A judge in Iran has started sentencing criminals to buy and read books instead of handing down prison terms.

Amra Kojon, a cultural non-profit organisation, is organising a memorial concert for Nita Mohalanobish at 6:00pm tomorrow in PCTA Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

An Italian chess player is kicked out of one the country's most prestigious tournaments after allegedly using a camera and Morse code to cheat.

People will be able to sail on Dhaka-Barisal river route during daytime from September 15 as private shipping companies will introduce

An angry bull elephant crashes into tourists at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.

This instructor takes a more hands on approach to wake the sleeping student by spraying the fire extinguisher in the classroom.

Twenty physically challenged young men and women, who are participating in a programme for training journalists, yesterday urged for

School students who regularly follow the weekly page “English in Schools” (EIS) of The Daily Star to improve vocabulary and grammar

A special police unit sets up in southern Russia with the sole purpose of ensuring security at weddings.

The Liberation War Museum has launched a three-month long special fundraising campaign to complete the construction of the

A war crimes suspect Amjad Ali yesterday died due to cardiac complications under police custody at the coronary care unit of Dhaka

Central Park is an urban park of 843 acres in Manhattan, New York, in the heart of the city that never sleeps. It was designed by

The Liberation War Museum has launched a three-month long special fundraising campaign to complete the construction of the

A Japanese artist comes up with a clever idea of using straw left over after rice harvests to make sculptures of dinosaurs with them!

Among our greatest achievements as humans, some might say, is our cumulative technological culture – the tool-using acumen that is passed from one generation to the next.

When studying in Central Government High School, Rakibul Hasan Palash, realised that he only did well in subjects he enjoyed.

There goes a saying -“A picture is worth a thousand words.” By believing in this statement Faisal Azim has successfully told the world his stories through his lens.

The number of people who pelted each other with tonnes and tonnes of squashed tomatoes in the 70th annual “Tomatina”, world's biggest food fight held in the village of Bunol, near Valencia in Eastern Spain.

“Hey, people, welcome to your new home. Now you are the dwellers of one of Bangladesh's most famous buildings. Here, we have two packages for you. If you can pay 5000 Taka you will be allotted to a cell where you can get 'homely' comfort.

For our botany class experiment, we were asked to bring some saplings and seeds. I loved getting my hands dirty while doing the fun plant experiments.