Humour / Why I don’t like voice messages
30 September 2026
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Star Youth
Pop Culture / Why do modern films look artificial?
29 September 2026
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Star Youth
Reflections / Is nonchalance the death of emotional intelligence?
29 September 2026
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Reflections / The allure of live theatre in the age of screens
27 September 2026
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Star Youth / Unlikeable and unforgivable: Let’s give our women some grace
9 September 2026
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Pop Culture
Reader Submission / The positive impact of pets on children's development
22 August 2026
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Pop Culture / Making smartphones cinematic: The Park Chan-wook Way
30 June 2026
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Father's Day / The love language of my father
21 June 2026
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Star Youth / How social media and technology have changed how we mourn losses
15 June 2026
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Star Youth / The return of Y2K culture: what does this mean for us now?
6 June 2026
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Poter Bibi: Promoting Bangladeshi culture and fashion
Potter Bibi is an online shopping site serving products that are made in Bangladesh. The name, Potter Bibi, refers to the Bangla idiom, Shushojitto Thaka (staying adorned).
29 May 2019
The proud brothers of DOTA 2 Bangladesh
Mohammad Aiman “Len” Iqbal and Zunnun “Jin” Iqbal, known as two of the most popular professional DOTA 2 players today, also hold the prestigious positions in the SEA server as two of the top 1,500 players. They have been playing the game for over six years. They have played for one of most successful professional DOTA 2 teams of Bangladesh, The Council, for a long time. The last tournament Aiman played with The Council was The Local Cup Season 1, where they were the winners.
27 May 2019
Serving happiness to the underprivileged this Ramadan
Under Bidyanondo Foundation’s programme, ‘Ek Takay Ahar’ hundreds of street dwelling children, beggars, elderly people and physically and mentally
27 May 2019
Taking The Flourist forward
A Communication Design graduate from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Mufrad Zafar took up advertising for a few years after returning to Dhaka. Soon, he realised that he was not really drawn to the profession and he needed to venture into a career path that was creative and satisfying.
27 May 2019
Md Mamunur Rashid on Shaping the Youth with Empathy Education
Md Mamunur Rashid, a lecturer at BRAC institute of Languages at BRAC University, leads a project that focuses on empathy education. The project received International Recognition at the 20th Committee on Teaching about the United Nations Conference at the UN in April 2019. This is an annual recognition to those educators who have demonstrated the ability to inspire their students to collaborate, brainstorm and implement a plan successfully across all domains of learning on selected UN topics and global issues.
27 May 2019
UN SDG Action Awards
The UN SDG Action Awards, organised by the UN SDG Action Campaign, was held from May 2-4, 2019 at Martin Luther-King Strasse in Bonn, Germany. The event is hosted every year to celebrate individuals, civil society organisations, local governments and change-makers who are taking transformative action to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across a range of categories.
24 May 2019
”Be passionate about what you learn” – Dr Neelima Yeasmin
Dr Neelima Yeasmin has always been academically brilliant. So, when she topped the 39th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Examination, it was not much of a surprise for her friends and family.
23 May 2019
Youth Opportunities
The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative is led by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the Coordinating
23 May 2019
From the balcony to the beauty biz
Sabikun Nahar had an interest in hairdressing from a young age. She completed her training in unisex hairstyling from Sydney School of Hairdressing- Toni&Guy Education in Australia.
23 May 2019
Taking the leap
Surovi Binte Sharmin Mohona recently completed her undergraduate education from North South University in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She was selected for a five-year PhD fellowship at Loyola University, Chicago, USA, soon after she finished her undergraduate thesis.
23 May 2019
Jaifrin Ahmed’s journey to BAKED
Jaifrin Ahmed, a business graduate from North South University, won the Alokito Nari Shommanona this year for her entrepreneurial
22 May 2019
YY Goshti: Making waves in social business
Considered as Bangladesh’s first social business incubator, YY Goshti was started with the mission to provide social business entrepreneurs with all the resources that they need.
21 May 2019
BYLC awards six alumni
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) handed over awards to the six leaders at its second alumni awards ceremony at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital, said a press release.
20 May 2019
Are women of Bangladesh ready for the fourth industrial revolution?
Female workers have long played a central role in the development of Bangladesh’s RMG industry, making us the largest apparel exporter after China today. In this era of the fourth industrial revolution, we need another big push, but the question is - Can women take the lead and prepare us to face the challenges this revolution would bring for us?
20 May 2019
Artist Morshed Mishu mugged at knife-point on Kuril flyover
Morshed Mishu, the prodigal artist who made the country proud by being included in the prestigious Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list, was mugged on Kuril flyover today at around 1 am.
19 May 2019
Celebrating academic excellence a grand ceremony by AUW
Last weekend, Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong, celebrated their 7th convocation ceremony at a 5 star hotel in the port city.
16 May 2019
HungryNaki co-founder Tausif Ahmad passes away
Tausif Ahmad, the co-founder and COO of popular food delivery service HungryNaki, lost his two-year long battle to lung cancer and passed away at a hospital in Malaysia today.
16 May 2019
Zaheed Sabur’s success at Google
Zaheed Sabur is the first Bangladeshi principal engineer at one of the world’s leading technology companies, Google.
15 May 2019
The Local Cup Season One
The Local Cup Season One was organised recently, with participation from both renowned players and newcomers of DOTA 2 Bangladesh.
15 May 2019
Beating odds, mother and son reunite
On February 13, 2018, Mohammad Siam, aged 9, stormed out of his home after his mother scolded him for not studying. He went to a nearby park and was greeted by an insidious man.
11 May 2019