It is a Friday and thus, the usual hat-bazar (market) is not in full swing. Yet a few farmers have gathered at the Tekerhut jute market on the bank of river Kumar in Madaripur.

12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007

Babu

Deplorable Condition

"I believe discussion is needed to change anything in a democracy. Without discussion, nothing can change." AMARTYA SEN

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Story of the Bangla press

It's a Tuesday today, the day we go to print, the day my colleagues, friends and family try to stay out of my way knowing the rise in my level of crankiness.

Krishan Chander was an Urdu writer famous for his short stories and novels.

LOOK AT HIS FINGER

Dear Mita, I am a 48-year-old man and have a 20-year-old daughter who is now away at a college abroad.

A Rickshaw-puller's Epiphany

‘Ekush' holds a special place in the history of this country. It was the first scintilla of Bangladesh, long before Bangladesh was born.

In my two years working with The Star, I had the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful magazine in a number of capacities. I wrote features, often helped with the editing and collected the entries for Star Diary and Write to Mita. Of all these responsibilities, I felt a particular affinity for Star Diary.

According to artist Ruhul Amin Kajol, who is in Bangladesh for three months , visiting friends and relatives, formal art began with the Egyptians, Phoenicians and the cave dwellers before them, who used art to express their thoughts, beliefs and stories through architecture and relief work and to glorify their power.

Coconuts, jackfruit, fish, papaya and rice… there's generosity to its geography.

I am an accidental journalist, the one who sort of stumbled into the world of writing. I had a different dream as a kid.

It's happening again. A familiar rage unfolds its sticky wings within the captive interior of my chest: a monstrous butterfly emerging gracelessly from its cocoon.

The Star is about to embark on a new journey. It will change its format from its present size to a tabloid. Being its editor for most of the 18 years of its existence a little reminiscing is in order.

Why does Sheikh Hasina now oppose the UN's call for holding a dialogue between her ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP to resolve the ongoing political crisis?