Pritilata Waddedar: Politics of remembrance
Pritilata was much more than just a nurse or a sexual object as portrayed in the media; she wanted her death to mobilise women to join the fight against imperialism, to prove detractors wrong about their abilities.
22 September 2015, 18:00 PM
REMEMBERING YASMIN
A 14-year-old girl got on the wrong bus on her way to Dinajpur from Dhaka. Upon realising her mistake, she stepped out of the bus, and was looking for another way home, when a police van stopped in front of her.
21 August 2015, 18:00 PM
In the name of religion
When did you forget what Zakat actually means? When did the month of Ramadan become a ostentatious show of wealth and affluence?
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM
CAR PARKS OVER HERITAGE SITES!
When part of an age-old heritage site is wrecked, for whatsoever reason, you expect individuals and groups to be up in arms, protesting against the destruction of a symbol that was supposed to have been left untouched by modern trappings and trimmings.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Silencing our outcry
WHY should the police brutality on protesters come as a surprise? They felt 'obliged' to act on the behalf of their helpless compatriots who only had a few guns and shells to protect themselves against the onslaught of (defenceless) protesters.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Wise words
Rajai rajai juddho korey, ulukhagrar pran jai.
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
What you can expect from your city's mayor
FOR ordinary people living in Bangladesh, the process preceding the city corporation elections is not merely limited to listening to long, never-ending speeches about what the aspiring mayoral candidate can do for your city.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM
SALMA KHATUN THE CRICKETING WONDER
Earlier this year, the International Cricket Council announced that Salma topped the ICC T20 all-rounder rankings with 291 rating points, clearly four points ahead of Sri Lanka's Shashikala Siriwardene.
5 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Be Selfish For Once
My mother suffered from stomach ailments for over a year before she told anyone about it.
5 March 2015, 18:00 PM
The Bizarre, the Weird and the Fantastic
In my two years working with The Star, I had the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful magazine in a number of capacities. I wrote features, often helped with the editing and collected the entries for Star Diary and Write to Mita. Of all these responsibilities, I felt a particular affinity for Star Diary.
27 February 2015, 11:19 AM
STORY OF THE BANGLA PRESS
A teacher of a small village was so overwhelmed by the atrocities of the landowners or zamindars of colonial India that he decided to write something in protest.
20 February 2015, 07:32 AM
Rooted in Rythm
The music of the people for the people, by the people – that's probably one way of describing folk music. Shikor, a Bangladeshi traditional folk music band, will be representing the very roots of our culture at two international music festivals to be held in the UK this summer.
6 February 2015, 12:30 PM
KNOW THY FOOD
You'll not meet a Bangladeshi ready to pass up free food. In fact, Bangladeshis don't really mind paying for their food, either. As long as we get to eat and feed others, we are a happy bunch. However, our connection to food is limited to just the taste buds.
16 January 2015, 09:15 AM