Bangladeshi-Origin Agency wins GAG Prize
In a glitzy affair in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, The prestigious GAG (Greatest Award Getter) will be bestowed upon BAIMAN, an elite security-apparatus formed in the year 2008 to combat whoever the bad guy is according to the Party Line.
3 November 2016, 18:00 PM
My Pink Movember
Bangladesh is ranked 2nd by WHO in terms of mortality rate from breast cancer. About 16% of all female-cancer patients are victims of breast cancer according to a WHO study.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Mirpur Camp in Numbers
In a world post-Syria, 'refugee' has almost become a dirty word. It is no longer an individual seeking solace from a terrible monster or a family leaving everything they have known behind because a fire has come to consume them.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Let's Talk about Ben-Stokin': An Open Letter to my English Son
After an English Gentle Sir goes rogue, a victim to BenStokin, an English father writes this hard-hitting open letter that everyone will now read instead of just writing a simple, private letter which could have served the purpose easier. You won't believe paragraph 7, line 8.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Are you being entertained?
Watching these children play a simple game with such passion and joy, one can't help but wonder why they never complain about how Dhaka has nothing to entertain us with.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Meet Kali
A dangerous culture of impunity cloaks this ever darkening city of ours. Dhaka, a metropolis of over seven million people cramped together, has steadily become a breeding ground for all kinds of criminal elements and the future seems bleak.
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM
The Poor Drainage System of Blood
A Kashmiri Indian, an Israeli settler in Palestine, a Bangladeshi politician/businessman, a click-bait journalist from a click-bait national daily...
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Straight from the Elephant's Mouth
One of our brothers remained stranded on your side of the water. Stranded is actually a polite way to put it; in reality he was trapped only....
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The Great Wall
“We are gonna build a wall. And we are gonna make the terrorists pay for it,” Debaish Taran, Builder of Cities.
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Naushad Noori Bangladesh's Greatest Urdu Poet
There are two kinds of people in this world: those that love to read and those that love to write. Snuggled between these two groups, smack-dab in the middle of the dividing line, are those who are simply enchanted with words.
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Keep on rolling
Wahidul Islam Shuvrow carries an unseen burden with him. With a directorial debut at a very young age, Shuvrow has climbed
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Artcell returns with a big bang after 10 years
The Metallica-cover band transformed overnight and hence was the birth of Artcell, one of Bangladesh's most iconic and well known progressive metal bands.
1 July 2016, 07:07 AM
Maya apa knows it all
The Maya App is perhaps one of the biggest initiatives undertaken to create a virtual safe space for people from all walks of
24 June 2016, 18:06 PM
The #RealTalk© Annual Fasting Person Awards
The #RealTalk Annual Fasting Persons Award, the most prestigious awards of its kind, is here to celebrate the annoying people in your life. Sit with your jerk friends and see which person in your circle deserves the following awards.
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
The Beef with the Budget
"The second group of haters is of course the rich who believe that paying higher taxes would mean they would literally starve. Thank God for offshore accounts, right rich guys?" We dissect the 2016 budget this week.
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Semifinal battles begin tonight
Last week, The Super Chef kitchen witnessed its biggest upset. As the judges uttered the name of the candidate to be
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM
A Foreigner's Guide to Dhaka
This week, as a special treat to the foreigner-loving Bangladeshis, this column will be written by Billy Steve Sam, reflecting on his first visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
26 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Mehzabien enthralls the Super Chef kitchen
Yesterday, Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef saw the presence of TV Celebrity Mehzabien as a special guest star on the
21 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The challenge never seen before
A revolutionary idea, one that had never been seen in television before was about to be unveiled.
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Did You Take my dustbin?
As part of the Clean Dhaka 2016 campaign, an initiative undertaken by the Mayor to make Dhaka a more liveable city, around 5000 dustbins are recently installed at numerous key points in the capital.
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM