Today marks the 18th year of the heinous grenade blasts in Awami League's rally, which took 24 lives including prominent politician Ivy Rahman.

Bhai Girish Chandra Sen was a polymath, and the first person to translate the Holy Quran in Bangla.

Recently AK Abdul Momen, Bangladesh's Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, "I went to India and said Sheikh Hasina's continuation must be ensured.”

Sadat Hossain is well known for his work in both Bangla. Recently, he sat down with The Daily Star to talk about his life, writing and writing style.

The dried fish market of Chattogram's Asadganj is locally known as the dried-fish port.

Santosh Robi Das completed his Bachelor's and Master's from Dhaka University. He also has another identity. He is a son of the marginal community of tea workers.

Laal Singh Chaddha is an official remake of Tom Hank’s Forrest Gump. It took nine years to get the movie rights, and its shooting lasted 185 days.

From "Tong" cafés to fine dining restaurants, heated debates to quiet thoughts, tea maintains a cherished place in the hearts of many, particularly in this region of the world.

The government’s go-to response to any criticism cannot be denial. After all, the most dangerous aspect of one’s denial is that what is meant to mislead others ends up misleading oneself, which destroys their own connection with reality.

Why did Sonali want to sell her son in Khagrachari? How are they now?

Banks can make a maximum profit of Tk 1 by selling each US dollar -- such a rule was already there. But the importers and exporters are saying that the banks are making a profit of around Tk 15-20 per dollar. In this situation, Bangladesh Bank has again instructed banks to keep the dollar sale profit margin to a maximum of Tk 1. But why did this situation arise, why did the banks have to be reminded of the rules again and what steps the central bank are taking now to keep the dollar market stable?

Speaking to us about this issue is Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University. 

Today’s Star Explains will shed light on why only US dollar has so much demand and how the American currency become so powerful as a reserve currency.

Yesterday, a girder of the BRT project fell on a car killing five. But who is responsible for this? Is it the Chinese contractor who disregarded minimum safety procedures? Is it the city corporation that was supposed to take care of its citizens? Is it the police who could not ensure public security? Or is it the government, who, after so many accidents in development projects fail to solve the problem?

Ever since the 1980s-90s, our typical perception of a rural village has been changing.

The Shakib Al Hasan-issue has been the talk of the town lately. The cricketer signed then rescinded a controversial sponsorship deal with betting-related site Betwinner News.

Fuel price hike is now the talk of the country. Social media is flooded with questions on this topic. We tried to answer these questions in today’s Star Explains.

On the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition, we look back at the testimonies of the veteran politician, Prabhas Chandra Lahiri; the young political activist, Tajuddin Ahmed; and Professor Ahmed Kamal's book comprising research on and stories of the time.

On the night of August 15, 1975, when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members were assassinated, Rafiqul Islam was at Abdur Rob Serniabat’s residence at Minto Road.

The spiraling global prices of food and fuel have hit hard the local market in Bangladesh. The continuous depreciation of the taka against the US dollar has made the situation worse. People now have to spend more for every item, including pulse, oil and egg. People with fixed income are bearing the brunt as their income did not increase keeping pace with the rising spending.