Elora’s art of colourful threads

Elora’s room full of portraits of famous people, recreated historic photographs and paintings will catch anyone’s eyes for her use of a unique medium to create those.
23 May 2019, 06:47 AM

Eid advance train ticket sale starts

Hundreds of people have thronged Kamalapur Railway Station to purchase train tickets in advance for travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr.
22 May 2019, 04:25 AM

Age-old Jamdani haat of lakh taka

With Eid-ul-Fitr approaching, the business of the age-old Jamdani haat at Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila on the bank of Shitalakhya River reaches its peak.
21 May 2019, 12:18 PM

Crocodile Juliet lays 34 eggs in Karamjal

Juliet, the female crocodile of Karamjol Wildlife Rescue Center of Sundarban, lays 34 eggs.
18 May 2019, 13:56 PM

BE THE CHANGE

RAFI HOSSAIN: Welcome to Star Showbiz Cross Talk. Today we have with us, President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Chairman of Nagorik Television, Rubana Huq.
17 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Jurain residents demand safe water supply

Residents of Jurain area in the capital Dhaka stage a demonstration demanding supply of safe and drinkable water by Wasa.
17 May 2019, 09:20 AM

All 32 Batagur baska babies hatch at Karamjal

All 32 eggs of Batagur baska, a critically endangered northern river terrapin, have hatched at Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
17 May 2019, 05:56 AM

Buy directly from us

Frustrated after incurring huge losses, many farmers are demanding that the government procure paddy or rice directly from the growers instead of rice mill owners. “In this system, farmers have no choice but to sell their harvest to local rice mill owners. So, those mid-dlemen become the beneficiary
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Buddhist monastery distributes iftar in Ramadan

The Dhammarajika Buddhist Monastery in the capital’s Bashabo Sabujbagh area distributes iftar and drinking-water to poor fasting Muslims.
16 May 2019, 11:22 AM

Move on to grab Padma char

The Rajshahi prison authorities have moved to grab at least 100 acres of char land in the Padma river in the city’s Sreerampur to build Prisons Training Academy complex.
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Life passing by in chains

He spent more than half his life, nearly 22 years, being chained to a tree next to a mud hut that belongs to his family.
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Criminals, drug dealers in BCL central committee’

A deprived faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling party’s student front, has threatened hunger strike demanding removal of “non-eligible” leaders.
14 May 2019, 08:36 AM

Road, rail blocked in Khulna, Ctg

Thousands of agitating jute mill workers blocked roads and railways in Khulna and Jashore and roads in Chattogram yesterday, the first day of their indefinite strike at state-owned jute mills for better wages and arrears.
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The roaming barbers of Lalmonirhat

Roaming barbers cycle around and provide salon services to the residents of Mogalhat, a border village of Lalmonirhat, to this day, right at their doorstep.
13 May 2019, 10:30 AM

Jute Workers: No pay scale in 9 years, no pay for months

On September 7, 2015, the cabinet approved the eighth national pay scale effective from July that year, and it has been implemented in al-most all government offices and corporations.
12 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Pilot aborted first attempt at landing

After aborting the first landing attempt at the Yangon airport in bad weather, the ill-fated Biman plane on May 8 went up to 5,000 feet and circled near the airport for 15 minutes.
11 May 2019, 18:00 PM

CANNES CALLING

Watch the Star Live video to know about the ‘Festival de Cannes’, a heaven for international film for over seven decades now, serving as the biggest platform for film lovers all over the world.
10 May 2019, 04:51 AM

Where once was a river named Gorai…

Desert of white sand and puddles of water flowing along it – this is what the once great river Gorai in Kushtia has reduced itself to now.
10 May 2019, 04:25 AM

Resolute mill workers continue agitation

The agitation of state-run jute mill workers rolls on to day four without any lesser of resolution to reap demands of pay and arrears. Several thousands of workers of Latif Bawani Jute Mill and Karim Jute Mill agitating at Demra, Dhaka.
9 May 2019, 06:42 AM

A different kind of iftar

When it comes to breaking fast after a long day of self-restraint, we are often tempted to over-indulge. After all, iftar translates into a veritable period of gastronomical joy in Dhaka.
7 May 2019, 18:00 PM