The Dhammarajika Buddhist Monastery in the capital’s Bashabo Sabujbagh area distributes iftar and drinking-water to poor fasting Muslims.

Roaming barbers cycle around and provide salon services to the residents of Mogalhat, a border village of Lalmonirhat, to this day, right at their doorstep.

Watch the Star Live video to know about the ‘Festival de Cannes’, a heaven for international film for over seven decades now, serving as the biggest platform for film lovers all over the world.

The upazila parishad election in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila is held peacefully.

Theatre group Prachyanat has staged their new documentary play ‘Polythene House’ featuring the sufferings of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Emerging actor Amit Sinha, who has made a name for himself in the showbiz industry with his entertaining performance in the popular mega TV series ‘Saat Bhai Champa’, talks about his love for acting and his future plans in this candid interview with Rafi Hossain.

The 'untouchable' sweeper community in Dhaka's Hajaribagh is facing uncertainty with fear of eviction hanging over their head. Hundreds of families have already been evicted in city corporation's drive. Others still remaining in buildings yet to be brought down are living in fear.

The art of pottery has deep roots in the sub-continent's history, going back as far as the Mohenjo-daro and Harappa civilisations. Unfortunately, today the art form is struggling for survival in Bangladesh.

Pledge Harbour International School in Dhaka recently includes the reading of The Daily Star newspaper in its curriculum for the students.

Vendors at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market sell off salvaged goods after a fire gutted over 200 shops there on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

One of the survivors of the FR Tower fire incident in Dhaka's Banani recounts the horrific experience she went through as she managed to make it out of the fiery chamber. Watch the Star Live video to know more.

A horse racing competition is arranged in Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day.

On the black night of March 25, 1971, known as the genocide day, the Pakistani Army launched an operation against the innocent Bangalees in Dhaka and many other places.

Abdur Rashid, a marginal farmer in Lalmonirhat, is revered and respected by the people in his locality for running a school for children with special needs, a role he has been playing for the last nine years.

The attack on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch prompts an outpouring of grief and deep shock in the usually peaceful country, which prides itself on welcoming refugees fleeing violence or persecution.

Meghla Mukta, a renowned model and actor who recently went to India and starred in a Telegu film called ‘Sakala Kala Vallabhudu’, talks about her career and the struggles she faced to get where she is today in an interview with Rafi Hossain.

At Dublar Char in Bagerhat, fishermen demand a floating hospital as they do not get any kind of medical facility there during the 4-5 months long fishing season.

Today’s episode of The Daily Star’s ‘Ducsu Election Talks 2019’ brings Mujahidul Islam Selim, president of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and first vice president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union after the country’s independence, sharing his views on the upcoming election.

Today’s episode of ‘The Ducsu Election Talks 2019’ brings Tilottama Sikder, member contester from the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) panel and Umme Habiba Benojir, general secretary candidate from the Bangladesh Chhatra Federation panel in the election to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu).

Living as a refugee in Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar, the story of Rohingya women is all about hardship and struggle.