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QUIRKY SCIENCE
For more than ten years the H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia, run by an international collaboration of 42 institutions in 12 countries...
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Islam Today
The word 'progress' often times becomes a controversial word, amongst both intellectuals and scholars, when the questions of whose progress
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Jaago Bangladeshi Jaago
45 years ago, at the beginning of the month of March, Yahya Khan announced on televisions and radios that the General Assembly of Pakistan was to be postponed 'until a later date'.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
STAR DIARY
Just a couple of days ago, I was in a serious mood, as exams were knocking on the door. Suddenly I heard a loud scream.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Tajuddin Ahmed (July 23, 1925 – November 3, 1975)
Born at Kapasia in Gazipur, Tajuddin Ahmed is regarded one of the most instrumental leaders in the birth of Bangladesh who played a significant role during the Liberation War. A freedom fighter, Ahmed served as the Prime Minister of the then Mujibnagar government, and also after independence, he contributed significantly in rebuilding the nation.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
NUMBERS 9
The number of the bouncers that Bangladesh ace pacer Taskin Ahmed was asked to bowl for “illegal bowling action” by the International Cricket...
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Flashbacks of the Black Night
The excerpts given here might seem like dialogues taken from an action movie, but they are actually snippets of real conversations
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
SNAPSHOT
“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Shaping a Nation
45 years on, do we still remember the core tenets of our autonomy? What did we want as a liberated Bangladesh? Were we successful in giving a state, a home and citizenship to those that needed it the most?
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Family meets Nizami in Kashimpur jail
Convicted war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami's wife, two sons and two daughter-in-laws met and talked to him for
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
1 Minute Please
Aaji Modhur o Bashori Baaje”, at the British Council. I was 13-years-old then. Mohammad Shah Jahan was on Tabla.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
About Town
MEET THE JOURNALIST
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Baby elephant spooked by goat
This baby elephant living in Nepal is completely spoofed when, after hanging out with some humans he meets a goat.
24 March 2016, 05:46 AM
[WATCH] Dog paints masterpieces like a pro
Dagger II the dog is the greatest canine artist of his generation.
22 March 2016, 12:39 PM
Trace IT expert Zoha
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed its deep concern over the disappearance of IT expert Tanveer Hassan Zoha, who was allegedly picked up on early Thursday.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
UK zoo to open national poo museum
The Isle of Wight Zoo in the UK announces that it will be opening a museum devoted to poo on March 25.
20 March 2016, 11:19 AM
Remembering ‘Mithu Bhai’
On March 7, 2016, around mid-afternoon, the news of a strange case reached The Daily Star. Within an hour, televisions and social
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
MAILBOX
The article titled 'The Saga of a Self-destructive Society' (published on March 11, 2016) is a wake-up call and conscience-arousing
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Out in the Open
When 26-year-old Tasmia Jahan would stay mostly awake, experience bouts of dizziness, gain weight, display strange cases of mood swings, suffer from anxiety attacks and suddenly burst into tears, her family thought she was just lonely and needed to get married.
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Star Diary
Ideally footpaths are meant for pedestrians only. However in Bangladesh, having footpaths only reserved for pedestrians is an
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM