‘Like a morning after a nuclear attack’
24 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Weekend Read
Fear of sexual harassment triggering child marriage: survey
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
From victims to villains: The changing discourse on Rohingyas
Yet another attempt to send Rohingyas back to Myanmar ended up in an embarrassing debacle last week: Not a single Rohingya
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
We are what we remember
When Nana was 24, he saw Muslims slaughtered in prayer. As men prostrated before God, the cold of steel met the warmth of flesh,
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Can our mangroves survive the impulse to industrialise?
On August 24, 2017, the High Court directed the Bangladesh government not to approve any industry activity within 10 kilometres of the Sundarbans area.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Rizia Rahman’s devotion to art
Beginning its journey after 1947, Bangladeshi literature created a different wave in Bangla literature—Rizia Rahman was one of the
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
On loving childhood reads as an adult
I have been recovering from a very long and arduous block in my reading life, a block that could not be broken by the fattest or
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Clouds aren’t fluffy and other revelations at Meghalaya
During the Eid holidays, I went to Meghalaya through the Tamabil-Dawki border with seven friends. On our way to Sylhet from Dhaka,
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Neoliberal apologetics: The fallacy of boycotting meat to save the Amazon
This week, the tragic news that massive wildfires are raging in the Amazon has shocked the world. As photos of burning trees, fleeing
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
The Amazon is burning and this is what led to it
The Amazon is burning and this is what led to it
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong histories: converging narratives of struggle
The ongoing protests in Hong Kong are not just about an extradition bill, civil liberties, or even a constitutional right to democracy—
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
How the ceiling falling on my head taught me something new about commercial property
When the concrete casting of the ceiling at Gausia market broke off and fell on my head last week, I was determined to hold someone
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Life after a fire
Sitting on a bench on the premises of Bangabandhu Bidyaniketon, 50-year-old Majeda Begum was crying. She wasn’t the only one.
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
A tiny red gate jostles for space among shops, apartments, and the flurry of traffic in Block F of Lalmatia in Dhaka. Like the name
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Snapshot
“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Repatriation of the Rohingyas: All an eye-wash
When recent reports revealed that some 3,450 Rohingya refugees will be repatriated to Myanmar, panic struck the camps again. Unlike the repatriation programme of November 2018, this time the families earmarked for repatriation have not been informed yet (as of
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Snapshot
If you wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Fighting the dengue menace
The residents of Dhaka city are suffering the most from the dengue menace despite DNCC and DSCC having a large budget for controlling the reproduction of mosquitoes.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Low rawhide prices this Eid
The price of rawhide has fallen sharply, a growing concern for small traders for whom Eid-ul-Azha is a major point of the year. Rawhides were traded at very low prices in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh, one of the country’s major tannery hubs, though prices were to remain unchanged
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
When it no longer pays to pollute the environment
Just as the city corporations were about to lay down the shovels and pat themselves on the back for a job well done cleaning up all the qurbani waste, more appeared on the streets. Traders threw away reeking piles of hides, dumping them in public garbage spots (also known as sidewalks).
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
She Suffered in Silence
28-year-old Helena Akter, from Pirgachha, Rangpur, is currently battling for her life due to pulmonary tuberculosis, psychological trauma, and other health complications. According to her relatives, doctors of Rangpur Medical College Hospital even recommended
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Articles 370 and 35A, explained
On Monday, August 5, 2019, the people of Jammu and Kashmir lost all contact with the outside world. After clamping down on the internet and telephone lines for the 53rd time this year, deploying tens of thousands of troops in what is already one of the most
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM