‘Like a morning after a nuclear attack’
24 March 2023, 18:00 PM Weekend Read
For the Love of Tea
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM Star Literature
Court Corner / SC forms committee against sexual harassment
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM SEXUAL HARASSMENT
How new autocrats curb press freedom
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
(Uncertain) Future of Journalism in Bangladesh
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
“Predisposed journalism can never grow and sustain”
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
Putting the “news” in our news feeds
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend

Stepping out of the Cocoon

To encourage more young women into community media and journalism, and to work for the development of rural communities...
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

1 Minute Please

Shumonn Patwary is a household name, mainly because of his comedy on television.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Learning from History

In ancient Rome, there was a king called Sextus Turquinus. The all powerful, self indulgent king fell in love with the beautiful wife of one of his courtiers.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

About Town

About Town
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

Beauty and the beast: In an Amazonian rain forest butterflies rest on a giant anaconda.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

NUMBERS 11

The number of women who were honored for the significant role that they played in the Liberation War and implementing its spirits...
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

People from all walks of life have again shown a great example of unity in favour of justice and of creating a society free of...
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

The Day is Near

It is just a week away from Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali new year (also celebrated in many parts of Asia), and preparations are already underway to make this the best Mongol Shobha Jatra ever, by the students of Charukala.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Where is Home?

45 years ago, as a people celebrated their Independence, another group was deprived of all semblance of their freedom at the same time.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Stories through Photography: Knowing Hasan Chandan

In the last two decades, photography in our country has flourished and made a place for itself in the international area. Many
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

EUREKA! Changing the Nation, One Idea at a Time

Before we get to know these exciting startups, their owners and their work, let's delve a little into how it all began.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Star Diary

One evening, I was going to Dhanmondi 32 by a Gazipur bound bus from Azimpur. There was unbearable traffic congestion on the
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

George Harrison

To Bangladeshis, the late Beatle, George Harrison is more than just a guitarist and singer. He is long remembered for his contribution
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BEING A LEADER

”What makes a leader?” This question was asked the lead instructor, Khaled Saifullah, to my class, on the first day of the Building Bridges through Leadership Training (BBLT) programme at BYLC. Each of us produced different answers.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

6000

The number of people who died of Tubercolosis (TB) in the country last year.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Of Rape and Selective Outrage

‘It could've been my sister, it could've been my mother, it could've been me'. Every time the media reports on a story of a woman's rape,
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Displaced in Dystopia

Shahzadi Begum sat on her bed, her eyes firmly on the recording device set before her. She wore a smile across her face, belying the apprehension evident in her eyes. “When they were asking people if they wanted to go to Pakistan, I wanted to go too.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The Fight for Tonu

Every time Tonu's face surfaces on your Facebook newsfeed, a torrent of mixed feelings hit you at the same time -- outrage, sorrow, helplessness and so much more. Nothing to do but scroll on and eventually run away from the atrocity that we allowed and continue to allow on the streets of Bangladesh.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

1 Minute Please!

Naveed Mahbub is one of the first Bangladeshi stand-up comedians. He is the founder of Naveed's Comedy Club (NCC). After completing
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

The 26th of March is a historic and glorious day for all Bangladeshis. In 1971, on this day, a new era began by declaring the
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM