebration. The tweet was unusual.
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Too much sugar is not sweet
Two of your friends work out. After the workout, one friend receives 12 oranges to eat.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Food for thought about wasting food
Today people have more food to eat than ever before. Technology has made it possible to produce surplus food in many countries.
25 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Re-thinking Public University Entrance Exams
As a nation progresses, it faces new challenges. The road that brought it to where it stands is usually never the road that will take it forward furthermore. University admission (entrance) exams have undergone changes to keep up with the times.
28 December 2016, 18:00 PM
ROALD DAHL 100 - Still a Little Nonsense Now & Then
Had I been alive today, I would have celebrated my 100th birthday on September 13, 2016 with all of you. As you know, I left the world on November 23, 1990 when I was 74.
7 September 2016, 18:00 PM
The Average Story of the Average
We all want to be normal. The irony, though, is nobody wants to be average. Yet, this very benchmark, the average, is our constant companion from the moment we realise anything in life to the moment we stop realising everything.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Garfield Sobers: 80 Not Out
Who do you get when you mix the left hand bat of a Graeme Pollock with the left and right arm pace of a Wasim Akram and a Glen McGrath?
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
SYD BARRETT
In the mid-1960s, psychedelic and progressive rock was emerging in the underground clubs in London. In 1965, Pink Floyd formed. By 1967, Syd Barrett, its co-founder, brought a breath of fresh air with Arnold Layne and See Emily Play.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM
A Father's Thoughts on Father's Day
A good two hours before the clock struck midnight in the transition between Jun 18 and Jun 19, 2016, the newsfeed on my Facebook profile started to flood.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
MUHAMMAD ALI: A CITIZEN OF BANGLADESH
I had the good fortune of participating in a 1999 BBC poll that asked people in the UK: who is the most influential sport personality of the 20th Century?
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone at 75
One of the most influential poet-singers of the last century, Bob Dylan celebrated his diamond jubilee (75 years) birthday on May 24, 2016.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The World of Mental Math
The boy arranged the numbers from 1 to 50. For the next 50, he reversed the order from 100 to 51. Each pair adds to 101.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Being a Part of the Journey
During the Silver Jubilee of The Daily Star, I realised, my first write-up was published in the paper in August 1993, almost 23 years ago.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Sum of All Human Knowledge
On Christmas 1991, Tim Berners Lee gave the world a gift. He decided not to patent the World Wide Web. This had a phenomenal effect.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Starting 2016 with Tomorrow's Bangladesh
On the first day of 2016, the Education Minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, flew balloons from the playground of Government Laboratory High School in Dhaka.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
ALAUDDIN ALI: The King of Melody
It was 1971. Like many of his generation, Abul Umrah Mohammad Fakhruddin found himself at a crossroads of history. Guided by fate,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
UPENDRAKISHORE
Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur was the patriarch of the Mughal Empire. His son Nasiruddin Muhammad Humayun carried the mantle for his son Abul Fatah Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar.
2 December 2015, 18:00 PM