The non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) experienced a fall in their profits in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next year they managed a handsome comeback. But in the first half of 2022, the NBFIs’ profits fell again.

An elderly person was injured in a motorbike accident in Dhaka's Mirpur. The rider was a teenager. However, an extortion case was filed against 8 students including the teenage son of a missing person over this accident. How did this happen?

Shirin Akter Shila was the winner of Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019. Learn about the aspirations of this beauty queen in this video.

Locals are claiming that a fire caused by the LAMA Rubber Industries on land used for jhum farming in Bandarban is now causing food and water shortage in the remote areas of Lama upazila.

Do the people, who work in the private sectors of Bangladesh, know about the labour laws of the country? How much do they know?

During the two years of pandemic, almost everybody has been pushed towards economic crisis, many to extreme poverty.

Despite the prevalence of app-driven rides like Uber and Ola, the old taxi of Kolkata still holds the tradition. From yellow-black to white Ambassador taxis are still one of the signatures of the city. They appeal to locals and foreigners alike. Among thousands of cars, a different taxi suddenly catches our attention. That white Ambassador taxi is like a mobile garden, with grass and plants on the top and illustrations for children on the body.

For the second episode of “Star Lifestyle Recipes” sponsored by Fresh Spices, we show you how to make the delicious Shundhi Daal Bhuna, something that can be paired with rice or bread like naan, like we have, or paratha.

Not only was he a Nawab, but he was also a poet, musician and foodie, with whom biryani's triumphant journey began in Calcutta. But the story of this nawab will defeat any tragedy of the West. The Nawab who came to Calcutta with the intention to regain the kingdom, had to end up in the trap of various conspiracies at Metiabruz near Calcutta.

Falguni Datta Roy, a resident of Kolkata, has his ancestral home in Kishoreganj, which is now in Bangladesh. The 80 years of national separation failed to uproot him from his ancestry as he has been an avid collector of souvenirs and historical documents, paper cuttings, photographs, etc of Bangladesh and the Liberation War.

Vivek Agnihotri Directed the movie “The Kashmir Files”. Since its release this month, the film has sparked widespread discussion and criticism all over India. What is in this movie?

“The Batman” is the latest superhero movie from Hollywood. The movie premiered in London on the 23rd of February and it was released in theatres on 4th of march 2022.

Vaccination against Covid-19 has finally started for the homeless people of Dhaka.

Besides being one of the most important elections for the citizens of Narayanganj, the latest Narayanganj City Corporation election bears a number of other significance for the entire political sphere of the country. This was the last city corporation election under the current election commission.

Huawei is scheduled to roll out 5G in Bangladesh. The trial will start in Dhaka and they’ve chosen Teletalk as their partner. Huawei Bangladesh’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) visits The Daily Star to talk to Shariar Rahman of Toggle about the future plans of Huawei in Bangladesh.

Will 2022 be just a hop skip and jump towards success, or should you lower your roar?

As the third phase of union parishad election closes in, allegations on Awami League backed candidates, of threatening, assaulting and humiliating those who are openly against voting for them, are emerging from various unions in Natore district. In the district's Jamnagar union, a supporter of an independent candidate has been beaten and publicly humiliated by Bagatipara upazila Awami League leader Abul Hossain.

Due to the lack of supply of fish, production of dried fish in the Chalan-beel area has halved this year. Desired prices and increasing production costs are making things difficult for dried fish traders.

Raja Rammohun Roy established the “Brahmo Sabha” in 1826 based on the Monotheism of Vedanta. Later it was renamed the “Brahma Samaj”. In 1869, when the Brahma temple was being built, the then-current general secretary of the Shomaj Abhay Chandra Das established the Raja Rammohan Roy library; making it the first library of Dhaka.

There’s a vegetable market at the bank of Dhaleshwari river every day. Wholesalers buy vegetables from the Nama Bazar market to supply them all over the markets in the capital.