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.

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.

Man wanted freedom. Man got war. Man won life. That basically sums up my understanding of how this world really works.

The number of the bouncers that Bangladesh ace pacer Taskin Ahmed was asked to bowl for “illegal bowling action” by the International Cricket...

The heist of 101 million US dollars from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank has taken the country into a state of total confusion.

Aaji Modhur o Bashori Baaje”, at the British Council. I was 13-years-old then. Mohammad Shah Jahan was on Tabla.

The excerpts given here might seem like dialogues taken from an action movie, but they are actually snippets of real conversations

The first thing you will notice after landing in Austin- Bergstrom International Airport is it's appreciation for music, American football,

On March 7, 2016, around mid-afternoon, the news of a strange case reached The Daily Star. Within an hour, televisions and social

Opportunities are treasured. Opportunities come by at random, at their will and wish. Our task is to recognise them and use them to

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.

Ideally footpaths are meant for pedestrians only. However in Bangladesh, having footpaths only reserved for pedestrians is an

Composer of the famous song “Aamar Bhaier Rokte Rangano” Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist, language movement activist and martyred freedom fighter during the country's liberation war. Even though this musical maestro was widely known for his

It's that time of the year again, when city dwellers are worrying about diseases spread by mosquitoes and insects. People from all walks of life are facing serious trouble due to the rise of mosquitoes, in various cities of the country.

As soon as we stepped onto the basketball court of the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), we witnessed a truly

Is the number of people killed in a car bomb in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday and wounded 75 more, the governor's

Thirty five years ago today, Bangladesh lost one of its vanguards of its movement for emancipation. He is Abul Mansur Ahmad, the pioneering intellectual leader whose literary works and revolutionary thoughts have laid the foundation of an independent Bangladesh.

The streets of Dhaka, and really, the entire country, exist in a kind of violence-ignorance dichotomy. We are ready at a moment's notice, it seems, to engage in any kind of mass public beating, regardless of what the victim's sins may have been. At the same time,

Foad Nasser Babu is a living legend where Bangladeshi music is concerned. One of the original members of the band Feedback, Foad

The article titled 'The Saga of a Self-destructive Society' (published on March 11, 2016) is a wake-up call and conscience-arousing