45 years on, do we still remember the core tenets of our autonomy? What did we want as a liberated Bangladesh? Were we successful in giving a state, a home and citizenship to those that needed it the most?

From 1952 to 1971, our country bore its share of rebellion and the sadness that came with it.

“INJUSTICE IN THE END PRODUCES INDEPENDENCE.” - VOLTAIRE

It is obvious that a newspaper is not the ideal place for publishing sketched portraits of unknown individuals.

On March 5th and 6th, the Bhatara neighbourhood of Notunbazar, Dhaka, was brightened up when young artists splashed colors...

For more than ten years the H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia, run by an international collaboration of 42 institutions in 12 countries...

The word 'progress' often times becomes a controversial word, amongst both intellectuals and scholars, when the questions of whose progress

45 years ago, at the beginning of the month of March, Yahya Khan announced on televisions and radios that the General Assembly of Pakistan was to be postponed 'until a later date'.

The streets of Dhaka, and really, the entire country, exist in a kind of violence-ignorance dichotomy. We are ready at a moment's notice, it seems, to engage in any kind of mass public beating, regardless of what the victim's sins may have been. At the same time,

Foad Nasser Babu is a living legend where Bangladeshi music is concerned. One of the original members of the band Feedback, Foad

The article titled 'The Saga of a Self-destructive Society' (published on March 11, 2016) is a wake-up call and conscience-arousing

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This photograph was taken in the Amazon when the butterflies flocked onto the head of this Yellow-spotted River Turtle to drink its

Last week was a hectic one. With the Bangladesh Bank fiasco, a school boy, whose name starts with an 'X', going berserk on social

Mental health is something that we seldom talk about. We don't see it, we can't touch it, we don't see any blood; how is it that mental

Ever wonder how a smile from a toddler can make your day? An astonished gasp, bouts of laughter, and unconditional love -- few of the elements that make one fall crazily in love with children.

There was always an overpowering aura that surrounded him. Still today, long after his tragic death, the overwhelming feeling still

The first thing you will notice after landing in Austin- Bergstrom International Airport is it's appreciation for music, American football,

On March 7, 2016, around mid-afternoon, the news of a strange case reached The Daily Star. Within an hour, televisions and social

Opportunities are treasured. Opportunities come by at random, at their will and wish. Our task is to recognise them and use them to