To commemorate and welcome this Bengali New Year, Kaymu Bangladesh celebrated 'Pahela Baishakh 1422' on April 11, 2015 at their office in Banani in the capital city.

Monday, March 30, marked the official opening of UC Berkeley's Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.

“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.”

BLUES NIGHT UNDER THE SKY

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”

I am pleased to say that the last cover photo of the Star Weekend (published on April 10, 2015) had the perfect essence of our Bengali New Year celebration.

For the past four days I have been confined to my bed, with the occasional foray into the kitchen in search of food and water and subsequently the toilet.

The city of Delhi's anti-corruption helpline re-launched by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday answered 12,731 calls in 24 hours. Officials are now investigating the calls to separate the real calls from the frivolous calls.

An eight-member Thai delegation led by Thailand's Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat arrived yesterday for a one-day visit to

Coastguards in separate drives seized 10 maunds of jatka ((hilsa less than ten inches long) and 95,000 metres of current net from Najirpur ghat of the Tentulia River in Lalmohon upazila on Sunday night.

A man allegedly committed suicide at Chhoto Singia village in Baliadangi upazila early yesterday.

Students in both urban and rural areas should be given equal opportunities to develop themselves, said Rokia Afzal Rahman, former

It is now Law Minister Anisul Huq who receives death threats after his cabinet colleague, the education minister, received the same.

Seven former officials of Oriental Bank are sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for embezzling Tk 1 crore in the name of disbursement.

Noboborsho, Boisuk, Biju, Bisu, Sangrain, Klubong Plai, Hongorani, Baha, Faguya -- the names are different in different languages but

A child drowned in a pond at Dakkhin Madraj village in Charfassion upazila yesterday morning. The deceased is Sufia, 2, daughter of Kamal Hossain

A debate competition organised by Brac, Debate for Democracy, and ATN Bangla was held at the capital’s Bangladesh Film Development Corporation yesterday.

The clock struck 10:30. It was perhaps the most desired moment in the lives of the widows of a remote Sohagpur village. It was the time that brought an end to their long, agonising wait for justice as the man, who unleashed horrendous atrocities on them 44 years ago, walked the gallows last night.

“Writing for children is something very special. When I try to depict their child-like dreams, their innocence and imagination in my writing, what I enjoy most is that I start to think like them”, says Ashique Mustafa,

In a family of eight brothers, three brothers- Mohammad Aftab, Mohammad Samsad, and Mohammad Nausad, owners of Fayzany Madina Biryani House, grew up struggling for basic rights.