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20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
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
UK-listed cybersecurity firm Avast in merger talks with NortonLifeLock
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Organisation News
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
“The space for in-depth critical journalism is shrinking"
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
Magically Yours
No matter how much we've grown up with Harry Potter, or The Lord of The Rings, there is a part of us that will always remember, unfortunately, that magic is not real.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Super Humans Among Us
The incredible feat of breaking 3 baseball bats with one kick is in itself a jaw-dropping phenomenon.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM
#NO Vat on Education
Recently, the government has passed a bill imposing 7.5 percent VAT on all the private universities and private medical colleges.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
1 MINUTE PLEASE!
Rahat Rahman is the man behind the camera – the storyteller and the director. An established ad-filmmaker, Rahat recently made a name for himself with his telefilm Monkey Business. As the name would suggest, the film was a jumble of unique characters, bizarre
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
SNAPSHOT
“Someday we'll live like horses; Free rein from your old iron fences
There's more ways than one to regain your senses; Break out the stalls and we'll live like horses”
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
MAILBOX
Thanks a ton 'the Star Weekend' for publishing such an informative and investigative article (published on July 3, 2015) on Dhaka city's
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
THE MUCH NEEDED ALERT
We cannot predict earthquakes beforehand but the idea of a technology to detect earthquakes fast enough for an alert to reach susceptible areas is no doubt good news for us; and more so when it is being designed by our own countrymen.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
NUMBERS 15.31
Bangladesh receives a record $15.3bn in remittances from its migrant workers in the last fiscal year 2014-15. It's the highest in the
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
A BREAK FROM THE CAPITAL
As the Eid holidays get closer, our beloved Dhaka city becomes evermore hectic. Though it is getting quite hard to live in the gridlocked, shopping frenzied city, we are accepting it with a smile in anticipation of the cherished ooliday and festivities at the end.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
CAUGHT IN THE COLLEGE CONUNDRUM
Azman Rahman passed his Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination this year with 80 percent marks in all subjects. Instead of being overjoyed with his astounding academic performance, which is popularly known as the golden A+, Azman and his parents are passing days with great anxiety.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
For a tranquil Eid
Dhakaites have been complaining for a very long time that we don't have enough recreational activities or holiday places in our city. Other than going to the so called amusement parks or hopping between restaurants, we face a moral dilemma on how we can utilise the weekend. The going gets tougher when one is faced with short holidays.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
For A Fresh Fast
Coming back home around 10 or 11 at night, after a heavy iftar, a world full of shopping, traffic and human stampedes, one's mind may wander into the thoughts of sweet, sweet slumber.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Project Dalit
Nuheen Khan, with his small group of volunteers, started working with the Dalit community in Natore in 2012. Running a project that involves the Dalit community was not easy to do. People's attitudes toward the subaltern community has always fallen under a stereotype.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
PETER HAYDEN DINKLAGE
Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he starred in many films, such as Elf (2003), Find Me Guilty (2006), Underdog (2007),
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
A Smart Solution for Public Safety
Saddam Hossain Shahin, a young computer programmer has developed a software programme which can be a milestone in ensuring public safety.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Healthy Daily Pastime
We grew up with pastimes like reading books, playing outdoors or spending time with our friends and family members.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
The Naked Sadhu
The term Sannyasi means “renunciant of the world”, a man who, out of a maddening desire for divine experience, renounces all wealth, fame, pleasure and attachment.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
SINKHOLES IN COMET
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft first began orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014. Almost immediately, scientists began to wonder about several surprisingly deep, almost perfectly circular pits on the comet's surface. Now, a
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Did you know that the term 'brand' derives from 'brandr', which essentially means 'to burn'? Marking livestock with fire-heated stamps with distinctive logos or symbols identifying the ownership of farm animals had been in place for centuries.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
PEARLS OF WISDOM
“BY AND LARGE, MOTHERS AND HOUSE-WIVES ARE THE ONLY WORKERS WHO DO NOT HAVE REGULAR TIME OFF. THEY ARE THE GREAT VACATIONLESS CLASS.”
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM