FROM THE ARCHIVES / Cinema has a language of its own: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
11 June 2021
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.
11 June 2021
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
16 September 2020
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
16 September 2020
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020
This city is theirs too
28 August 2020
If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.
28 August 2020
‘Why did I even get tested, if no one would check?’
18 June 2020
Ever since the Malaysian authorities imposed a stringent lockdown in the country in March, Asif Rahman had been counting down the days in his small Kuala Lumpur apartment till when he could reunite with his family in Bogura.
18 June 2020
Dreams incomplete
25 April 2019
From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.
25 April 2019
Circular Bus Service in Dhanmondi / Launched while in 'test phase'?
28 March 2019
While the launch of a circular bus service -- that promises convenient short-distance commutes around Dhanmondi and nearby areas -- has generated excitement among many citizens of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they might have to hold their horses for just a little longer.
28 March 2019
Justice Habibur Rahman: A life of subdued greatness
10 January 2019
His would not be an ordinary life. The year was 1952, and the movement demanding Bangla as a state language of erstwhile East
10 January 2019
[WATCH NOW] First look of Jaya-starrer “Rajkahini” revealed
The trailer for the historical drama Rajkahini set against the backdrop of the Partition looks power-packed and quite edge-of-the-seat.
15 August 2015
A test of patience
There aren't too many occasions in a year when almost the entire nation goes on a three-day vacation at once. The two Eids are, therefore, the time for many to connect with family to lay back and enjoy.
16 July 2015
Abbu is a very idealistic person: Bipasha Hayat
As a child I was amazed by my father's ability to juggle two careers — acting and civil engineering. Abbu (Abul Hayat) would take me to his workplaces; engineering sites, rehearsal rooms, recordings and shootings.
20 June 2015
We're in this together
“I have tried many things in my life, and failed in most of them. Art gallery, film, a restaurant … but it was with the musicians of Bangladesh when I first felt I could do this,”
13 June 2015
From Norway, with love
From all the way across continents, Concerts Norway -- an organisation that started on its own to promote live music in their country
11 June 2015
A platform for contemporary musicians
“I have been in the music industry for 30 years now, and in that time, I have practically seen the industry be born, grow, and then go
4 June 2015
Disarmed by Deepika
As I sat at the International Convention City Bashundhara amid building anticipation and flashy lights, the man next to kept pulling out a suspicious-looking white paper bag from his pocket, and
31 May 2015
Tagore the Traveller
Tagore first crossed the 'kalapani' (the ocean, crossing which was considered inauspicious by Hindus) in 1878 for higher studies to London via Paris, and stayed there for a year and a half (September 1878-February 1880).
7 May 2015
Of Timeless Appeal
If Satyajit Ray were still alive, he would be 94 this Saturday. He would very likely still be writing, if not directing and composing. A new
29 April 2015
FURIOUS 7
Vin Diesel has been known to get attached to his projects.
15 April 2015
Awaiting the dawn …
Pahela Baishakh, since the nineties, has had a boom – in terms of participation, grandeur, outreach and possibly 'urbanisation' of the festival.
15 April 2015
The Lingering Echoes of '71
Rock music is often dismissed by the more serious practitioners of music in our country as noisy, purposeless music alienated from our culture and society.
28 March 2015
Capturing a Turbulent Chapter of History
War is a difficult time. Chaos reigns supreme, and nobody knows what's going to happen the next moment. As bullets and bombs fly
24 March 2015
The Need to Do More
‘Ekush' holds a special place in the history of this country. It was the first scintilla of Bangladesh, long before Bangladesh was born.
27 February 2015