The Daily Star (TDS): What makes KY Two Tone’s housing solution more sustainable compared to traditional construction methods?

In Dhaka, a 900-square-foot flat is now considered a luxury. With rents soaring and every square inch worth its weight in gold, we’re all trying to do the impossible: fit our full lives into half the space. The good news? You can make your home look and feel bigger, without knocking down walls or knocking out your savings.

A home office is a designated workspace in your home where you focus on professional tasks, such as working on a computer, laptop, or other office equipment.

Walk into a newly renovated apartment or café in Dhaka, and chances are, you’ll spot a cane chair by the window, a nakshi kantha throw draped over a couch, or a cluster of earthenware lining the shelves.

The country’s climate oscillates between scorching summer temperatures, torrential monsoon rains and relatively mild winters, each phase presenting distinct challenges. Without careful planning and timely intervention, even well-established properties can suffer from accelerated wear, diminished value and compromised habitability.

Energy efficiency is the process of using less energy to achieve the same desired result.

In the sprawling, ever-expanding metropolis of Dhaka, where over 20 million people live within a congested urban sprawl, one crisis grows as visibly and relentlessly as the city itself: waste.

The paint industry in Bangladesh stands at a fascinating inflection point. What was once a seasonal, maintenance-driven purchase has now evolved into a lifestyle decision.

The same paradigm is seen in storytelling and popular culture.

Nusrat Nur Maisha has had a quite simple and humble beginning.

Choosing the ‘best fit’ university shapes a student’s personal development, academic path and future career.

Born & raised in Dhaka, Papia had a loving childhood spent amongst siblings and cousins, where she would often turn to her own imagination during playtime to create her own space away from all the chaos.

A few bad experiences or isolated missteps are like that dust—they shouldn’t cloud your ability to see the full picture.

Walk into any grocery store in Bangladesh – from a bustling supershop in Dhaka to a tea stall in a village – and biscuits are everywhere.

A lot of brands either go full digital or stay physical. But magic happens when the two come together.

With its sprawling trees and widespread greenery, the campus of the University of Dhaka is a place that inspires poetry even in the driest of minds.

While growing up, her life was quite average, typical of someone from a lower-middle-class family, but things took a drastic turn for her in 2010

It was a day of inspiration and hope, as families, educators, and achievers came together to celebrate perseverance, dreams, and new beginnings at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center yesterday.

The Daily Star and HSBC Bank honoured high-achieving students of the O and A-Level examinations yesterday at the Bangladesh China Friendship Exhibition Center.

Miftahul Jannat Ashra travelled all the way from Chattogram with her parents to claim the reward of years of hard work.