Women’s right to free speech is under threat in online spaces
22 October 2025, 09:44 AM
Animals you should not keep as pets and why
21 October 2025, 10:30 AM
Looking back at the whimsical, witty, and wonderful world of Roald Dahl
21 October 2025, 10:25 AM
On the trips that never make it out of the group chat
2 October 2025, 19:19 PM
Navigating imposter syndrome in friendships
2 October 2025, 19:19 PM
Why digital cameras are cool again in the smartphone era
2 October 2025, 19:19 PM
Are we treating the strays right?
29 September 2025, 07:02 AM
A guide to giving good gifts
29 September 2025, 07:02 AM
Menstrual pain management and the lack of targeted therapy in Bangladesh
23 September 2025, 10:50 AM
Are first-year friendships truly doomed to fail?
23 September 2025, 09:33 AM
A guide to your first visit to the gynaecologist
Just like visiting your doctor for a routine checkup, visiting your gynaecologist once in a while is just being safe.
8 August 2023, 13:34 PM
“Teaching Literature and Interdisciplinarity”: int’l conference at EWU explores the importance of language and literature
English is inherently a subject with interdisciplinarity and variety. In an exploration of this very idea, on July 28, the Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB) and East West University (EWU) inaugurated the two-day international conference titled "Teaching Literature and Interdisciplinarity".
2 August 2023, 14:10 PM
Experiencing Bangla literature as someone bad at Bangla
As someone who grew up reading American and British novels, these small experiences that I have accrued with Bangla hold enormous value.
1 August 2023, 12:53 PM
Kinds of toxic masculinity you might not know about
Here are a few kinds of toxic masculinity you might not know about.
1 August 2023, 12:46 PM
Are you the micromanager in your group project?
No one wants to be the micromanager in their group project, so it is important to be self-aware and recognise the signs.
30 July 2023, 09:20 AM
The lingering effects of familial unemployment on young people
The psychological costs of one’s parents going into unemployment are extremely nuanced
30 July 2023, 08:57 AM
Managing friendships in an open-credit system
Making friends in university can be tricky. The whole experience gets another cascading layer of complication if you happen to study at a university with an open-credit system.
14 July 2023, 13:49 PM
BMSS organises ABC of Surgery workshop
On March 10, the Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) of Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS) organised the event “ABC of Surgery” at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute
14 March 2023, 11:20 AM
The Earth Society successfully organises Climate Expo 2023
The purpose of the expo was to promote sustainable living.
1 March 2023, 12:54 PM
How I learned to not hate dorms
The people living in the hall became the most familiar faces.
1 March 2023, 10:00 AM
The museum with nothing to show, but lots to see
A museum is a place to see things. This is a museum, paradoxically enough, you visit to not see.
25 February 2023, 10:14 AM
Why sports are fun but studies are not
Why are some activities fun while others aren’t?
22 February 2023, 11:48 AM
Shamsin Ahmed is taking us all one step closer to a better tomorrow
Shamsin Ahmed is the CEO and Lead Consultant of Identity Inclusion and the winner of this month’s “Stellar Women” award.
22 February 2023, 11:39 AM
In conversation with Mike Henniger, CEO and President at Illume Student Advisory Services
Mike Henniger visited Bangladesh recently to attend “Canada Application Day”, organised by Osprey Education Canada Inc. and Eduproof Inc. The Daily Star sat down with him for a brief conversation.
16 February 2023, 11:39 AM
The unhealthy relationship between children and screens
Excess screen time among children has become a common occurrence.
24 January 2023, 01:39 AM
Peace Café – How a student-led platform is transforming thousands of lives across Bangladesh
Tahmina Akhter Habiba was always disturbed by the sufferings of others. She helped whomever and whenever she could, but her individual efforts could only benefit a few people.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Jawad Araf Khan’s pathway to success
Jawad Araf Khan, a business student at North South University (NSU), has recently been crowned as the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Global Platform Icons of Asia Awards 2022. He won this recognition beating 1500 other nominations from across 40 Asian countries.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Coming to terms with your burnout
Burnouts have become an unavoidable part of all of our lives. Whether it’s due to stress induced from academics, work, or even a beloved hobby, we’re all plagued by it no matter how hard we try to avoid it. But the biggest issue with burnouts isn’t just having it. A lot of people are stuck in the denial stage, as they refuse to accept that maybe they’re exhausted.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Journaling in times of turbulence
“Do you sometimes think that the world is unfair?” This is a question I know I will never get a satisfactory answer to. In fact, I would get no answer at all because I always pose this question to something that never answers, only absorbs – my diary.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Sunset Studios is making Bangladesh’s first “anime-style” project
Sunset Studios is an animation studio based in Bangladesh that has recently announced its new project, Dead End, which has been gaining traction as Bangladesh’s first “anime-style” project. Irfan Chowdhury, the co-founder and director of the studio, alongside the technical director and sound designer Ali Arman, and 2D artist Humayra Kabir sat down with SHOUT to give insight into this ambitious project.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM