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Navigating Dhaka's Eid shopping scene on a budget
By now, many have already spent a good chunk of their time shopping for friends and families. After all, can you put a price on the smile of your loved ones after gifting them their Eid dress?
My Dhaka / Comrade, give me a cup!
Yet, the tiny, yellow-walled tea stall attracts customers like bees to flowers. “Comrade, give me a cup,” is how they ask for tea.
The colourful cauliflowers of Bangladesh
Instead of the regular old white cauliflowers - you can now have cauliflowers that are red, yellow, pink, or purple.
Shankha Dasgupta: Meet the genius behind Guti
Shankha Dasgupta is the genius behind Guti, and anyone who has followed his work over the years knows precisely how exceptional he is. The much-anticipated show, Guti, came out on Chorki in January, leaving the viewers binging.
Despite charging fees, needs of passengers neglected
<p>Terminal fees are being imposed on passengers travelling to India. However, there are currently no provisions for the use of restrooms at the Benapole International Passenger Terminal. </p><p>Find out more in today's Star Newsbytes</p>
#Perspective / Wasfia Nazreen: Don’t let ageism break your spirit
The mere fact that Wasfia Nazreen, even with her extraordinary achievements and so many accolades to her name, has to face these needless validations should not come as a surprise to the world, because the reality is that ‘below average mentality’ strikes everywhere, is highly deep-rooted, and pays zero respect to any type of accomplishment.
Bhabir Mor: How the name of Ranighat Mor in Dinajpur changed
Just 34km away from Dinajpur city, Tangon river flows along the Indian border. There is a rubber dam with a bridge over the river. This spot in Bochaganj upazila, Dinajpur is called Ranighat Mor. But now it is known as “Bhabir Mor".
Bangla movie HAWA, crowd favourite GULTI and the magic of cinema
Hawa is a Bangladeshi mystery-drama film, written and directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon. The film is produced by Facecard Productions and Sun Music & Motion Pictures Limited and has become one of the trendiest movies of the year. The film stars Chanchal Chowdhury as Chan Majhi, Nazifa Tushi as Gulti, and Sariful Razz as Ibrahim or Iba, amongst others. A few days ago, Gulti, a protagonist of the trending movie Hawa, sat amongst the crowd at Chitra Mahal cinema hall in Old Dhaka, to relive the magic of cinema amongst real men.
Sudder Street: A piece of Bangladesh in Kolkata
Sudder Street is a busy thoroughfare in the bustling city of Kolkata. What's unique about this street is that it attracts many Bangladeshis.
Jashore's 'Loss Project' providing essentials at half-price during Ramadan
With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, prices of essentials go up in a long-standing tendency in Bangladesh.
Chef de Cuisine Faisal Aziz at Raffinato Ristorante Italiano
Hoisting the apron of the Chef de Cuisine of Raffinato Ristorante Italiano, Aziz is one such individual who has donned many hats in his three-decade-long career.
Get Fit with Rawan Ahmed Choudhury
Health plays an important role in our lives. It is mostly defined by the mental, and physical fitness of our body. If our physical health is not well, neither will be our mental health and vice versa.
Machher jhol: Story of the Bengali fish curry
What made those long waits worthwhile was the food served at the shanty restaurants dotted on the sides of the road leading to the ghat.
Fair for local seeds collected by women farmers
It is not a typical Bangladeshi village fair. Here, seeds of various plants and crops are bought and sold. For the last 10 years, a local private organisation ‘Lokoj’ has been arranging this fair in Gangarampur union under Batiata, Khulna.
How a Bangladeshi became an actor in South Korea
From a trade union leader to an actor, the life story of Mahbub Alam is like a movie plot.
A fair where Dhaka’s plant-lovers exchange plants
Plants in exchange of plants! If you have two cactuses of the same kind in your collection, you can trade one of them for a different plant.
15 Questions with Shampa Reza
Shampa Reza is a bona fide Bangladeshi singer, model and actress. A graduate from Shantiniketon, she began her training in classical music at the tender age of four and continues to do so, till date. In 1975 Reza began her acting career with the play 'Ostrutogandha' and the rest is history, this admirable actress speaks to Star Lifestyle today about everything under the sun from her childhood days, film career to the child-friendly schools she has steered over the years.
15 Questions with Kishwar Chowdhury
We all know her as Kishwar Chowdhury, the Bangladeshi Australian who won millions of hearts around the globe with her participation in the popular reality show Masterchef Australia.
