Paul argues that colonial education rather sowed discord and contributed to unequal divisions of labour between Hindus and Muslims.

Against the backdrop of the sacking of senior minister Partha Chatterjee – arrested in school recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today carried out a reshuffle of her council of ministers inducting eight new faces, five of them with cabinet rank, including singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo.

It has been 24 years since Fuad Almuqtadir’s first album, “Maya”, released. Since then, the musician, composer and sound engineer has been synonymous with hit music. After 7 years, Fuad has announced that he is ready to return to making new music full-time, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

Fire & Blood is the historical retelling of the reign of the Targaryens as told by the fictional Archmaster Gyldayn, and it is a compressed version of all the things that make A Song of Ice and Fire so fun.

She woke up to milky streetlight spilled on the bed, his exposed neck in its creamy glow. The dark dip between the wings of the collar bones a misshapen waking eye. Keeping watch. She shifted the weight off her right shoulder to turn to the other side. The shoulder was pulsing a heart-beat rhythm of pain. Pain unlike the kind he had brought on a million of his people. A million pairs of hands that would swim oceans, leap mountains, brave war-zones, to switch places with her. For access to that throat. She landed softly on her left. It was time for the other shoulder to share the pain.

There are many platforms that integrate writers and poets. But somehow, academics are only thought of when one becomes a celebrity. Literary Matters, an online literary discussion series, was launched by The Daily Star in May 2022 with the thought of bringing in the up-and-coming academics who are also involved in other creative and intellectual areas.

There’s no other way but to go numb. But then the excruciating job is to make oneself un-numb.

“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.

His written language came close to spoken language due to the primitive and original style of Bengali syntax—simple sentence structures.

West Bengal’s Commerce and Industry minist Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the multi-crore-rupee school teacher recruitment scam, was sacked from the cabinet today (July 28, 2022).

Labour welfare wings  at different foreign missions need to be more friendly and sensitive towards migrant workers while providing services to them, speakers said at a workshop yesterday.

Life-saving care for high blood pressure -- the leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes -- can be expanded nationwide if the government spends $9 per patient annually, according to a study.

A former Union Parishad member has alleged of being tortured and implicated in a false case by police in Rajshahi’s Mohonpur a week ago.

With global food and fertiliser prices alarmingly high already, the government must come up with policy responses to offset the increase in

Studios seem to think female characters need to be glossed with a “zany” and “feisty” persona in order to be relevant. 

Writers and intellectuals are obligated to stir moral indignation at gross injustices and the plight of the masses.

The personal space is the same as the political sphere, the individual on the same strand as the collective. 

Glory is narrated by a vivid chorus of animal voices, while Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is partly told by the malevolent cancer travelling through the body of protagonist Lia.

Stocks in Bangladesh continued to rise for the second consecutive day today, thanks to the buying tendency among institutional investors.

An engaging discussion on translations unfolded at the event.