Bangladesh Liberation War

Remembering Jahanara Imam: Forging a war amidst a war

Through her relentless activism and unyielding spirit, Jahanara Imam remains a beacon of courage and resilience in the face of immense adversity.

Henry Kissinger’s influence on Bangladesh’s history

The policies he implemented cemented his image as a ruthless figure in Bangladesh's history, a position he carved out for himself.

News report / Poet Asad Chowdhury no more

With the publication of his first collection of poems, Tabak Deya Paan in 1975, Bangla literary scene witnessed the emergence of a powerful new voice.

News Report / Book-Buzz back with its second iteration

Ushinor Majumdar’s book details how, since Partition, the Pakistan military junta had continued to exert unjust power over Bengal and its resident Bengalis.

Two storms and a nation’s birth

The Vortex is a collage of selfless acts to help victims of the Bhola cyclone and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

Can we process trauma through writing?

Iffat Nawaz, together with The Daily Star’s Books & Literary Editor, Sarah Anjum Bari, will discuss the act and impact of processing traumatic memories through writing. 

52 Years of Bangladesh's Independence / The unfinished fight for people’s freedom

Bangladesh was supposed to be a country run by its people, but we are dangerously moving towards a country being run by a coterie.

1971

In west Texas, oil froths luxurious from hard ground while across Bangladesh, bayoneted women stain pond water blossom.

52 years of independence / Stories that we tell ourselves

How should a nation memorialise its history?

June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024

Remembering Jahanara Imam: Forging a war amidst a war

Through her relentless activism and unyielding spirit, Jahanara Imam remains a beacon of courage and resilience in the face of immense adversity.

December 1, 2023
December 1, 2023

Henry Kissinger’s influence on Bangladesh’s history

The policies he implemented cemented his image as a ruthless figure in Bangladesh's history, a position he carved out for himself.

October 5, 2023
October 5, 2023

Poet Asad Chowdhury no more

With the publication of his first collection of poems, Tabak Deya Paan in 1975, Bangla literary scene witnessed the emergence of a powerful new voice.

October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023

Book-Buzz back with its second iteration

Ushinor Majumdar’s book details how, since Partition, the Pakistan military junta had continued to exert unjust power over Bengal and its resident Bengalis.

July 7, 2023
July 7, 2023

Two storms and a nation’s birth

The Vortex is a collage of selfless acts to help victims of the Bhola cyclone and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023

Can we process trauma through writing?

Iffat Nawaz, together with The Daily Star’s Books & Literary Editor, Sarah Anjum Bari, will discuss the act and impact of processing traumatic memories through writing. 

March 26, 2023
March 26, 2023

The unfinished fight for people’s freedom

Bangladesh was supposed to be a country run by its people, but we are dangerously moving towards a country being run by a coterie.

March 26, 2023
March 26, 2023

Stories that we tell ourselves

How should a nation memorialise its history?

March 26, 2023
March 26, 2023

1971

In west Texas, oil froths luxurious from hard ground while across Bangladesh, bayoneted women stain pond water blossom.

January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023

Bangabandhu comes home, completes victory

It was the British Royal Air Force comet jet that, on January 10, 1972, carried Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to his freed motherland -- the country he had led to independence.