WHY WE AGE

A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, as detailed April 30, 2015, in Science.
7 May 2015

FOR THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Lee Taylor is the National Finance Director of Unilever Bangladesh Ltd. According to him, CIMA has added a lot of value to the emerging market in Bangladesh.
7 May 2015

Star Diary

My mother was going somewhere by a rickshaw at noon, the other day. There was no traffic jam on the roads.
7 May 2015

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor Aidan Gillen is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Stuart Alan Jones in
7 May 2015

Celebrating the Summer Harvest

The paddy fields of rural Bangladesh have turned golden with ripe paddy ready for harvest.
7 May 2015

1 MINUTE PLEASE!

Tawsif Mahbub is a young actor, who has successfully captured the hearts of many in Bangladesh.
7 May 2015

Land deal: Modi phones Hasina

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and conveys his greetings to the people of Bangladesh on passage of long pending Land Boundary Agreement.
7 May 2015

Bangladesh’s religious affairs ministry places notice in Arabic to stop urinating at public places

In an innovative effort to stop people from urinating in public, the religious affairs ministry has placed a notice in Arabic in some areas of the city.
6 May 2015

Mufti Hannan confessed without coercion

Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others, without influence from law enforcers, confessed their involvement in the August 21 grenade attack, former Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Sultan Mahmud, who recorded the trio's confessional statement, told a Dhaka court on May 5, 2015.
5 May 2015

Stop dam construction on Gumti in 24hrs: HC

The High Court asks the government to stop construction of a dam and earth filling on the Gumti river in Muradnagar upazila of Comilla in 24 hours.
4 May 2015

Intercropping of mango gains momentum

Mango intercropping with various cereal crops especially paddy has been gaining momentum in the region including its vast Barind
3 May 2015

Islamic State crisis: US-led Syria strikes 'kill dozens of civilians’

Air strikes by the US-led coalition targeting Islamic State militants kills more than 50 civilians in northern Syria.
2 May 2015

LEADING THE TEAM

One moment she is seen in an apron, shoes and hat, climbing a ladder to check whether the machineries are working right, the next moment she is seen supervising a team of male workers in the manufacturing wing.
30 April 2015

25 YEARS OF THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

In just 405 years, since Galileo first chose to point a telescope up rather than forward, humankind has made incredible strides in space
30 April 2015

IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

Jesmin Ehsan is yet another young professional working in Dhaka who has completed the strategic level of CIMA, becoming the top scorer
30 April 2015

EVERYTHING BEGINS AT HOME

She tried to balance the 3-year-old on her hips.
30 April 2015

CARTOONS AS A MEANS OF PROTEST

To protest the heinous crime of sexual harassment that had taken place on Pahela Baishakh, groups of cartoonists launched a unique
30 April 2015

1 MINUTE PLEASE!

Tania Hosaain is a household name when it comes to playing characters of depth and power, on television. Also a model and popular anchor, Tania is an enthusiastic listener of music and a voracious reader. She takes out some time to speak about her likes and dislikes with the Star Weekend.
30 April 2015

SNAPSHOT

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” — Pablo Neruda
30 April 2015

MAILBOX

This week's spotlight (Published on April 24, 2015) has perfectly portrayed the true scenario about how women are being molested in our country regularly.
30 April 2015