Fahmim Ferdous

Cinema has a language of its own: Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.

3y ago

DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers

Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.

4y ago

DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers

4y ago

This city is theirs too

If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.

4y ago

‘Why did I even get tested, if no one would check?’

Ever since the Malaysian authorities imposed a stringent lockdown in the country in March, Asif Rahman had been counting down the days in his small Kuala Lumpur apartment till when he could reunite with his family in Bogura.

4y ago

Dreams incomplete

From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.

5y ago

Launched while in 'test phase'?

While the launch of a circular bus service -- that promises convenient short-distance commutes around Dhanmondi and nearby areas -- has generated excitement among many citizens of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they might have to hold their horses for just a little longer.

5y ago

Justice Habibur Rahman: A life of subdued greatness

His would not be an ordinary life. The year was 1952, and the movement demanding Bangla as a state language of erstwhile East

5y ago

October 5, 2017

KHACHA Bangladesh's Oscar entry deserved a better release and bigger audience

The curse of Bangladesh's Oscar entries (in the Foreign Language Film category) at the box office continues this year. Akram Khan's “Khacha” – this year's nomination – was taken off the only movie theatre in the capital, Star Cineplex that was screening it after just a

September 29, 2017

A Feluda of our times?

When it was announced that Feluda was getting a 'Bangladeshi' reboot, I was excited. As someone fortunate enough to have grown up in an era before smartphones and the internet, books were a big part of my childhood, and Feluda was one of my first idols.

September 29, 2017

First trailer of “Doob” is out

There has been a lot of talk, but not much to look at until now from Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's much-anticipated Bangladesh-India joint production “Doob” (“No Bed of Roses”). All that changed on Wednesday night when the film released its official trailer on YouTube, and the internet is abuzz.

September 23, 2017