The thrills of Rakib Hasan
23 October 2025, 08:44 AM
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How Bengal discovered Japan: A 150-year chronicle
19 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Abul Hashim’s Bangalistaan
13 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Baba Allauddin Khan and the making of a musical lineage
8 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Entertainment
Meghnad Saha, the Dhaka-born scientist who dreamed a technological future
6 October 2025, 10:52 AM
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DHAKA, THE CITY OF ELEPHANTS / The lost history of Pilkhana’s elephant depot
5 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Dhaka’s Forgotten WWII Story: Spielberg’s Father and the Bridge Busters
30 September 2025, 09:26 AM
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156th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi / Gandhi’s search for harmony in Noakhali
28 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Sandwip’s forgotten wars
21 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Fragments of resistance: The counter-archive of Mohammad Idrish
15 September 2025, 13:58 PM
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Reading Nazrul Islam after Walter Benjamin
‘Early in his life, Kazi Nazrul Islam, the most notable Muslim poet of modern Bengal, edited and published a weekly Bengali journal named Dhumketu, the Comet.
28 August 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
On the Eve of the Emergence of Bangladesh
Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay (1898-1971) was one of the great modern Bengali novelists. His works depicts his
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Sultan -- Artist of the land
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (better known as SM Sultan) was a type by himself as a painter in the artistic tradition of
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
The Violence Of Greedy Matrimon(e)y
Just three months after Salma Begum was married off to Khalil, she was set on fire by her husband when his demands for a substantial
31 July 2015, 18:00 PM
SUNDARBANS UNDER THREAT
Ask anyone, and they can tell you that you cannot put a price on the Sundarbans. The people who live in and around the Sundarbans,
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
“Poetry is a work of a lifetime”
Having dedicated his whole life to poetry, Al Mahmud is now in the twilight of his life. On the occasion of his eightieth birth anniversary, Al Mahmud (AM) talks to Emran Mahfuz of The Daily Star (TDS).
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
The Power of Connecting the Dots
We have long term treaties with India which is a sign of a strong relationship. But we are handling China by default. We should have a long term partnership agreement with China like what we have with India.
3 July 2015, 18:00 PM
LET IT RAIN
But life has more than one dimension where people's ideology, belief, musical performance, livelihood strategies, etc. are interconnected and it is
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Sufia Kamal: The Charming Rebel
We should not allow ourselves to be misled by a vested group, in the name of religion, and let people exploit our religious sentiments for narrow political ends.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A Report Card for Humanity 1900-2050
Will we be living better in 2050 than our predecessors did in 1900? The discussion over the state of the world, and whether things are
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Living on the Edge
A little egret sat gracefully on the floating platform of Jhulanta Para. It was calm and quiet, lazily using its beak to comfort its broken
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The One Who Heals
In an exclusive interview with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star, Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Coordinator of DMCH's Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, talks about
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Scarred for life
During the three month long political violence, at least 95 people around the country were killed and several hundreds were maimed. The Daily Star spoke to some of the victims of arson attacks who continue to suffer and are yet to be compensated.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Scarred for life
Eighteen-year-old Sharmin Sultana was on her way to the Govt Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam College at Laxmibazar on February 22, 2015. The
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
There has to be a better way!
Dhaka's waste management system is falling apart. Will our Mayors keep their promise?
22 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Digital Sexual Harassment in Digital Bangladesh
In a society where violence against women in private and public spaces goes unpunished, is it any wonder that sexual harassment in the cyber domain continues to be firewalled?
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Don't Ask,Don't Tell
The youth in Bangladesh (ages 15-30) form almost a third of the country's population, and almost half the youth population are women.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Lest we forget
Rana Plaza collapsed on the morning of a hot summer day, on April 24, 2013. Officially, 1100 workers died but the true total is much higher, probably closer to 1400 or 1500. The difference is on account of the 'missing' workers, of the bodies never found or those that lacked documentation as workers.
24 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A CANDID DIPLOMAT
In conversation with H.E. Mr. Shiro Sadoshima, the outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM