LOST IN THE ARCHIVES

Report after report have been published analysing the effects that the Rampal power plant would have on the environment since as early as 2015. We've compiled a timeline of the major concerns that have been raised against Rampal.

More than 1.4 million* students of Bangladesh study in an education system that has historically kept itself isolated from the rest of the world.

When the 23-year-old constable Halima Begum was posted to her new workplace at Gouripur Thana, Mymensingh, her father, Helal Uddin Akand, was ecstatic.

SAFETY FIRST

On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, we wanted to provide a stern reminder that we are a completely [censored] media without any government or corporate influence.

Not long after he subscribed to a weekly paper that assembles job advertisements, Didarul Alam, desperate for a job, noticed a lucrative ad—from “Village Save The Children”.

Last week I read the article titled 'Living with the ghost of Rana Plaza' (published in Star Weekend on April 21, 2017) which revealed the psychological condition of the Rana Plaza victims.

“The reasons birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” — J.M.Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright

Shakib Khan, one of the biggest movie stars of present-day Bangladesh, alleged that many FDC directors spend time “chatting instead of doing work”.

It really does not seem fair. This man, who ruled the roost like no other from early 2005 to late 2007, then gave up a bit of his...

“How many governments have fallen,” the prince had gone on, “And how many kingdoms have been swept from the face of the earth, and Orosh is still standing.”

We, travellers, have fallen in love with Sajek's stark, burnt-umber coloured cliffs that jut upright throughout the valley.

Reality TV has long been a fixture of regular television. Shows like Queen for a Day and Cash and Carry introduced the concept in the 1940s, testing the waters.

It's a truth universally, and perhaps, grudgingly acknowledged, that a production does not work without its corporate sponsors; and that is precisely where the corporations play their big hands. Beginning from picking the director, producer and actors, they also influence how their products are integrated into the story.

Book Fair 2017

When I read some of the introductions of myself, I see that people see me as actor-director, TV personality, social activist, entrepreneur, etc. Yes, I wear many caps. And these are things I do.

The people set afloat by the flash floods of the haor areas are not blaming their luck—or some supreme being. The only omnipotent force they are naming is far nearer, in the Sylhet metropolis and goes by the name of the Water Development Board.

Banu Begum, a 38-year-old garment worker, leaves home at 7.30 in the morning, drops off her two daughters at a nearby madrasa and then walks to her factory a few kilometres away.

As far as the eye can see acres upon acres of lush green corn plantations sway in the breeze. A cluster of houses and kitchens are shaded by banana and eucalyptus trees.