Earlier this year, the International Cricket Council announced that Salma topped the ICC T20 all-rounder rankings with 291 rating points, clearly four points ahead of Sri Lanka's Shashikala Siriwardene.

Dance is breathtaking and sensual without being perverse, emotional without being titillating, and as graceful as it is strong.

From February 27 to March 1, the 4th International Conference on Bangladesh Genocide and the issue of Justice was held at the International Conference Centre (CIRDAP).

Millions of men and women work and live in Dhaka. Like many cosmopolitan cities of the world, ensuring a friendly environment for female city dwellers and workers has been a challenge for the city's authority.

Women in Bangladesh spend between six and eight hours in the kitchen every day, and nearly three to four of those hours cooking.

What would people do if their language disappeared into oblivion? What would happen to a culture when its language is extinct? These questions might pop up in one's mind when s/he learned that Achik, the oral language of the Garos, is on the verge of extinction.

Back in the 80s a young woman in her early 20s used to travel regularly to different parts of Dhaka with a determination to establish her own business.

Feroza Begum, a legendary singer, gave Nazrul's songs the passion with her unforgettable seasoned voice and she will remain afresh in the heart of millions.

My mother suffered from stomach ailments for over a year before she told anyone about it.

Unveiling the Great Thinker

Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. If you don't agree that men are stupid just check the newspapers.

In the contemporary world of music in Bangladesh, Kona is a household name.

I arrived in Bangladesh in July 2014. My impression on arrival: hot, larger than life, and colourful and I loved it.

For 18 years, the Star Magazine has been an integral part of your family.

The Royal Society for Public Health is an independent, multi-disciplinary charity, dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and well-being.

A challenge that a woman faces in Bangladesh today is the lack of creative space-- a space which will allow her to think, a platform where she will plan her actions and where she will make decisions of her own.

A week ago, I was stopped at a traffic signal in Mogbazaar, because the PM was passing by.

The tradition of giving and receiving dowry is unfortunately still alive and kicking in our country.

Europe's Jews face rising anti-Semitism in some countries, but multiculturalism is far from dead.

Nihad Kabir is without a doubt one of the most brilliant legal minds of our country.