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Business
Change is the only constant
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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
“The space for in-depth critical journalism is shrinking"
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Star Weekend
Looking for a black cat in a dark room
The Home Minister had reportedly asserted in early March this year that, “militancy problem remains under control”.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Public works or public sufferings?
A few days ago, 42-year-old wood carver Swapan died in the most tragic of circumstances at the Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover construction site.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Smartphones for History Lessons
A study by the Microsoft Corporation concluded in 2015 that the average attention span of humans has dropped from 12 seconds to 8 seconds, officially below that of a goldfish.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
How data is revolutionising football
Data and sport have never been the most natural of bedfellows. The battle lines have been very clearly drawn by traditional culture –
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Who Defines Obscenity?
Recently, the news of a Dhaka University (DU) teacher's suspension – following claims from some of his Masters students that he showed ...
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Who Rules Our Roads?
2000, 1958, 1535, 1396 – these are the numbers of people killed in the lawless roads and highways of Bangladesh over the last four years.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
After The Accident
48-year-old service holder Oshim Kumar Saha had a terrible motorbike accident in 2015; at a 'black spot' near Iliasganj Bazaar of Daudkandi in Dhaka-Chittagong highway (a black spot is a place that has a record of large numbers of crashes).
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Keep only the good cops, please
The recent transfer of a police official to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) on February 23 shocked the people of CHT, and those on the plain lands who are aware of the sensitive situation in the region.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
And Still The Man Stays Unscathed
All in a week's work. March has barely started. We already have five men (at least) raping, assaulting and killing the women they thought were below them.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Hotel with the worst view in the world
Banksy is in the news again - this time because of the Walled Off Hotel that he designed and financed in the city of West Bank, in Bethlehem.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Charulata - The Art of Adaptation
In 1901, after coming back to Shantiniketan from the tiring experience of running a zamindari in Shilaidaha, Rabindranath Tagore wrote the short story Nashtanirh (The Broken Nest), a love triangle set in 19th century Bengal.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
The land of tales and tigers
I visited the Sundarbans about four years ago, with a touring company. We lived on the boat, anchored at safe places during the night...
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Ministry of Civil Movements: Think Like Us, Think for Us
Bangladesh took remarkable strides towards a fully fair and functioning democracy by officially inaugurating the brand new Ministry of Civil Movements.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Glory From Past to Present: Ayesha Khanam’s Journey into the Women’s Movement
What separates a movement from
7 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Let's get our 'alt-facts' straight
They say we live in a post-truth era where the facts don't matter. The belief that you already have in your mind is so strong that it, more often than not, overpowers the truth and dominates the part of your brain that helps you create an opinion on a particular issue.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
How Films Help
I spent a lot of 2016 grieving. The worlds I belong to were roiled by news-making disaster all through last year. A hate-mongering would-be autocrat ascended to the highest political office in the United States, where I currently live.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Sexual Violence through the Decades
Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers edited by Hameeda Hossain and Amena Mohsin is part of the Zubaan Series on Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
WEEK IN RE(AR)VIEW
The attention span of the regular reader of news these days is about 15 seconds. Beyond the catchy headlines, most people can barely sit through page after page of demoralising stories of death, devastation and, gasp, “stories of public interest”.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Editor’s Note
March is a month of celebration for every one who believes in the ideals of equality and freedom.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
'Reading Photographs for a change!'
Today, 28 February 2017, is the last day of the Boimela, so there's no point in giving stall numbers and other details – buy this book from online book stores, from the publisher or even from one of the few bookstores that still stands in this city of designer boutique houses, cafes and restaurants.
28 February 2017, 07:42 AM