‘Like a morning after a nuclear attack’
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For the Love of Tea
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM Historical
Change is the only constant
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
Media: Between a rock and a hard place
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
How new autocrats curb press freedom
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
(Uncertain) Future of Journalism in Bangladesh
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend

DHAKA THE BEST AUDIENCE

Joseph Nye, American political scientist and cofounder of the international relations theory of neoliberalism, described 'soft power' as
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Cinema, from the inside out

One of my favourite childhood memories about cinema is of sitting on one of the large floor mats placed on an open field in a tiny
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a Retelling of America's Current Cultural Climate

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is perhaps the most culturally significant movie of the last year. In the protagonist Mildred, director Martin McDonagh portrays a woman who's had enough of the town's corruption plaguing her life and decides to do something about it.
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

How safe is your child online?

Almost every parent has asked this question at least once—how do you protect your children from the dark side of the internet?
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Confronting a Digital Storm

With more than 300,000 copies printed per day, Faula de S. Paulo is one of Brazil's largest newspapers. From the urban middle class
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

An exhibition of sympathy or courage?

The depiction of the mother and her martyred son represents a religious iconography dating back to the crucifixion of Christ. Many
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Are we slowly killing our children?

The percentage of global smokers has dropped in the past 25 years, but in countries like Bangladesh, where as many as 40 percent of
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Censorship and the Boi Mela

“From a love for our language, for the Liberation War, and for the nation has arisen a shared sense of democracy and freedom of
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

This is regarding an article published in the Star Weekend titled “Tenants: At the mercy of landlords” on January 26, 2018. Every year,
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

The Hathurusingha conflict

There is an inherent conflict in the current series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Traditionally, Bangladesh cricket fans tend to be
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

An expat's portrait of a dynamic city

Wandering the web of cobbled streets spanning the city's old town and gazing beyond the chain of souvenir shops brimming with
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM

How to survive real-life zombies

Zombies are all around us. Inconvenient, rude and often gross. They just do not know it. They may even be reading this on their
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

You're so vain

During a recent match, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro—widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time—got kicked
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

7 People On What Boi Mela Means To Them

There is a definite excitement that comes along with the month of February, one that has to do with the beginning of Ekushey Boi
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Grandfather mine

As sunshine peered through one wintry morning, I found out my grandfather Nirmal Bikash Dasgupta breathed his last in his beloved
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

How well are female workers protected by the law?

Equal pay for equal work, the right to form a union—these, among other standards, protect workers from exploitation in the
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

The Other Radical

The number of militancy cases filed each year go into the hundreds—way more than the handful of combat operations we have seen.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Do you know the price of your life?

In college, I worked several part-time jobs. About a quarter of my waking moments were spent on these jobs, and in all honesty, often times I wish I didn't have to.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

For the love of beatboxing

We all start playing as children. Whether we know what we are doing or creating, it fascinated us. Little did I know that sometime in the future, what everyone knows as “vocal percussions” in general, would lead me to my passion known as “beatboxing”.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

When pigeons take the centre stage

How much would you pay for a pigeon? Let's rephrase that question. Would you pay to buy a pigeon at all in the first place? After all, there's plenty of hard work involved in breeding them. From providing them with filtered water and a variety of grains to hosting them in a huge space on your terrace, it's not easy.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM