The Joy Bangla Concert was presented by Young Bangla on March 7, 2015 at the Army Stadium in Dhaka. Attendees had to register prior to the concert to get complimentary passes for the event.

The Secondary School Certificate exams of 2015 was scheduled to be held from February 2nd to March 16th, followed by the Higher Secondary Certificate exams in April.

Traffic Alert is a Facebook group with over 10,000 members, who actively update each other about traffic situations on the roads of Dhaka city, often providing photos and suggesting alternate routes.

After the event's inception back in 2011, the fourth instalment of “The Annual Public Speaking Competition and Masquerade Medley IV” was presented by the North South University English Club on February 28, 2015 at the Recreation Center, NSU.

A few years ago I found the idea of babysitting fascinating and used to wish that is was a common part-time job here, like it is in the West.

ULAB observes International Mother Language Day

We asked this question on Facebook and have compiled some of your responses.

Reasons behind smoking aren't exactly diverse. Occasionally, it is curiosity.

United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star (TDS) joined hands to launch a year-long project, titled “Imagine – Write Creatively” – an initiative to improve the communication skills of English medium students.

Most Bangladeshi cricket fans remember that fateful defeat by Afghanistan in the Asia Cup last year. Just a few days back, at a warm-up match between Bangladesh and Ireland, the latter bagged a well-earned victory.

The birth of rock ‘n’ roll was one of mankind's finest hours.

Trembling from the cheers of the crowd as you blaze through that Van Halen song; inducing awestruck silence as you land that last note on “November Rain” or just hoping to create some good music – whatever our motivation may be, most of us set out to master the guitar at some point in our lives. Yet, many of us quit at the early stages, closing the doors to what could've been.

While a rational human being shouldn't just “tolerate” the “other”, in today's polarized world even tolerance has seemingly become an unachievable goal.

SOME MATH

The human mind is a strange thing. We have all seen those posts that ask us where our concern for the plight of Gaza is now, and have we stopped caring about the Sundarbans and so on.

Jatratronica, organised by Goethe-Institut and Jatra Biroti (in Banani, Dhaka) on February 19, aimed to bring into focus the budding electronic music scenes of South Asia and Germany.

To me, a stereotypical English medium bred nerd, Bangla fiction was alien territory until a few years ago.

Live music at cafés is nothing new in Bangladesh.

Remember those comic books we were crazy about when we were kids? Even today those comic books may draw us more than regular books.

“Boshonto Boron” and Award Giving Ceremony 2015 was held on February 20, 2015 arranged by the Dept. of Physical Education at the permanent campus of Uttara University.