Growing up, I was always told to be prepared when embarking on something new. Sometimes, however, there is very little one can do

Winter is the month of celebration in this country of scorching summers. And the Dhaka urbanites do get spoilt for choice when

One of my favourite childhood memories about cinema is of sitting on one of the large floor mats placed on an open field in a tiny

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is perhaps the most culturally significant movie of the last year. In the protagonist Mildred, director Martin McDonagh portrays a woman who's had enough of the town's corruption plaguing her life and decides to do something about it.

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, Star Weekend profiled several prominent

Almost every parent has asked this question at least once—how do you protect your children from the dark side of the internet?

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How are clickers countering the depreciating value of the Like button?

The depiction of the mother and her martyred son represents a religious iconography dating back to the crucifixion of Christ. Many

The percentage of global smokers has dropped in the past 25 years, but in countries like Bangladesh, where as many as 40 percent of

“From a love for our language, for the Liberation War, and for the nation has arisen a shared sense of democracy and freedom of

This is regarding an article published in the Star Weekend titled “Tenants: At the mercy of landlords” on January 26, 2018. Every year,

“We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.”

In Bangladesh, 6,582 women die from cervical cancer every year. If the number seems small at first glance, here's another: 11,956 cases get diagnosed annually, while over 58.7 million women (aged 15 or above) are at risk.

There is an inherent conflict in the current series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Traditionally, Bangladesh cricket fans tend to be

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Wandering the web of cobbled streets spanning the city's old town and gazing beyond the chain of souvenir shops brimming with

Much like buying a free-size robe that needs no trial, motherhood is expected to fit all women who give birth. When it comes to

Often in conversations people bring up the difference between the words “home” and “house”, or in our case, the difference between “bari” and “basha”.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat", based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi's epic poem of the same name, was originally titled Padmavati