The Miss Bangladesh Beauty Pageant 2024 was officially launched yesterday at The Daily Star Centre, with a vision to reshape and rebrand the global image of Bangladesh through the beauty pageant ...

For 24-year-old Sokal, her triumph in one of the South Asian nation's most prestigious beauty contests was not only a personal victory but one that sent a message of hope. DHAKA: Bangladeshi trans ...

I was in Bandarban towards the end of this April. An extended holiday weekend had just begun, with fatigued tourists crossing hundreds of miles from around the country to reach this dreamy ...

Falguni Nayar’s profit-making beauty and personal care startup Nykaa has won many hearts in India. Available at our fingertips, India boasts of several brands, including SUGAR Cosmetics, WOW Skin ...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi trans woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal always wanted the freedom to dress like her sisters, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine being showered with applause at a beauty pageant ...

In this photograph taken on November 16, 2023, transgender woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal, the second runner-up in Miss Evergreen Bangladesh 2023, poses with her sash at her university in Dhaka. – ...