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Shababa Iqbal

Shababa Iqbal is an American journalist of Bangladeshi origin with a background in entertainment, fashion, literature, and youth-focused storytelling. You can reach out to Shababa by emailing shababa@icloud.com.

Seventeen years after his death, his music keeps finding new fans

Remembering Michael Jackson / Seventeen years after his death, his music keeps finding new fans

25 June 2026, 14:03 PM
People are digging up everything — live concert footage, the short films he turned his music videos into, grainy rehearsal clips — and it’s all circulating across social media. Some of them weren’t even born when he died.
25 June 2026, 14:03 PM
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Book Review: Fiction / When ‘Little Women’ turns to murder: Katie Bernet reimagines a classic

19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
What if Beth March in Little Women (1868) hadn’t died of scarlet fever, but had been brutally murdered instead?
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Review / ‘Michael’ captures the magic, but hesitates to confront the man

29 April 2026, 17:13 PM
At the heart of the film is Jaafar Jackson. To say he embodies his legendary uncle would be an understatement. He doesn't merely play Michael Jackson — he channels him, and watching him, I found myself forgetting, more than once, that I wasn't watching the man himself.
29 April 2026, 17:13 PM
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‘Big Mistakes’: Chaos, comedy and a perfect binge-watch

21 April 2026, 19:52 PM
If you are looking for a show that spirals gloriously out of control while still keeping things fun, “Big Mistakes” delivers exactly that. It is fast-paced, chaotic in all the right ways, and just self-aware enough to stay entertaining without tipping into exhaustion.
21 April 2026, 19:52 PM
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Essay / On ‘Bridgerton’: When romantic escapism clashes with the realities of class

10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Romance has never existed apart from inequality. The genre depends on distance—on obstacles that make love feel hard-won.
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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ESSAY / Romance, radical hope, and the modern happily ever after

27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
Few genres are as unapologetically optimistic as romance. At its core lies the Happily Ever After (HEA), a convention so fundamental that it often stands in for the genre itself.
27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
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ESSAY / ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’: Fan service and repetitive themes weigh down ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

9 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series has captivated pop culture with its bold take on tyranny, sacrifice, and resistance, spanning Katniss Everdeen’s blazing defiance in The Hunger Games (2008) to her final stand in Mockingjay (2010) against Coriolanus Snow’s cold cruelty.
9 April 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Nadaaniyan’: It’s time for Bollywood to wake up to unskilled star kids

Review / ‘Nadaaniyan’: It’s time for Bollywood to wake up to unskilled star kids

9 March 2025, 05:13 AM
There is a great debate about nepotism in Hindi cinema. It's upsetting for everyone when clearly unskilled children of famous people are paraded as readymade movie stars, increasing the rift between the haves and the have-nots and highlighting the inequities of various systems across the screen. "Nadaaniyan", starring Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan in the lead roles, is yet another example of this.
9 March 2025, 05:13 AM
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Key winners at the Golden Globes 2019

The 76th Golden Globes for films and television, chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were presented at a grand event
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Many happy returns, Ankhi Alamgir!

Popular adhunik singer Ankhi Alamgir is recognised for her stage performances both on a national and an international level. The artiste, who celebrates her birthday today, has been singing for over a decade and her brilliant voice has taken her to great heights. She opens up about her birthday plans, her views on the music industry and more in a recent chat with The Daily Star.
6 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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WHO WILL WIN?

The Golden Globes, an event that celebrates the best in film and television in Hollywood, is a show movie lovers and TV buffs look forward to every year.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Safeguarding stories of THE BIRANGONA WOMEN

Leesa Gazi grew up in Bangladesh and was a member of the leading theatre company Nagorik Natya Sampradaya for more than a
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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A candid chat with MUNMUN AHMED

Renowned Kathak exponent and television personality Munmun Ahmed has many prestigious awards to her credit, including the National Award by Shishu Academy for Kathak Dance (1980), UNESCO Cultural Award (2000) and NHK Japan Award (2000). An avid performer, teacher and choreographer, she learned Kathak under the tutelage of the legendary Pandit Birju Maharaj in Delhi Kathak Kendra.
29 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Addressing the many faces of corruption through art

Cartoonists and photographers have emerged as powerful forces to increase awareness and raising demand for transparency and accountability in our society.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Shadman Shahid's 'No Quarter' awarded

Bangladesh's promising young photographer Shadman Shahid recently won 'The Emerging Photographer Fund 2018' award by the prestigious Burn Magazine making his room in a list of 11 photographers chosen from all over the globe.
10 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bringing 'Mujib' to Japan

The Japanese version of the graphic novel, Mujib, on the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was launched at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, last month.
10 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Combating violence against women through art

Humour and satire have great potential to bring visibility to and foster critical thinking on different social issues. In this regard, cartoons are an important element in contemporary social activism and a communication tool that can spread key messages across.
27 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Gaining ground for WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Growing up in Dhaka, sporting guard and former captain of the Bangladesh Women's National Basketball Team, Ashreen Mridha, was first introduced to the sport by her father, who organised sports events at her school.
22 November 2018, 18:10 PM
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Tahsan and Kona's 'Keno Ke Jane' catches on

Popular singers Tahsan and Kona are household names among music lovers of the country. The two now have lent their voices to Keno Ke Jane, a song for Bioscope's telefilm, Nishsash, directed by Mahmudur Rahman Hime and produced by Shahriar Shakil.
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Breathing new life into folk music

On a cool November night, music enthusiasts soaked up The Raghu Dixit Project's sunny vibes when they performed on the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018.
16 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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DIKANDA WITH LOVE FROM POLAND

Founded in Szczecin, Poland, in 1997, the seven-piece band, Dikanda, has long stood out in a music scene dominated by standard-issue pop.
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Art as a path of happiness in a violent world

From a young age, Morshed Mishu was an avid fan of comic books, so much so that he grew a knack for drawing comic-book characters, with the guidance of his brother.
13 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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MINISCOPE begins at Dwip Gallery

As a part of its journey through the existing ecology of contemporary art, 180 Degrees has organised 'Miniscope', an exhibition with
8 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Conversations over breakfast with JAISHREE MISRA

Much to the delight of bibliophiles, London-based Indian author Jaishree Misra is one of the many honourable guests at this year's Dhaka Lit Fest, where she will not only talk about her own writing, but also shed light on matters such as Brexit, feminism and writing as a woman.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018 to open on November 15

Like previous years, the fourth edition of the Dhaka International Folk Fest will have a myriad of Bangladeshi and international folk artistes on one platform.
5 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Celebrating the best of Inktober

Talent may be the key ingredient, but nothing was ever accomplished without discipline. To this end, American illustrator Jake Parker started the Inktober drawing challenge in 2009.
4 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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RAYHAN ISLAM SHUVRO

Rayhan Islam Shuvro has been a part of various projects and rocked out at several underground concerts in his young career. Having
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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A glimpse into fahad al alam's Dust to Dust

In May 2018, photographer and writer Fahad Al Alam launched A piece of whisper, a self-published book containing his photographs, all shot on film, and a book of poems, separately.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM

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