Government offers information streaming service Proper Gander for only 300 BDT per month
The government yesterday declared that not all citizens had the right to information, but they could get it by paying a modest amount.
3y ago
Bill to open up to sympathetic Bangladeshi online media instead of Oprah
“She forced me to take weeklong vacations with an ex-girlfriend. She forced me to spend days on the beach with my ex.”
3y ago
Morally upstanding preacher loves wife so much, he wants two of them
A morally upstanding preacher, who made a name for himself by spewing violent vitriol against more liberal members of his community on a daily basis, yesterday disclosed to the media that he had a side-wife as well.
3y ago
‘Homelessness a great excuse to work harder’
Is it better to stay in a toilet for seven months with four others or is it better to work 10-hour shifts with no toilet breaks?
3y ago
People who ‘managed’ crucial vaccine despite not meeting criteria still proud of themselves
Of all the people who inundated the country’s social media feed with pictures of them getting vaccinated, more than half had not met the criteria, data from a public health watchdog shows.
3y ago
Government employees donate 25% of salary for city’s decorations
Red lights. Green light. Then blue lights. And some yellow lights. It doesn’t matter when the colours stop representing what they are meant to because we don’t have enough of those colours.
3y ago
Country’s image more fragile than male ego? One country finally opens up
Osama Rahman [OR]: We all want to know one thing and I want to get right to the point. Why is your image being tarnished so easily? Do critical words really take away from how far you have come since you were declared a basket case by a racist, mass murderer?
3y ago
Government officially launches The Snitches Club
The Government of Chapasthan officially launched The Snitches Club earlier yesterday. An initiative of the Ministry of Misinformation, the club was inaugurated by the country’s leader, who attended virtually from their official residence.
3y ago
June 2, 2015
Super Chef 2015: Painting the town Green
The tenth episode of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2015 kicked off with some unexpected news. Farzina's wounds had festered
May 31, 2015
The New Red Wedding?
Last Friday, the Super Chef participants found themselves in the boiler. When it came down to the 'tike-thakar lorai', almost all the
May 29, 2015
MEN IN APRONS
To say that the currently airing Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef was making some strides in shattering stereotypes would be a simplistic statement.
May 29, 2015
When The Guests Judge
Last week, chef Tazammul, executive chef of Watercress, threw a challenge down the participants' way which had them worried. Chef
May 26, 2015
AARONG MILK A Social Statement by itself
Sabina must have realised very early on during her childhood that her life was going to be no walk in the park. Born unto a world of poverty, Sabina hardly ever had a childhood to begin with.
May 26, 2015
Super Chef Of heartbreaks and wounded warriors
Last week's team challenge and elimination round really brought the competition alive. Each of the participants were seen buzzing
May 24, 2015
Chef Tazammul Throws Down The Gauntlet
This week's episode of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2015 is yet another “jadoor baksho” challenge. However, after tensions
May 22, 2015
GO BIG OR GO HOME
This week on the 9th episode of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2015, alliances will be made and broken. Yet another team
May 19, 2015
Jaipur Foot provides 500 free prosthetic limbs
When Sudha Chandran, an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, lost her leg she believed that her dance career was over.
May 19, 2015
THE MASTER OF BAKING: Dan Cake's foray into the Bangladeshi market
During the middle ages, bakers catered to an extremely niche market, with the rich munching away on fine floured bread and the poor
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