“I wish I had wings so that I could fly to my school!”- dreams Nuha Amin (not her real name), a student of class VI of Agrani High School and College.

Portraying different perspectives and beliefs are the walls of Dhaka.

It is the disastrous number that announces the deadliest Hajj episode in the recent time. On Thursday, more than 769 people were killed in a stampede outside the holy city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage,

There are many female characters in the world of literature worth looking up to. Every new book will have at least one woman who every girl aspires to be like.

Silicon a natural semiconductor and the most abundant material on earth after oxygen is the backbone of the microprocessor industry.

Dirgho-U TE Usha

We Bangalis tend to fall head over heels for mouth watering proteins and carbohydrates. A city like Dhaka, where there are so many choices of restaurants, and so little option for recreational activities, that food has become a huge part of our culture.

We know Chittagong as the second capital city and the biggest port city of our country. Filled with up and coming businesses...

Regarding this week’s cover story (published on September 18, 2015) of the Star Weekend, I think It is very promising that young artists and art practitioners have come forward to organise such an international art festival in the Cox’s bazaar.

“We can’t help everyone but everyone can help someone.”

Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.

Composed between 13th to 18th century AD, Mangal Kavya is one of the most precious treasures of Bengali literature.

While daytime in Dhaka city can be seen as chaotic and hectic, night time, to most of us, seems serene, quiet and mysterious.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are good money managers and those, well, who are not. Unfortunately, the world is filled with people belonging to the second category.

A first draft of the "tree of life" for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes – from platypuses to puffballs – has been released.

Invisibility cloaks are a staple of science fiction and fantasy, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, but don't exist in real life, or do they?

Sidrat Talukder could hardly be called an ordinary boy during his childhood, and the same applies still. Always an avid gamer, his boyhood days were filled with technology, computers and video games.

It is the folk song of an indigenous community called Khadia mostly found in Sri Mongol and Moulvibazaar. Most of these people are labourers of the tea gardens.

For artists and creators, night time is the best time to think, imagine and design. This is true for musicians, writers, chefs in many Old Dhaka restaurants and also graphic designers.

Last week I along with my friends went to Star Cineplex in Bashundhara City mall to watch a movie. We sat beside a group of young students who were quite loud from the very beginning.