Millions will remember where they were when they heard the news: Shohag Gazi, a short-haired and medium-built, 22-year-old Bangladeshi cricketer has achieved a feat no human has done in the 136 year old history of the game. It was described…
Bangladesh is a country of cricket fanatics. As a nation we are in love with the Bangladesh cricket team. Astounding performances from our players have shaken the cricket world many times. Shohag Gazi’s recent record breaking performance of a hat-trick…
How many of you out there have ever attempted to dig out the hardened earwax out of your ear with a cotton bar? How many of you have tried the same research in your ear with a hairpin, paper clip…
November brings one of the largest and prestigious literary celebrations in the Bangla Academy premises- The Hay Festival. It is a festival where many literature lovers congregate from all around the world and engage in a range of literary activities…
Tarikat Islam, who is a lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Khulna University, has studied drawing and painting at the Rabindra Bharati University in India. Parthopotim Dev was the Head of his Department, and Shatrapati Dutt was his teacher. He…
Megh was only five years old when he woke up one day to find the bodies of his parents lying in a pool of blood in their apartment. A small child had just lost his parents to the most gruesome…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 10 said, “I want peace and development for the people, not the prime ministership.” She was addressing a function marking the national conference of khatibs and imams at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Many people…
The thought of going back to Dhaka has always brought with it a sense of excitement and anticipation. Seeing my mother, visiting relatives, spending time with old friends and just being back home is something I have looked forward to…
The decision over the weekend by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to pull out of the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka is seen by many to be a policy miscalculation which will hurt bilateral ties. Singh will miss the meeting…
In a new synthesis of past work, researchers found that women consistently score lower than men on common assessments of conceptual understanding of physics. However, when examining the factors that may account for these differences (such as student background and…
The share market is doing well, going upwards that is; but there is no news, there is no appreciation from any quarters, only the privileged are enjoying the profit. There is suspicion that something ominous is around the corner, and…
Vincent van Gogh, during his brief career, sold only one of his paintings during his lifetime and became famous only after his death. On the contrary, fame and a huge amount of wealth came to Pablo Picasso during his life…
There is hardly anything unusual about 15-year-old Monufa Akhtar. A student of class nine, she dresses simply-her father is a day labourer and struggles to make ends meet. Monufa helps her mother with the cooking and other household chores –…
At the start of evening in Shubhapur Union of Chhagalnaiya Upazila in Feni District, distant singing and drums can be heard. It’s coming from perhaps half a kilometre away, certainly no more than that, from an unseeable eastern place somewhere…
Syeda Rizwana Hassan has quite a few identities attached to her name. She is the Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyer Association (BELA), an Advocate (Attorney) in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and also a devoted environment activist who tirelessly…
Secularism, Gangnam Style There is no denying that classical secularism, born in the womb of European Renaissance with a call for the separation of state and religion, does not exist any more. Like any ideological belief, it has evolved and…
Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Hits 1,774 The Philippine government confirmed that the death toll reached 1,774 early Tuesday after the typhoon Haiyan attacked its costal belt. The death toll is expected to rise considerably. Two provincial officials predicted that it…
LT COL ABU TAHER (1938-1976) “I am proud of everything whatever I have done. I am not afraid. Mr Chairman, my final word is that I love my country and my nation. I have become a part of the spirit…
“Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me. America is a mistake, a giant mistake. If you can’t do it, give up! Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.”
Careful Monitoring of Traffic Signals Nowadays, I feel scared to get on a bus, particularly at the Kawran Bazaar traffic signal. I recently had a bad experience at that particular signal when the bus started moving, as someone tried to…
“The government has become desperate sensing its fall. They’re arresting opposition leaders and activists by taking position against the people of the country.” RUHUL KABIR RIZVI Joint Secretary General of BNP In response to the current detention of some…
Destination Feni By publishing this fascinating cover story on Feni, the Star has reminded us that there is so much yet to be learned about our own country. I hope that the Star will continue to publish stories about the…
Few things inspire us these days. Death, destruction and despair follow us at every turn. But even as we reel from the news of yet another child, man or woman being killed or maimed in hartal violence, even as we…
